(It’s day six of Inktober, and the prompt for today is “trek.”) It was the night before the Long Trek to the Mountains, which was when the Bears gathered to sing, dance, tell stories and to give names to the babies that had been born since the last Trek. The Trek didn’t occur every year […]
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Back at home, Baby Bear related the story of being carried away in a backpack and then meeting a girl human and afterward, her cousin, the boy. Baby Bear said that he saw the sea and the beach and they were where his destiny lay. “You are young to have chosen your destiny,” said Baby
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Day four of The Ultimate Blogging Challenge and Inktober. The prompt for today is exotic. The boy picked up his backpack. His parents smiled at him. But the boy was watching Baby Bear, who went into a wooded area near the beach. “I wonder what’s there,” the boy said. “You have a lot of curiosity,”
The boy set Baby Bear in his backpack. “I want you to be my playmate,” said the boy. “I’m going to go to the beach. You look sleepy. You can come to the beach, too, when you wake up.” The boy ran to the beach. He was wearing swim trunks and he was carrying beach
Baby Bear had fallen asleep in the backpack. He was unaware of being carried into a house, dropped in a corner and then, picked up again and carried again. When the backpack was opened, Baby Bear found himself on a beach. Although he was used to splashing around in the water with his family, this
before he became bearnacle bear, the seafaring bear Today is the first day of the October Ultimate Blogging Challenge. This blogging challenge occurs quarterly. It is also the first day of Inktober. I have to admit that I have completed the Ultimate Blogging Challenge a few times, but I have never completed Inktober. So… it’s
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On the shore of the island, Bearnacle Bear and his three pirate companions looked out to sea. They sat quietly, as each one of them was transfixed by the water, by the position of the sun in the sky, by the places out of sight and, for the time being, out of reach. The island
There was once a bear who sailed the seven seas. He became friends with the Great Sea Monster, who was the only one of his species remaining after the Terrible Sea Wars in years past. At that time, there were many sea monsters and there were giant reptiles that looked like dragons, and they were
Hi, my name is Betty Bear. The human who keeps this blog woke up briefly and, before she went back to sleep, asked me to write a guest post for her. She said, in a very sleepy voice, that she would write her own blog post later on today. Today, I am going to talk
Next month, I will start my second 100-day art project. The start date hasn’t been announced yet, but it’s projected to be mid to late February. The email that I received said, “For now, start thinking about ehat you might want to do this year.” This year, my goal is to create a picture book