The gauntlet has been thrown down...

Check out my son's blog from time to time... icarus7474.blogspot.com
Kelly also has a blog; in fact she started the blogfest. She can be found at kellell.blogspot.com. Well, her thoughts can, anyway.

Both of my kids are pretty good writers, though Jake, like his dad, has a rather problematic relationship with spelling. (I don't think he proof-reads, either- he is a stream of consciousness kinda guy). Both of them are original thinkers.

Some years ago, we used to have short, short story contests among the three of us. We would set a deadline, pick a phrase to write about, and come out writing. On the deadline, we would read our stories to one another. It was always cool to see how diversely we handled the same topic. Once we stopped living in the same house, it became harder to do stuff like that. And now with almost a whole continent between us at any given time, you'd think it would be impossible.

BUT NO!!!! We are bloggers! And we read one another's blogs. And we comment on them, which no one else, for the most part, seems to do, at least with my blogs, anyway. But I digress. On his page, Jake has proposed another contest. Deadline: May 20. Phrase/word: "bucket". No word from Kelly yet- she is currently in rehearsal for a new show in California, a British farce called "Move over, Mrs. Markham" and hasn't been blogging on as much here lately. But I'm game. I'm up for it. I plan on kicking ass. What the hell! Bucket!