Author Archives: Aleta Jacobson

Hello Writers, “The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes, and hung them like bangles in my mind.”–Hortense Calisher, Extreme Magic My grandfather continued to do some work after he retired. He had been a carpenter by trade and when remodeling was done in downtown Chino the contractors called him for the “fine”Continue reading “September 14 Prompt”

Good evening Writers. Hope everyone had a good weekend. I took a little drive to Idyllwild. I haven’t been in the town before. It was so pretty. Beautiful weather! I felt inspired as I walked the town and through the galleries. I had lunch at a cafe with very good food. “Oh for the wonderContinue reading “September 12 Prompt”

Hello Writers, “I tell a story the way some people eat an Oreo cookie.”–B. E. Zalman Did your parents want you to be something? Did they want you to be, say a math teacher and you wanted to be an astronaut?Write about who you were and who you wanted to be. My parents told meContinue reading

Good morning writers.“When we lived closer to fire, when our lives depended upon the careful tending of the hearth, we had before us a symbol of the need for nourishment that lay deep in our souls.”–Anne Scott One of my chores at a young person was to not only take out the trash but toContinue reading “September 4 Prompt”

Good morning Writers.I’m thinking of changing the days of our prompts. I know that some of you don’t get around to read and write them on Mondays and Fridays.I seem to have Mondays that leave little time to write. The prompts might come on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday and Friday. “How much more cruel theContinue reading “August 31 Prompt”

Hello Writers,“Memory is a net.”–Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. A pair of black velvet shoes hung onto me. I was deeply in love with them. I can’t remember now why my parents would buy me such a frivolous thing, but I wore them to something special, and then wanted to wear them every day. I’d comeContinue reading “August 24 Prompt”

Good Evening Writers,I feel like Hitchcock.Wild morning for me today. So I hope that you don’t mind that I’m writing in the cool of the evening. It’s still Monday, right? “No matter how individual we humans are, we are a composite of everything we are aware of. We are a mirror of our times.”–Louise NevelsonContinue reading “August 20 Prompt”

Hi Everyone, “I don’t think anything is the opposite of love.” –Anne Lamott And in the end…Endings are things the we don’t want to “give away”. Don’t read the ending first. If you know the ending you might not want to read the book, see the movie, or go to the play.But today we areContinue reading “August 17 Prompt”

Hello Writers.“Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.”–Ernest Shackleton Today is about something spelled wrong.But you need to write about the tension around the misspelling.Think about buying a birthday cake for someone very special. The bakery misspells the name on the cake. You pick the cake up, and without looking at it you rushContinue reading “August 13 Prompt”

Good morning Writers.Did you have a good week? I for one, am so glad that it has been a bit cooler. My house and dog sitting job goes on until Monday. In some ways I’m glad that it is ending.It’s weird to sleep in someone else’s home when you hardly know them and it’s evenContinue reading “Auguast 10 Prompt”

Good morning Writers,Sorry I didn’t post anything for Friday, 8/3/07. “What I fear in writing is the safe decision.”–Anne Rice I use to worry what people thought about my writing. Now I write what I want. It’s not to say that I don’t care about what people think, it’s about writing from my gut.Somethings seemContinue reading “August 6 Prompt”

Good morning, “…Facts can obscure the truth.”–Maya Angelou I’m cutting right to the writing today. Have a full basket of things to take care of that sadly do not include writing. Write about a significant thing that really happened. Look for the truth you got form that event.If you want to go on…Write a fictionalContinue reading “July 30 Prompt”

Hello.Hope you all had a good week. I’m not sure, but have we been doing these prompts for a year? I can’t remember when we started, but I have really enjoyed do this, and I hope that you all have found somethings that you can write about. If anyone knows when we started e mailContinue reading “July 27 Prompt”

There’s new art work at the Claremont Museum of Art. The artists are local and the art is a cross section being produced in and around Claremont. The Museum is located at 536 West First Street. Open Tuesday through Sunday 11am to 7 pm

Good morning (if you are up late and reading this on Sunday, Good evening). “Only those that risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”–T. S. Eliot Thank you to those who e mailed me about my Hawk prompt. I’ll send the pics when I figure out how to doContinue reading “July 23 Prompt”

Hello Writers.Another Friday, and I’m looking forward to Saturday & Sunday. Some weeks seem so long and others seem to fly by, and I can’t keep up with the days. That’s when I’m having a good week or having fun. It’s when I’m, writing well or making art that is satisfying. Here’s to a goodContinue reading

Good morning writers.Hope everyone had a good weekend. Did anyone do anything different? Did you take any pictures?I have added Cyndy’s and Katheryn’s link for their photo galleries. Beautiful art! “If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You only fail if you stop writing.”–Ray Bradbury DoContinue reading “July 16 Prompt”

“From The Depths…!” I’m part of a group called the Shameless Self-Promoters. We are having our 2nd reception this Saturday, 6pm to 10pm. 300-B S. Thomas St. PomonaWe are 18 or so artists and there are some great pieces. Our show is over the end of this month so if you can’t come on SaturdayContinue reading “Shameless Self-Promoters”

I hope you all are not hiding in your beds because of today.Get out there and see what wonderful things can happen.I have seen our good friend and VP of IECWC Cyndy Largarticha’s Photo Gallery today and just want to say she has some great photos there.I will put her link on my blog ifContinue reading

When I’m stressed I go to the kitchen to eat. Bad habit. Now I’m overweight. All I needed to do was pick up a paint brush or read a book or magazine. I have been an artist all my life and after ALL this time I finally found out that I need art to calmContinue reading “Relax without drugs”

“What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room”-Lisa Alther, novelist The idea for these bi-weekly writing prompts came out from Barbara DeMarco-Barret’s (Author of Pen On Fire) speech to the Inland Empire California Writers Club.The rules of the game are as follows:*Assemble your writingContinue reading “July 9 Prompt”