Author: ralphcuellar

Ralph Cuellar lives in Oregon, and loves nature and politics, and is usually in conflict over both. He is a writer and has played around with software and hardware a little too much in his life, so he left that world behind after a little dance.

MONDAY, MAY 28 2018: NO MEETING WILL BE HELD AS IT IS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE SENIOR CENTER WILL BE CLOSED.

The Writers in the Grove weekly meeting will resume on Monday, June 4th.

PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: SOMETIMES?… MAYBE? …

The prompt for this week’s writing exercise is the off-balance wordplay of:

Sometimes?… Maybe? ….

PROMPT: LIFE IS …

The prompt for today’s meeting is to run with the wide open suggestion of:

Life is ….

PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: “OH, NO!”

The prompt for this week’s writing is the question:

What person would you never want to hear exclaim “Oh, No!”.

Would it be a doctor? … a plumber? …. an undertaker?

PROMPT: SOMETHING FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD

There was a second prompt given in this week’s meeting: Something From Your Childhood.

PROMPT: ERUPTION

This week the eruption of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been in the news. Use this event to write on the prompt, or use the image of eruption from another perspective.

PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: GLASS TUBE OR GLASS TUNNEL

The prompt for this week’s writing is the suggestion: Glass Tube or Glass Tunnel

Lend an Ear 2018 on July 7, 2018

Lend an Ear 2015 - Audience listens to MaryJane Nordgren read, The 9th Annual Lend an Ear, Come and Hear reading event is July 7, 2018, at Plum Hill Winery in Gaston, Oregon. (more…)

PROMPT FOR THE WEEK: BOWL

The prompt for this week’s writing is simply: Bowl

PROMPT: “THE GRIEVING WIDOW….”

The prompt for this week’s meeting was to use the following statement and take it in whatever direction you chose.

“The grieving widow froze at the sight of the bowl of red ochre …”