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The War Inside My Teenager’s Room

January 9, 2021January 24, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 303 Views 3 Comments Cleanliness, Mess, Teenager, Teenager's Room, war

The War Inside My Teenager’s Room A Demanding comfort uncomfortably messy a pocket size tornado of Memory Foam torn into

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Lake Tahoe California: Tahoma

November 29, 2020January 25, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 391 Views 0 Comments California, Hiking, Incredible Views, Lake Tahoe, Skiing, Tahoma

Explore Lake Tahoe California: Tahoma Chambers Landing Tahoma Lake Tahoe California The West Shore is The Best Shore I

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Nevada: The Black Rock Desert

October 3, 2020January 6, 2021 Jamie Lee Hamann 592 Views 0 Comments Bruno's Country Club, Burning Man, Empire Nevada, Gerlach Nevada, The Black Rock Desert

Explore Nevada: The Black Rock Desert “The scenery on the larger playas are peculiar, and usually desolate in the

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Nevada: The Trails of Thomas Creek

September 19, 2020December 26, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 491 Views 0 Comments Hiking, Mount Rose, Reno Nevada, Skiing, Thomas Creek

Explore Nevada: The Trails of Thomas Creek Galena Foothills – Thomas Creek I There is a time in every families

Creative Writing Travelogue

Explore Nevada: Bowers Mansion Regional State Park

September 5, 2020December 26, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 737 Views 0 Comments Bluegrass Festival, Bowers Mansion, history, Swimming Pool

Explore Nevada: Bowers Mansion Regional State Park

Books Folklore

COLORADO GHOST TOWNS, HAUNTINGS, TREASURE TALES, and other BS

August 24, 2020October 6, 2020 Kurt James 1104 Views 4 Comments Colorado, Colorado Storyteller, hauntings, kurt james, Rocky Mountains, Treasure Tales

When I stand on the eastern plains of Colorado and look west towards the Rocky Mountains, I see something

Travelogue

Explore Genoa: Nevada’s Oldest Settlement

August 22, 2020December 26, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1033 Views 3 Comments Candy Dance, Cowboy Poetry, Genoa, Nevada

Explore Genoa: Nevada’s Oldest Settlement Genoa Nevada I Gardnerville, a small town located in Douglas County Nevada, sleeps quietly under

Humor Poetry

Sunburn Limerick

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 751 Views 3 Comments discomfort, Limerick, much sun, Sunblock, Sunburn

SUNBURN LIMERICK I As swimmers our clothing is smaller even worse for those standing taller more skin surface in sun

Humor Poetry

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to…

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 John Hansen 746 Views 9 Comments comedy, Funny Limericks, funny thing, humour, Rhyming verse

A Funny Thing Happened … A funny thing happened on the way to the Creative Exiles. I tried to sign

Creative Writing Short Story

Bigfoot, Popelick Monster, and Dead Lover: From Spinner’s Tales

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Phyllis Doyle Burns 662 Views 8 Comments Bigfoot, corpse, dead lover, Goatman, Phyllis Doyle, Popelick Monster

Bigfoot, Popelick Monster, and Dead Lover … It seems that Bigfoot is not particular about the locales he inhabits.

Free Verse Humor Poetry

A DIY Lament

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 901 Views 6 Comments Carpentry, DIY, tools, Tutorial, Youtube

A DIY Lament 1 To learn carpentry from a 1950’s text picked up at a garage sale still need more

Books Folklore

Old West Lingo, Wisdom, and other BS

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020 Kurt James 687 Views 6 Comments Colorado Storyteller, cowboy wisdom, kurt james, lingo, old west, wisdom

Old West Lingo, Wisdom, and other BS Growing up, I loved to hear my grandpa Dale (Pappy) Patton and other

Creative Writing Memoir

Simple Man

May 19, 2020May 25, 2020 Kurt James 1152 Views 6 Comments Being at peace, Colorado Storyteller, cross, crow, kurt james, Simple man

I am a simple man and it is the simple things in life that make it worth living. Where is

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse

An Ode to My Never Ending Rambling

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 1118 Views 5 Comments Companionship, conversation, rambling, Talking, thoughtless

ODE TO MY NEVER ENDING RAMBLING 1.) We met and talked and talked for many hours, at times we felt

Creative Writing Essay

Character Development Challenge with The Canterbury Tales

February 23, 2020February 24, 2020 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1386 Views 6 Comments Canterbury Tales, challenge, character development, Geoffrey Chaucer, Phyllis Doyle, pilgrims

Character Development Challenge with The Canterbury Tales … It is a good idea for a writer to once in a

Essay

Memories From Under the Mimosa Tree

January 26, 2020January 29, 2020 Jamie Lee Hamann 528 Views 3 Comments Lousiana, Natchitoches, Small Towns, The South

Memories From Under the Mimosa Tree 1.) Under the Mimosa Tree Louisiana is a state full of secret swamps, lying

Books Short Story

PATTON – BOUNTY HUNTER: The Beginning

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 Kurt James 929 Views 4 Comments bounty hunter, Colorado, Colorado Storyteller, kurt james, PATTON - BOUNTY HUNTER, Rocky Mountains

“After completing my novel “Rocky Mountain Ghost”(Book 3 of my Rocky Mountain series) I had no idea at the time

Free Verse Humor Poetry

The Thanksgiving Surrender…

November 25, 2019 R J Schwartz 1006 Views 2 Comments holiday poetry, RJ Schwartz, surrender, Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving Surrender A light snow was falling, The fall air crisp and cold Hard winds whipping in from the

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse Seasonal

We Gather Around the Turkey: Light Verse for Thanksgiving

November 9, 2019November 11, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 541 Views 6 Comments family, Happy Holidays, Thanksgiving, Turkey

We Gather Around the Turkey Light Verse to Celebrate Thanksgiving The first of the holiday trio is over and

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse

Stock the Shelves a Mile High: Random Limericks

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 614 Views 3 Comments Funny Limericks, poetry, random musings

Stock the Shelves … Stock the Shelves a Mile High Some Random Limericks To Start the Day. 1 A gross

Creative Writing Essay

Romance

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Kurt James 679 Views 4 Comments colorado storyeller, jaded, kurt james, love and romance, relationships, romance

Romance Being human we all have different things that become motivating factors in our lives. The biggest ones of course

Creative Writing Halloween Short Story

Perfect Halloween Weather and Best Jack-O-Lanterns Ever

October 3, 2019October 10, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 950 Views 4 Comments fear, garden pruners, Halloween weather, jack-o-lanterns, perfect, Phyllis Doyle

Perfect Halloween Weather… It was the perfect Halloween weather with dry, crispy leaves blowing around in whirls. The day promised

Contest Entry Halloween Poetry Rhyming Verse Song Lyrics

We, Three Scary Monsters (or Let’s be Ghouls Tonight)

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 John Hansen 1054 Views 8 Comments ghosts, ghouls, halloween, monsters, witches

We, three scary monsters, Stiving hell to raise, Will be home we promise In the full-moon phase. Tho’ we’re

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