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a recap of the july ultimate blogging challenge

The last prompt for the july Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write a recap of the experience. So, here goes. And so…. we approach the end of the July 2026 version of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. At midnight, I will post my monthly photograph of rabbits on Facebook because it’s good luck for the start […]

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beyond the ninth mountain

Today’s prompt is to talk about my plans for this blog, now that the July challenge is coming to a close. Where would I like to be in 90 days, when the next chapter of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge starts? Today, I am going to share the ninth and last installment of the steampunk bear’s

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the bear and the elf

Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a youtube video. The technical term for this is “content creation.” The YouTube video that I chose is called “Sea Ghosts.” It is spooky music from the ocean. The composer is Brandon Fiechter. Please go to the YouTube link and subscribe. He is very talented

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the tale of the rusalka

Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to answer a question. People have been asking what’s going to happen next in the story of the steampunk bear so… here you go… part five of the story… The ravens, carrying the steampunk bear and the mouse, landed on the shores of the seventh mountain. They

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the selkie and the siren

Today’s prompt for the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share five blogs or websites that I think my readers would enjoy. Which I will do. But first… part four of the steampunk bear’s story The seven ravens with their passengers flew all night. They saw the lights extinguished on the second mountain. As they flew

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dark times and a steam punk bear…

Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a song lyric or phrase that has meaning to me. My song lyric comes from “No Place Like Home,” by Stephen Schwartz and Cynthia Erivo, which was part of the movie, “Wicked: For Good.” It it’s about the value of a space, of one’s homeland,

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A bear, a mouse, and seven ravens…

Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to talk about my favorite number and why that number is my favorite. My favorite number is nine. It’s a magical number. If you multiply anything by nine (except for zero, which eats all numbers), with the result always being zero), the answer will either add up

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bears, bears, bears

Today’s prompt was to answer questions that you, my wonderful readers, ask over and over again. I have to admit that no one has asked questions, but several readers have expressed a fondness for Bearnacle Bear and his friends. So, today, I am going to tell you how the steam punk bear became mangled. One

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A window into your imagination

Today is the first day of the second Ultimate Blogging Challenge of the year. It’s also week thirteen of Inktober 52, and it’s day 39 of the 100-day art project. The theme for day 39 is “what you take away.” Here are some ideas of things that you could remove that you wouldn’t miss: comparing

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from the journal of Maisie the mouse

Today, our small group of mice are safe on a little island that we have yet to name. We haven’t been here long. Maybe a week or two. A sweet young man who some of our friends met at the zoo helped us by ferrying us to this little island. I will tell our story

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