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Time to Celebrate — 200 Twittle Stories

They’re all in the Twittle Treasury

Yay! Two hundred twittle stories in the Twittle Treasury Thank you to all the twittlers here on board Twittle Expressery

Oh, what a fun ride it has been since October 30 two years ago That’s when twittle hit our screens Yippee! let’s give twittles a go!

One hundred letter quatrains is how we define twittles They exercise all of your brain, make you cry ’n’ give you the giggles

If you haven’t tried one already you don’t know what you’re missing come join us make history the twittle train is whistling

Can you believe it?! The twittle train has been choofing around Medium collecting happy twittlers for just over two years and now we have a wonderful collection of 200 twittle stories safely tucked away in the Twittle Treasury.

There are twittles here for everyone about anything and everything because that’s one of the fun things about twittles — you can twittle about anything or nothing at all. 😄

How do you twittle about nothing? Surely nothing is something Just thinking about it is a thing Oh, I think I’m overthinking!

I’m rather prone to overthinking It’s a curse that gets me stuck What ifs, what abouts keep spinning ’til I scream ‘what the f*ck?!’

Carolyn, that’s enough twittling Others will think you’re insane Get on and tell the story about driving the twittle train

Better heed my own advice - don’t give the wrong impression This is the last twittle - promise - in case it becomes an obsession 😜

See what I mean about twittling about anything?! The Twittle Treasury is full of it and there’s always room for more!

In saying that, I must confess — there may be a few stories I’ve missed so if you know of a genuine twittle story that isn’t listed in the treasury, please let me know in the comments or send me a PN and I will follow up post-haste, toot toot. 😊

It’s all aboard the twittle train, Twittle Expressery (yes, I’ve upgraded to a bigger and better locomotive!). We’re stopping all stations around Medium! 🚂

And if Elon Musk would stop fiddling around with Twitter and concentrate on getting twittle to Mars, then we can finally launch Twittle SpaceXpressery!

Aren’t you glad I didn’t turn that into a twittle?! See I keep my promise! 😆

Thank You Twittlers

Time to get serious and thank a cheery bunch of folks — my co-twittlers. Thank you for being on board the twittle train and making it such a fun ride. I hope you’re enjoying it as much as I am. 🙏 💛 💚 ❤️ 💙

My co-twittlers in alphabetical order —

Ann Marie Steele | Aza Y. Alam | Caroline de Braganza | Christina M. Ward | David Rudder | Denise Darby | Dennett | Era Garg | Evelyn Jean Pine | Gustave Deresse; Writer & AI Artist | James G Brennan | Jeff Langley | Jenine "Jeni" Bsharah Baines | Jesse Wilson | Jim McAulay🍁 | Julie Greenidge | K. Barrett | Kelly Aluna Martone | Kimberly Hampton Nilsson | Krystal | Lee Ameka | Lee David Tyrrell | Marilyn J Wolf | Megan Nicole Morgan | Melanie J. | Mia Verita | Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar | Nikolaos Skordilis | Orla K. | Patrick M. Ohana | Dr. Preeti Singh | Raine Lore | R. Rangan PhD | Samantha Lazar | Selma | Shereen Bingham | Susan Alison | Susannah MacKinnie | Thalia Dunn | Venu | Will Hull | William J Spirdione

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 💞

5 Fun Facts You May or May Not Want to Know!

Fun fact #1: I nailed the ‘making history’ twittle (the 4th verse in the opening poem) in my first attempt! One hundred alphabet letters in a four-line rhyme straight up! Boom!! 💥

Fun fact #2: it’s not the first time I’ve done a ‘twittle-in-one’!

Fun fact #3: I did the ‘nothing’ twittle (the 1st verse in the second poem) in two attempts!

Fun fact #4: Yes, I’m showing off!

Fun fact #5: I’m writing a twittle book all about twittles! 😊

And while we wait for my book to write itself, if you want to find out more about twittles and how you too can get on board the Twittle Expressery and into the Twittle Treasury, here it is in a nutshell —

Thank you to Hollie Petit, Ph.D., Toni Greathouse and Natalie at Everything Fun for accepting this piece into their publication — I couldn’t think of a better home for it. 🙏 ✨

Thank you all for reading. I hope you found it fun. 🙏 💕

© Carolyn Hastings 2022

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