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</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*6r38MMFSewZBAjvraRkJbQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="cfc1" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/fishermans-basket-c8ff4af264d4"> <div> <div> <h2>Fisherman’s Basket</h2> <div><h3>Land a thought for tomorrow</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*lH5tuSQ3yRkYv_9IJHExDg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="e714" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/maintaining-hope-7546fbef05c0"> <div> <div> <h2>Maintaining Hope</h2> <div><h3>It’s a challenge!</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ryVETKsPiBXd2n72PbbJVQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="9775" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-sound-and-weight-of-tears-466d59a115a1"> <div> <div> <h2>The Sound and Weight of Tears</h2> <div><h3>No reason to cry…this time</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*1USjlu9tMd9OtKtrbz4XPw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="5e24" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-weapon-adbe1de87aa7"> <div> <div> <h2>The Weapon</h2> <div><h3>Is passing through unnoticed, following all the rules</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*fu6Zj-TK949OXRD_wHZe8Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="3a7e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/the-open-kimono/nameless-pok%C3%A9mongo-victim-hides-894d2104492"> <div> <div> <h2>Nameless PokémonGO Victim Hides</h2> <div><h3>Back alley Drifloon sends kid to ER</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*EtEVIdYWDqu0A7gU43ZmZA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </di # Options v> </a> </div><div id="cabb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/bloodied-trail-9919dfc13e83"> <div> <div> <h2>Bloodied Trail</h2> <div><h3>Wherever She Trod</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*1TTVTxNU4AcbxY82xmf1QA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="304d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/why-the-earth-loves-trains-552bf986a12c"> <div> <div> <h2>Why the Earth Loves Trains</h2> <div><h3>And never will forget you</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*_vU_FGBpFPzVd6DV)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="c63c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/linger-645700db9450"> <div> <div> <h2>Linger</h2> <div><h3>To be a cliché or not to be</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*Rkt4JHVLiwjkCl0O)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="2c74" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-path-b5caca8b3829"> <div> <div> <h2>The Path</h2> <div><h3>Taking the first step</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Np-lKWDTaWNBGQv_nCFY7Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="1891"><a href="undefined">Delicate Emissions</a>, <a href="undefined">Walkey walkey</a>, <a href="undefined">Marilyn J Wolf</a>, <a href="undefined">Jennifer McDougall</a>, <a href="undefined">Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.</a>, <a href="undefined">John Levin</a>, <a href="undefined">Jenine Bsharah Baines</a>, <a href="undefined">Barry Dawson Jr. IV</a>, <a href="undefined">Margie Willis</a>, <a href="undefined">John Griswold</a>, <a href="undefined">Marta Calderon, MScE</a>, <a href="undefined">Steve Fendt</a>, <a href="undefined">Sparker</a>, <a href="undefined">Shadowgnosis</a></p><p id="f41b"><b>This week’s words:</b> You can use them in any order! Enjoy! 1. approximation 2. column 3. crazy 4. basin 5. chewable 6. adsorbable 7. hollowness 8. terrific 9. drifter 10. salt</p><p id="64ed"><i>Thanks so much for coming out to play with us! And thanks for reading!</i></p><p id="1d1d">—Adelia :D</p></article></body>

And another challenge!

New Naked Truths from The Open Kimono

Third Edition — Jan. 19-Feb 2, 2022

Hoarfrosted trees along foggy pass in Eastern Oregon, by author

Perhaps you were expecting a sunny photo from a gorgeous Hawaiian beach? Your beloved editors would have been there —on different islands— this week but for COVID. We (still) don’t have the bug, but we are utterly surrounded by those who do, and major trips are getting cancelled.

So instead of our Speedo- and bikini-clad sweaty tans (Ha!), we offer a more realistic photo from a foggy mountain pass on I-84 headed towards Baker City, Oregon, on January 28th.

My partner and I decided we needed another border collie to keep our very active Gracie company. So, he found a good candidate at a foster home nine hours drive away. Yes, my partner is insane, and I facilitated the craziness by doing most of the driving.

The cold was deep and bitter, turning my spoiled Pacific Northwest ass to glacier blue in seconds. (Blue, instead of the tan I had been hoping for in Hawaii, she moaned.) So we took one look at the dog (Barley), said yes, and drove off with him, all of us grumpy and shivering even with the car’s seat warmers on full blast.

Gracie on left, and Barley. Who could resist that face? By author

But this isn’t about that. It’s about celebrating all the fabulous new stories — mostly 75-word poems/stories, and especially about congratulating those who rose to the extreme challenge of writing a 75-word story using 10 mandatory words.

And, because some of us thought it was a bit of fun to create something different and outside our comfort zone, let’s do it again!!

This week’s words: … are found at the very end! We want to make sure you don’t miss a single one of these incredible pieces, many of them 75–word novel poems!

So read every single one, give 50 claps, and tell the writer how dazzled you are by their work!

Then, using the 10 “challenge” words for this week, compose a 75-word poem or novel, with a character(s), situation/scenario, action, tension, and twisted conclusion. We know you can do it!!

Here’s the proof:

Tension

That night, you show up in your Tom Baker scarf.

medium.com

Fisherman’s Basket

Land a thought for tomorrow

medium.com

Maintaining Hope

It’s a challenge!

medium.com

The Sound and Weight of Tears

No reason to cry…this time

medium.com

The Weapon

Is passing through unnoticed, following all the rules

medium.com

Nameless PokémonGO Victim Hides

Back alley Drifloon sends kid to ER

medium.com

Bloodied Trail

Wherever She Trod

medium.com

Why the Earth Loves Trains

And never will forget you

medium.com

Linger

To be a cliché or not to be

medium.com

The Path

Taking the first step

medium.com

Delicate Emissions, Walkey walkey, Marilyn J Wolf, Jennifer McDougall, Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D., John Levin, Jenine Bsharah Baines, Barry Dawson Jr. IV, Margie Willis, John Griswold, Marta Calderon, MScE, Steve Fendt, Sparker, Shadowgnosis

This week’s words: You can use them in any order! Enjoy! 1. approximation 2. column 3. crazy 4. basin 5. chewable 6. adsorbable 7. hollowness 8. terrific 9. drifter 10. salt

Thanks so much for coming out to play with us! And thanks for reading!

—Adelia :D