Yes, me too. We have had only a small number of people participating in the monthly contest. Hopefully the number will grow!

Woo hoo!

Good luck with the prompt, and we'll look forward to seeing your story, @george-dee!

Yes, we're happy to have you on board, @itsostylish!

Indeed!

Yes, we are very lucky to have her on the team. Thank you for your nice comment, @marynn.

We appreciate you, @fantom22! And it's so great to see how your writing continues to progress and improve. I always look forward to your stories!

Transitions of any kind are hard, but those that involve a loss of some kind ( in this case, your little friends) are the hardest. Hoping your new place has much to offer and is enriching in its own way!

I would title it “Beautiful Destruction.” It is amazing how wreckage and refuse can have its own kind of beauty.

What a lovely and lyrical story, @gracielaacevedo. I am so heartened by this young man who looks forward to the new day, even though he lives in impoverished conditions.

Thanks for visiting my post, @katrina-ariel. Yes — yay for live music! It fuels the soul. I hope all is well with you!

Ah, thank you! No, I'm definitely in that window, and I'm not the youngest one! Thanks for visiting my blog, @leeart.

Thank you very much for stopping by @ayane-chan! I'm back from travels and catching up, so my replies are late.

A belated thank you! I've just returned from my trip and had no Internet for most of it so I'm very behind on my replies. I appreciate that you took the time to read about my airport adventure, @coquicoin.

A belated thank you for your fabulous comment, @dswigle! I am finally back from travels and will be rejoining the Hive world. My travels took me out of range of Internet so I completely unplugged. It was

Oh my gosh. I can lose hours in Dick’s sporting goods! One of these days I’m going to write a Market Friday post about my hilarious attempts to purchase a catcher’s glove pad for my left-handed son. (They

You always take such great bird pictures, @joanstewart. I LOVE gulls. I know they are basically the rats of the bird world, but I think they’re beautiful and their calls always take me back to the sea.

LOVE this post, @ninahaskin. I am laughing so hard right now! I love your sense of humor. What is up with that sign about dogs under a picture of a cat? So funny. I love Market Friday. It’s such a fun

That’s the best combination of all, @papilloncharity!

That African violet really is pretty! Sounds like you had a productive day. Watch out for flying pebbles!