The Mag

Mag 102

2012-01-29T09:00:00.001-05:00

Red Spot II, Wallisy Kandinsky

Mag 101

2012-01-22T08:37:00.000-05:00

From Boris Hoppek's Tokyo exhibit "Ever"

Mag 100 Hippity Hip!

2012-01-15T09:43:00.001-05:00

sculpture: Jason deCaires Taylor

Mag 99

2012-01-08T10:23:00.000-05:00

image: Lee Friedlander

Mag 98

2012-01-02T08:27:00.000-05:00

River, Marina Moevs, 2005

Mag 97

2011-12-26T09:20:00.001-05:00

image: Bert Stern

Mag 96

2011-12-18T07:54:00.000-05:00

image: Lee Friedlander, 1966

Mag 95

2011-12-11T08:46:00.001-05:00

image by Mostafa Habibi

Mag 94

2011-12-04T08:10:00.001-05:00

Lunch, George Tooker, 1964, Columbus Museum of Art

Mag 93

2011-11-27T09:43:00.001-05:00

photo: Christine Donnier-Valentin

Mag 92

2011-11-20T09:46:00.001-05:00

Mag 91

2011-11-13T08:51:00.001-05:00

image source: Google images, unknown photographer

Mag 90

2011-11-06T09:57:00.000-05:00

Mag 89

2011-10-30T09:24:00.001-04:00

image source here

Mag 88

2011-10-23T09:00:00.000-04:00

Lee Friedlander, from America by Car

Mag 87

2011-10-16T09:40:00.000-04:00

[image source here]

Mag 86

2011-10-09T10:28:00.001-04:00

image: Michael Sowa, from The Little King

Mag 85

2011-10-02T09:18:00.000-04:00

image: unknown artist, Google images

Mag 84

2011-09-25T10:35:00.000-04:00

image: unknown photographer, Google images

Mag 83

2011-09-18T10:27:00.000-04:00

The Snake Charmer, Henri Rousseau, 1907

Mag 82

2011-09-11T10:23:00.000-04:00

The Revenant, 1949, Andrew Wyeth

Mag 81

2011-09-04T09:20:00.000-04:00

abandoned farm, Dublin, Ohio

Mag 80

2011-08-28T12:27:00.000-04:00

Red Umbrella, Christopher Shay

Mag 79

2011-08-21T16:56:00.000-04:00

unidentified photo, found in a Missouri antique shop

Mag 78

2011-08-14T17:20:00.001-04:00

Mag 77

2011-08-07T15:24:00.000-04:00

Summer Evening, Edward Hopper, 1947

Mag 76

2011-07-31T18:23:00.003-04:00

Image: Skip Hunt

Mag 75

2011-07-24T20:09:00.000-04:00

Mag 74

2011-07-17T21:50:00.000-04:00

Mag 73

2011-07-11T08:21:00.000-04:00

People of Chilmark, Thomas Hart Benton, 1920

Mag 72

2011-07-03T23:15:00.000-04:00

Wheat Field with Rising Sun, Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

Have a safe and happy July 4th and Canada Day, my friends!

Mag 71

2011-06-27T08:38:00.000-04:00

Endeavor, Lino Tagliapietra, Columbus Museum of Art

Mag 70

2011-06-20T07:31:00.000-04:00

Mag 69

2011-06-13T07:08:00.000-04:00

Mag 68

2011-06-06T07:32:00.005-04:00

This is the last week to pre-order my poetry chapbook, Patina, from Finishing Line Press. This will help me tremendously, since my pressrun is determined by advance sales. A huge thank you to all who have placed an order. Your kind support means so very much. You are the best. [Click here for the link to FLP]

Mag 67

2011-05-23T07:50:00.003-04:00

Magpie Tales will be taking a break

this coming Monday, May 30, for Memorial Day.

Watch for the new prompt on Monday, June 6.

Have a safe and happy holiday.

click to embiggen

I posted Banquet Scene with a Lute Player by Nicolas Tournier, 1625,

last week, and had several requests for it to be a Magpie prompt.

Happy writing, my friends.

Mag 66

2011-05-16T06:56:00.000-04:00

Mag 65

2011-05-09T07:51:00.003-04:00

Mag 64

2011-05-02T07:23:00.001-04:00

Smoldering Fires, Clarence Holbrook Carter, 1904-2000
Columbus Museum of Art

Mag 63

2011-04-25T08:27:00.000-04:00

Mag 62

2011-04-18T08:48:00.000-04:00

Mag 61

2011-04-11T07:53:00.000-04:00

Mag 60

2011-04-04T07:20:00.001-04:00

Mag 59

2011-03-28T08:28:00.000-04:00

Mag 58

2011-03-21T10:36:00.000-04:00

En Garde, my friends!

Mag 57

2011-03-14T09:52:00.000-04:00

Mag 56

2011-03-07T09:08:00.000-05:00

Mag 55

2011-02-28T13:05:00.001-05:00

This image is for inspirational use only. No lemons were harmed in the making of this photograph.

Mag 54

2011-02-21T14:49:00.000-05:00

Mag 53

2011-02-14T15:29:00.000-05:00

Mag 52

2011-02-07T17:16:00.002-05:00

Magpie Tales is celebrating
its First Blogoversary this week!

Thanks, everyone,
for 52 weeks of marvelous Magging!
Cheers!

Mag 51

2011-01-31T22:25:00.000-05:00

Mag 50

2011-01-25T08:52:00.002-05:00

Mag 49

2011-01-18T06:29:00.000-05:00

Happy Writing, my friends!

Mag 48

2011-01-11T08:49:00.000-05:00

Write up a symphony this week, my friends!

Mag 47

2011-01-04T07:18:00.000-05:00

Write on, my friends!

Mag 46

2010-12-28T17:45:00.000-05:00

Mag 45

2010-12-15T08:56:00.000-05:00

Magpie Tales will be taking a holiday break next week.
Mag 46 will resume on Wednesday, December 29.

Happy Holidays and Happy Writing, my friends!

Mag 44

2010-12-08T08:39:00.001-05:00

Slip, slide away, my friends!

Mag 43

2010-12-01T09:14:00.000-05:00

Write on, my friends!

Mag 42

2010-11-23T08:29:00.001-05:00

2010-05-27T10:02:00.002-04:00

Happy Writing, my friends!

Mag 15

2010-05-20T08:53:00.003-04:00

Happy Writing, my friends!

(Remember to sign up in Mr. Linky after you've posted your Magpie.)

Mag 14

2010-05-13T10:23:00.000-04:00

Happy writing!

Mag 13

2010-05-06T18:35:00.002-04:00

You should have a lot of fun with this one.

Yes, it's what you think it is.

(Remember to sign into Linky after your post is up.)

Mag 12

2010-04-29T21:37:00.001-04:00

Okay, my lovelies, you know the scoop~~happy writing!

Mag 11

2010-04-23T07:35:00.003-04:00

We had the most participants ever last week! I want to thank

everyone for all your super creative posts. Let me encourage

you to take full advantage of the wonderfully creative

community of Magpie writers, by getting out there in the

bloggyhood, by way of the Magical Mr. Linky, and pay them

a little visit. All of our talented participants deserve to be

read. You will be inspired. I promise.

Remember to link to the Mr. Linky after your post is up with

a direct link to your Magpie Tale. This was a great adjustment

and makes it easier for all involved.

One more thing, make sure you cut and paste your URL into the

linky widget. You might want to double check by clicking on your

own link, after you sign in, to make sure it works. We're still

having quite a few broken links.

Okay, my friends, happy writing!

Mag 10

2010-04-15T19:35:00.003-04:00

Hi everyone, thanks for your continued participation in Magpie Tales. You wrote some incredibly powerful and steamy lippy pieces this week. We had several new participants, as well. Welcome!

Just a few notes of bloggy housekeeping. Please use the Mr. Linky widget provided below to post only pieces directly related to the current Magpie Tales photo prompt.

And remember to link to Mr. Linky after you have posted your Magpie. I think you'll agree that little adjustment made it much easier for everyone.

Happy writing, my friends~!

Mag 9

2010-04-08T13:31:00.001-04:00

Wow, it was fun to see all the participants this week, even though it was over the holiday weekend. Thanks to all of you who put forth the effort and produced some wonderful eggy tales and poems.

Just a reminder, please sign up in the Mr. Linky widget after you've posted your tale. Make sure to link directly to your post. To do this, simply click on the title of your post, then copy the entire address (all that http stuff included) visible in your URL window and paste it into Mr. Linky.

Happy writing, my friends!

Mag 8

2010-04-01T13:42:00.005-04:00

I know many of you will be busy with the holiday weekend,
but I'm going to go ahead and post a prompt, for those of you
who would like to participate. Is it my imagination, or do the
magpie posts just keep getting better and better? It's thrilling
to see all the wonderful talent out there. Thanks so much for
your participation. I don't know about you, but I am having
heaps of fun!

Just a note of bloggy housekeeping. It has been mentioned,
and I wholeheartedly agree, that it might be more convenient
for readers, if you would wait and sign up after your Magpie
Tale has been posted.

So, from now on, please sign up with the URL, linking directly
to your current magpie post.

Get it? Got it? Good!

So, without further ado, here is this week's photo. Have a
wonderful Easter weekend, my friends.

Mag 7

2010-03-25T12:30:00.002-04:00

Okay, some of you have complained about what a hard

taskmaster I've been with the prompts lately, so I took pity.

Here's an easy one this week, in honor of spring.

Happy writing, my friends.

Mag 6

2010-03-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

Have fun, my friends!

Mag 5

2010-03-11T12:06:00.004-05:00

Happy writing, my friends!

Mag 4

2010-03-04T11:15:00.003-05:00

Okay, bloggies, you know the scoop.

Happy writing!

Mag 3

2010-02-25T12:35:00.007-05:00

Wow! Magpie Tales is cookin' with gas! Your enthusiastic
participation has been just super. A huge thanks to all of the
talented writers out there who are making The Mag a great
success.

One little housekeeping reminder. We still had quite a few broken
links this week, so after entering your blog address into Mr. Linky,
click it, to make sure it's functioning. The best method is to copy
and paste your entire address into the Linky window (all that http
stuff included). That way, you're sure not to leave out any dits or
dots, and everyone will be able to visit your blog.

If you're new to Magpie Tales, see sidebar for instructions.

Happy writing, my bloggy friends!

here's your new photo prompt