Daily Cascade

On December's End

Blog City: "Dear December, Please take your weather back. This is not what I ordered for the new year."
Let this quote inspire your entry today.

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I guess what this quote is saying so playfully is in the minds of most of us, however not so playfully. After all, who likes to shiver?

Then, while we expect a fresh, hopeful start to a new year, we are met with the cold and dreary remnants of past December. In my case, the new year started with a few mishaps already, aside from the weather, as I mentioned a few but not all, in an earlier entry.

Then, why we seek a symbolic renewal with the start of a new year passes me by. Unless, we have tried and fixed our old selves. Now that would be something, wouldn't it!

I have no bones to pick with an optimistic spirit. though. For this optimistic spirit feels it has been betrayed by the cold and ice and gray skies. Where I live, luckily, we still have bright skies and, once in a strange while, we face really cold weather, and this year has started with a cold bang and a boom that I'm not used to. Regardless of me feeling this cold spell, I do appreciate the humor in the quote.

Just maybe, this quote is inviting us to laugh off disappointments and embrace the unpredictability in anything. Now that's the attitude I really like and hope I can live with.

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And an addition:

For those of us who like to enter competitions outside the WdC, somebody sent me this. Although I don't deal with such contests and competitions anymore, I'm posting it here, in case our WdC writers may use it:

The Launch Pad Prose Competition
https://tblaunchpad.com/competitions/prose/?
Check out the site for all the rules.

In a nutshell:
"Manuscript not completed, no problem. As long as you have sample pages accompanied by a thorough synopsis, you are welcome to enter! Our readers and judges will review up to 50 pages of every submission, as well as a synopsis for book submissions".
Accepting short stories as well as full manuscripts—one winner per category.
All entries must be electronically submitted by midnight on their respective deadlines, as PDF Documents.
Enter Now:
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Jan 20, 2025
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Feb 20, 2025
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Mar 20, 2025
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Apr 20, 2025
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