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50 Words, 1 Image and a T

The Sands Have Ran Through the Hourglass – Challenge is Now Closed

Our creative lives have many elements: images, writing, a new t-shirt or even a sticker-clad record player.

And for today’s weekend writing challenge, lets bring a few bits together. In the thread below post an image (or a link to an image is also fine) and include a story about it, around it, related to it. 50 WORDS maximum on the story. Deadline is Monday midnight.

And we will give away 3 t-shirts as prizes. You will win the last t-shirt in your favorites. So make sure you have favorited a t-shirt (if you re-favorite one, it will become the last in your favorites).

We will post the winners and their images next weekend.

And here is the handy hint on putting images in threads.

To kick us off Pilgrim shows how it may be done with this image and story.

“The messengers passed through Syria. They left tracks in the rocks. Christ was a Jew – among his followers Syrian Arabs. Their churches still stand in Christian villages where Aramaic is spoken. The faiths of Abraham share common bread. I sit with a family in an ancient house enjoying our simple humanity.”

Comments

  • Rosalie Dale
    Rosalie Dalealmost 3 years ago

    Most impressed by Martin’s contribution. What a powerful 50 words! (Or is it 51?!!)

  • oops – you are right. We could ask him to redo it but lets just make it a 51 word challenge!

    – Redbubble

  • Margaret Bonnes
    Margaret Bonnesalmost 3 years ago

    “In the morning the sun rises from the death of night.
    The birds sing, rejoicing in his generous light.
    Webs strung with pearls of dew are revealed in the light of truth.”

  • stephaniemwood
    stephaniemwoodalmost 3 years ago

    Days like this one are seldom lovely (nor loving). Smiles fade before they manifest as joy. But as I walk among the flowers my heart feels lighter; my sigh escapes between gritted teeth. I gaze upon you – tall and swaying gently in the Summer breeze. It all feels okay again.

  • stephaniemwood
    stephaniemwoodalmost 3 years ago

    Oops!

    There now. Sorry! (blushing furiously)

  • H Maria Perry
    H Maria Perryalmost 3 years ago

    Wealth means nothing. Possessions are nothing. The struggles for power and control are nothing. Alone, I am nothing. It is the WE that defines my place in this Universe.

    Excerpt from The Universe and the We

  • DesignBakery
    DesignBakeryalmost 3 years ago


    The world keeps spinning,
    The world keeps spinning.
    It will never stop, if I don’t spin with the world I will decease.
    Lost in the distance of space and time,
    Breathing and living a dream.

  • chrillefr
    chrillefralmost 3 years ago

    Discovering different Universes recalls the warm and amazing memories of childhood. Dreaming away every day.
    Did you know the walls between Universes are as thin as the skin of your eardrum or the tympanic membran?

    Ops . please delete my two other tries :o)

  • done, great image, we do have it on the development path to allow people to easily add images to threads!

    – Redbubble

  • Donnahuntriss
    Donnahuntrissalmost 3 years ago


    “Oscar scoffed the Roses,
    Til he was full, grew tired,
    Fell into a sleep,
    And quietly died

    All through the night,
    The stars did mourn,
    And when the garden awoke,
    The Roses had thorns"

  • Ginny York
    Ginny Yorkalmost 3 years ago

    This is my American Pit Bull Terrier puppy Dream. She has had 2 surgeries, one at 4 weeks, and the other at 7. They didn’t give her much hope to live after the first. But this is one tuff cookie and seems to be fine now. Love can work Miracles.

  • Penny Kittel
    Penny Kittelalmost 3 years ago

    Bug and Justin come from abusive homes, and both have very big hearts, therefore share a lot in common and have developed quite a bond.
    Often they are together – perhaps Sharing tales of hard times and unspeakable tortures, for now they are living a life of bliss and love.