OctoColorFest
New Month / New Celebration
A new season, a new month, and a new word! What is October if not a riotous collaboration of colors?
Orange, gold, red, yellow, rose!
I was conflicted about which photo to use for this multicolored month, so Captain Argentina took charge and chose this photo of beautiful rose-colored flowers by Dipti Pande. Since October is mostly associated with golds and oranges, it seems fitting to have one of the other autumnal colors represented by our banner. Thank you, Dipti!
Last month, our writing focused on storms, and I received many excellent poems and stories. For October, I want to go lighter and brighter.
October is a month dense with memories for me and most concern my grandchildren, who now live far away. When I think of October and autumn, my mind meanders to school, sports, Halloween, planning the upcoming holidays, and sitting in the cool dark on the porch having deep conversations with grandson.
I remember the afternoon we spent making jack-o’-lanterns at a craft store, the years shopping for costumes, their school’s annual Trunk-or-Treat Halloween event, walking in the annual Gay Pride Parade as a family, and decorating our yard with ghosts, goblins, and pumpkins. All wonderful but bittersweet memories.
I no longer decorate for Halloween — it was “our” thing and so, it shall stay. And, honestly, I’m no longer into Thanksgiving or Christmas either. And, in this Year of Corona, it’s a good thing we won’t be holiday socializing. And, the Gay Pride Parade was another victim of the virus, as was our city’s annual Fall Arts Festival.
So, let’s put holidays and festivals aside and celebrate the hues of October.
Here is a glimpse of my world in autumns past.
Since I’m not keen on traditional holidays anymore, I shall fashion my own:
OctoColorFest!
And, all of you Weeds & Wildflowers are invited to celebrate with me!
Delight me with color — gaudy, flashy, vibrant color!
Photos!
Artwork!
Stories!
Poems!
Inundate me with color to wash away my melancholy memories — I am depending on you!
Please use the tag Writing Prompt Response and remember that Weeds & Wildflowers prompts have no deadlines or expiration dates.
I am tagging our contributors below. However, there is a strange Medium glitch that hides some writers for publications. You are there, I just can’t see your name on my list. I try to make notes of those who aren’t listed, but I’ve certainly missed some. Please know that if you don’t appear in the tags below, you are included. And, if you would be so kind as to let me know you were omitted, I will add you next month.
And, may I say that I appreciate each and every one of you more than you know ♥
Tracy Aston Deborah Christensen The Solitary Cook Jack Herlocker Erik Smith Harper Thorpe Annie Littlewolf Sherry Kappel Anna Rozwadowska Louise Peacock Mark Starlin Hank Eng Ré Harris Francine Fallara Terijo Wild Flower nan fischer Susan Christiana antoinette nevitt Agnes Louis Nancy Peckenham Rusty Alderson wistfulwanderer Jk Mansi Guérin Asante Joseph Massey Tien Skye Jane Vogel Louis Hart Bridget Webber J. Criswell Captain Argentina Edd Jennings Kathy Jacobs Erica Graham Vaishali Paliwal Tanya Bryan David S. Dana Sanford Beth Bruno Anisesh Linda Caroll Christina Ward 🌼 Heidi Franklin Joan Evans Pam Nolan Shringi Kumari Erika Burkhalter Sam Kimberle Samantha Beach Anne Shark Nyaalo Mia Kat of Magik Farah Egby Maymuuna Aisha Juweria Zoomedin Samia Shruti Sinha Kushal Poddar Lori McCray Joe Pregadio Bre Bitz Marcia Laycock Zarina Dara 🥀💃🏻 Jessica Archuleta Lorna Ye Priyanka Srivastava David Wade Chambers Jenny Justice Lynette Clements Michelle Ewens Matthew Klope Leandro Teixeira Edie Tuck Christopher Bellkirk Susie Taylor Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol Kris W Leon Justcallmejillybean Urszula Humienik Ann Litts Amang ＊大野芒＊水生花 Teddie Voss Matt Clarke Moriana Delgado Joanne Rigbye Lin Ro Brett Christensen Dascha Paylor Matt Booth Laura Manipura Carolyn Riker Joseph-Patrick McCain Ryan O’Neal Jr. Lynne Nardizzi Gretchen Lee Bourquin 💗POM-poet!💗 Christina Barber A. Christine Myers Scarlett Braden Tapan Avasthi ⛄️ Lisa Bolin Ray Burton Rosalind.J. Lee Noble Dias Martie Sirois Janet Chilton Somsubhra Banerjee Audrey Webster Linda A Robinson, PhD Kim Smyth Louise Foerster Tasneem Kagalwalla ALI YUSUF Katherine Pollock Pamela J. Nikodem, MS Terry Barr Sylvia Wohlfarth Hapsari Listya Sarah Levis Rhonda Marrone Kovid Rathee Shaan Sood Jean Crawford Evans Cassius Corbin Srinath S. Gail Walter Suzanne V. Tanner Jane Woodman Rebecca Marie Markham J Moody Tonya Renee the introvert Samantha Lazar Denise Shelton Beth Stormont Rob Moir Tristan Rivers Nikita Vipul Aspen Blue Rainman Krista Strom Jean Carfantan Nachi Keta Chris Alleyne Genvieve Deborah Barchi Flose Boursiquot Jonathan Greene Uday Jhunjhunwala Dipti Pande Gurpreet Dhariwal Nanette Schieron Edis Rune Sandra Barrett Sana Rose Shreya V Arjan Tupan Manasi Diwakar ICO Aimée Gramblin Quasimodo Connie Song Sadhana G Pablo Pereyra Noor Zanaid Dan Leicht Neha S.Saberwal Jamie McIntosh Anne Harrison Robert Bush Crystalclearcandace Amritansh Sagar Saloni Joshi Burak Göloğlu Madb Tighe Paul Mulliner Vinitha Dileep Martin Rushton Suryatapa JMontes Abigael Taiwo Gina Karasek Kallie Allen Eira Braun-Labossiere Roz Liddle Trisha Kaundinya GK Anne Bonfert Aissa Martell Vi.Smith Bridget Cougar Swati Suman Kevin Keeney Ms. Mary Ann AJ Cannon Sneha Devaraj Darshak Rana Praveen Prabhakar Anu Anniah Sukhi Ch. Pratik Routray Meenakshi Balachandar Noah Levy Carter Preston AJ Cannon Sneha Devaraj Darshak Rana Praveen Prabhakar Anu Anniah Sukhi Ch. Pratik Routray Meenakshi Balachandar Noah Levy Carter Preston Autumn Blossom INFJ Elder Barbara Radisavljevic David Petri Elisabeth Khan Tej Radha Kapadia Suryansh Mansharamani Denise G Selena Martin Abhina Jessica Lee McMillan Roger Blonder Gita Das Eileen Vorbach Collins Hirsch Singh, MSc Anna da Silva Geetika Sethi Mitchell S. W. Lim Anonymous Carcass Bernadette DeCarlo Schweta Riku Arikiri 🕊️ Caroline Mellor Moriah Rivera-Lawrence Egypt Iredia Jazz Ramsy Mia Verita Desiree Driesenaar Teodora Maksimova Chirag Phillip Psutka Muskan makrani Winifred Akpobi 🌟 ioanawrites Gloria D. Gonsalves Rinkesh Pati Franco Amati Sneha Mankar @𝒜𝒷𝒷𝓎 𝒞𝓇𝒶𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒶 Pasupu Qalam Arundhati Thalia Dunn Shalini C Suntonu Bhadra Rintu Daniel Sanka Rathnabarana Kallie Allen Dan Leicht Janaka Stagnaro Aissa Martell Dr. Jackie Greenwood The Conscious Wordsmith Jenine Bsharah Baines Daman Sandhu Shilpi Agarwal Cigdem Seftalioglu Akanksha Dhyani Anais Ian Standard Rasheed Hooda Simon May Samreen Khanam Anthony Lyrics Salma Alaa
