G is for...

good

great

gosh

golly gee (willickers)

goodness

grand

graft

grate

growl

groove

grip

gripping

gigantic

gentle

germ

germane

German

Germany

Gormenghast 

(which I need to look up, since all it offers me is a vaguely German-Dickensian-mythological resonance)

gorgeous

gorge

gelatto

gelatin

germaphobe

garden

gardener

grey/gray

gargantuan

girl 

... something still in that simple word, "girl"...

gaping

gape

gap

gawp (which the blog software isn't recognizing. Am I stealing some poet's "gawp" or "yawp"?)

guess

game (for play)

game (to experience)

geese

gabble

grab

grade

....40 at first check... This is a hard letter for some reason. Though the words flood my brain during the day, and at night, I try to fend them off ("fend") to be true to this experiment. Would it be cheating if I were to keep a list of words throughout the day?  "Chaff" for example, as a word for last weeks "c" list. Will I be doing a "c" list again, and will I be "g"rasping for "c"haff?

garnet

gale

gay (yay!)

gone

gown

gargoyle

gannet

gift

grange

....Go forward young man, and write.

I did, in fact, begin a new project last night, one that fits the "write the thing you don't want to acknowledge" line of thinking. It scares me, but excites me as well.

F.2

Apparently, "F" also stands for "for the record": My intent is to prompt-blog during the week.

F is for ...Funny

Funny how different it feels to write from the office, and in short order after writing last night before bed. I hope this means I'm flexing new muscles, hence feeling sore.

Which offers a few free words!

Funny
feels
flexing
feeling
few
free
.... Thanks extemporaneous (e!) musings...!
federal
fantastic
functional
futile
friendly
font
fountain
foundation
fundamental
fricasee
French
festering
foster/
fostering
fallow (a great word)
freedom
french fries
...and "freedom fries" of course...
fabric
fabricate
fabulous (for the gays...)
for (!)
fornicate (not intentionally following "the gays"...)
follow!
following!
flippant
festive
festival
Festivus (which I may or may not count)
fart
fanciful
fancy
foot
footloose
...and the favorite "footloose and fancy free"
favorite
farm
farmhouse
farmland
fellowship
focaccia
fen
feedlot
focus
forensics
flippant ... which made me wonder if I was repeating myself, which proved to be true, but which also inspired a wordcount, which makes the redundant flippant number 51.
Fantastic.
Oh, how I wish (ph)enomenal started with "F"!

e

matt's offerings:

episode

episodic

EBay

... many thanks, my sweet.

electronic

electoral

election

elephant

elegy

elegaic

elephantine

elliptical

estuary

Estonian

European

Europe

eucalyptus

effortless

effort

emancipation

egregious

eggplant

empire

emperor

errant

egg!

expectations

exploitation

existential

existentialism

... I know, I know....

evil (to parallel "d"s devil)

event

eventful

e pluribus unum

equate

equation

enable

enact

effette

Ezekial

entourage

entreaty

embolden

embryo

embrace

embarrass

... it's amazing how quickly, during this process, simply spelling disappears....

eventually

esoteric

eagle

eat

eaten

...whoohoo! 47 at first count! a personal best.

edamame

Eden

erase

That will have to do. 

I'll admit, I'm feeling more hopeful about writing again, thanks to this "prompting." As if maybe I can step back in, make a move, create something (or revise something, the tiny green goblin says) that might matter to me, that other people might want to read.

Tomorrow is "f" - perhaps a harder lift.

Eden. Erase.

Is there something there?

d

It is quickly becoming something of a moment of zen for me: time to write 50 words. Is there an appropriate "d" word to apply? Let's see.

devil
defy
destiny
deny
dent
derail
decry
donate
deliver
delay
debit
destined
darling
donation
debate
dogged
dog
dog day afternoon (...?)
daylight
daytime
dawn
derriere
diet
dietician
dollop
Dumbo(!)
do-si-do
doberman (pincher)
.... I'm parentheses happy today....
doctor (noun)
doctor (verb... I'll do at least 51...)
document
docent
decent
definite
definitely
desperate
.... 36, and struggling...
dope
dope fiend
daguerretype (sp?)
doozy
depression
defenestration
decoupage
defer
Doppler
destitute
dapper
duck
dolorous (to which I want to reply: sonorous)
deer
deep
deeply
deeper
deepest
... One more good one, one moment of zen....
deliverance
destination
die
....Not the cheeriest, but it'll do.
Looking forward to "E"!

c is for... "Can" and "Cannot"

Back in  2001, when I first started rewriting my life, I became enamored of a little mantra that helped me get out from under the tyranny of "should."  When I started to whine that I "should" do something - write, exercise, call Mom - I forced myself to replace it with the word "can" (if it was possible and in my control) or "can't" (if it wasn't.)  That established, I could rest easily between "can't" or "can," which inevitably led to will or won't. It put the power back in my hands.

C is for....

can

can't

crap

cartwheel

cartilege

court

courting

courtliness

.... I do get into ruts....

catastrophe

cunnilingus

craftiness

creativity

cart

cantankerous

...it is, by the way, snowing outside, big, blustery flakes, actually sticking to the ground...

carnival

creation

caterwaul

coop

co-op

corner

catapult

count

cat

coochie-coochie-coo....

carpet (matches the drapes?)

cascade

croon

centrifuge

centerpiece

central

cerulean

carnivore

carnivorous

canine

.... ran out at 35 this time....

Cartagena

cartel

cocaine

cooperation

clean

cream

crag

captain (OK, that's a cheat, I saw the word on my bookshelf)

carport

car wash

caterpillar

coonskin

cap

cesspool

chain

chain gang

chapter

chapel

chaplain

chest

chesty

choose

choice

58 words....  I guess I "can."

bold

... and Matt just told me this ambition was "bold."  :)