One jump line.  Ninety seconds to write.  Go!

This months jump line is:

Letting my shadow write…

• “I ask in silence to be guided to a friend or stranger in need.  With unconditional love I share a smile and kind words.” – Anonymous
• “because somehow I can’t find the words; I know there must be many—81 years is plenty of time to gather them.  But when I start to write, I cry.” – Pat Waldron
• “instead of my brain is fun.  I can sit back on cruise control and let Shadow take the wheel.  As I nap, Shadow drives us to dark places, not all at once but slowly, gradually.  We venture through grays of first grade memories, then on to the hard stuff.” – Linda Boyden
• “is sort of like Peter Pan trying to catch his shadow in Wendy’s room.  Just when I think I’ve got an idea cornered, it darts away from me.  Isn’t that always the trick of shadows and writing?” – Alicia McCauley
• “is like letting the kids drive the bus!  Will it end up on the sidewalk?  Plow through the hedges?  Drive us over a cliff?  Or, will we end up having a screaming good time with laughter and thrills?  No one really knows.” – Anonymous
• “Birds chirping in vibrant chorus and fragrance of lilacs wafted through the open window.  I hopped out of bed, not having a clue that this day would forever change my life.” – Darlene Keppler
• “Even though my shadow has only a transitory existence, it makes a difference to how I write.  It has no one to impress.  It is only a shadow after all.” – Anna Hourihan
• “gave me the inspiration to start a short story about my grandmother and a bobcat that stood between the lake, where she’d gone to get water, and her safety in the house.” –  Chloe Winston
• “helps me to be creative and expressive and brings out the real me—all my experiences, thoughts from past lives.  It brings me into the present moment.” – Anonymous
• “feels a little like cracking a dirty joke at a Sunday School picnic.  Nobody should give voice to the shadow, tendencies we all have, or so says my overactive superego.” – Lee Baldwin
• “Each day starts with this wild canary by my sleep-filled room—the quail call to breakfast, and voices of walkers on the road, punctuated by the dog’s greetings.” – Anonymous
• “It creeps along the ground.  It is writing the sun’s timeline.  It is my timeline.  It is my life creeping along the ground, measured by darkness and light.  It is only a timeline.” – Anonymous
• “My shadow thinks it knows what I should write, but I know better.  If I didn’t stop it from writing all over the place, it would say things it really shouldn’t reveal.” – Anonymous 
• “gives a voice to the feelings that are awkward to share.  Perhaps because they make me feel vulnerable or ashamed.  My shadow helps me find some distance between the present and the feelings I am trying to express.” – Ron Sutton
• “is important to my inner light.” – Larry Watters

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