The Last Word

Here are my last sentences for the 21 word challenge

Discordant
I like the harmonious sounds of ballads and lullabies rather than the discordant sounds of heavy metal.

Dislocated
Many people have been dislocated by the war in Ukraine. 

Bewildered
I am totally bewildered by the current woke movement where only their opinion has any value

I hope you have enjoyed thinking about these 21 words even if you haven't joined in.

I will be back with posts about creative work and my trip to Australia.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

The end of the challenge

Our last 3 words for the 21 word challenge.

19. Discordant 

20. Dislocated

21. Bewildered

And of course my sentences from last week

Redolent
The smell of ironing damp clothes, which I don’t do very often, is redolent of my mother ironing when I was a child.

Serendipitous
Much of my artwork contains serendipitous moments when different media, that you wouldn’t usually associate with one another, work well together.

Sublime
There are so many sublime pieces of orchestral music. I think my favourite is Mozart’s overture for The Magic Flute.

Thank you for joining me today.
Bernice

 

The penultimate week

How are you getting on?  I hope you are joining in.  If so please put your sentences in the comments below.

Last week's words

Halcyon
As we get older we remember the halcyon days of our carefree childhood, especially summer holidays, when it never rained, and the sun always shone.

Lissom
As I’ve got older I have become less lissom although I do wonder if I was ever agile and supple!

Resplendent
In all the formal processions for the Queen’s funeral the military all looked resplendent in their uniforms.

And words for this week

16. Redolent

17. Serendipitous

18. Sublime

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Still more words

We're over half way through our challenge.  Yeah!

Let's start with last week's sentences

Luxuriant
Television adverts for shampoo and for colourants always offer the promise of luxuriant hair.

Compelling
I found the television coverage of the Queen’s death and funeral quite compelling. Britain does ceremony so well

Evocative
The smell of lavender is so evocative, bringing back memories of picking lavender stems and weaving ribbon to make them into lavender wands.

And now on to this week's words:

13. Halcyon

14. Lissom

15. Resplendent 

Thank you for joining me today.  If you are taking part in the word challenge, do leave your sentences in the comments.

Bernice

More words

How have you got on with words challenge?  I hope you have given it a go even if you haven't shared your sentences.

Here are my sentences for last week's words

Becoming
High fashion outfits that we see on the catwalks are not always very becoming.

Gambol
When I was a child we used to gambol. These days it’s called a forward roll. This doesn’t sound so exciting.

Mellifluous
The mellifluous musical notes of Smetana’s symphonic poem, Vltava, describes the flowing of a river from the source to the sea.

This week's words:

10. Luxuriant

11. Compelling

12. Evocative 

Do join in if you can.  Leave your sentences in the commetns below.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

Words 7, 8 and 9

What a week it has been!  I don't know how the senior members of the monarchy have coped.  I'm exhausted just watching from home.

Anyway, on to the sentences from last week.

Effervescence
My grandchildren love the effervescence they see when they pour vinegar onto baking soda.

Elixir
Rather than aging gracefully, many have searched for the elixir of life which might provide them with eternal life. Knowing Jesus provides the answer.

Ephemeral
The lifespan of a Mayfly is ephemeral, lasting maybe 24 hours at most.

Fetching
The bride’s mother was wearing a fetching confection on her head made of linen and peacock feathers. 

And now for this week's words

7. Becoming 

8. Gambol 

9. Mellifluous 

I hope you will join in.  If you do, leave your sentences in the comments below.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

 

Words 4-6

Let's start with my sentences for last week's three words.  Well, two!  I've spent hours and hours watching coverage of the late Queen's death and the visits of the King to various official events, rather than composing sentences!

 So here are my two words.

Assemblage
As the artist walked, head down, her eyes scanned the shore as she picked up pieces of washed up detritus. A piece of fishing net, the arm of a doll, a piece of driftwood, a rusty nail, plastic shards all made it into her bag to be stuck together later. The assemblage would be part of an exhibition to highlight the damage to the environment of the throw-away society we live in.

Dulcet
Those that shout loudest cannot understand that quiet dulcet tones are more persuasive.

And for this week we have

4. Elixir

5. Ephemeral

6. Fetching

I do hope you will join in.  Leave your sentences in the comments.

The first three words

Hello

I do hope you will join us in our 21 word challenge.

 Here are this week's words.

1. Assemblage 

2. Dulcet 

3. Effervescent or effervesence

Next Tuesday I will reveal the next 3 words and the sentences I wrote for words 1 to 3.  It would be great if you add your sentences in the comments in the post on Tuesday 13th September.

Thanks for joining me
Bernice

Another 21 words!

Do you remember the 21 word challenge back in March?  The writing group I facilitate had 21 days of words to use in a sentence or sentences for each word.  We enjoyed it but the daily nature of it was a pressure we didn't need.

We're going to have another 21 word challenge but this time there will be 3 words each week for 7 weeks.  The group will have them sent to them each Monday, Wednesday and Friday in our WhatsApp group.

But here on my blog I am going to release the same 3 words on Tuesday each week.  It's up to you whether you use them all at once or whether you work on them on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

If you do join in, share your sentences in the comments on later posts.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice