I would like to present a weekly word challenge. Thanks to Elusive Trope for encouraging me to get off my lazy ass and actually try to get more readers involved in this weekly game.
The premise is simple. I provide one phrase every Thursday, an incomplete string of words, and it is up to you to complete it in your own, inimitable way. However you like, taking it in any direction you want.
If you like the concept and think other people might be interested in participating, please play along and post the complete challenge on your blog and leave a link in the comments section below. If you’d just like to take part yourself, please post the reply directly in the comments section. I will be posting all the replies together with links to the contributors in 10 days, i.e. the Saturday after next.
I love the mental exercise, I hope you do too!
This week’s phrase –
“I felt my heart beat slower…..”
My attempt
“…and senses grew insensate.”
Your turn!
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About hbhatnagar
I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
Nice one.
I felt my heart beat slower whereas the shock should have made it to go like a superfast train.
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Posted by Indira | 15/06/2016, 5:45 AMMaybe it was the lull before the storm….?
Thanks for contributing Indira! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 15/06/2016, 6:59 AMMaybe…
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Posted by Indira | 29/06/2016, 10:56 PMI felt my heart beat slower
the calm that that enveloped me as strong as
the memory of racing in anticipation,
her embrace a true balm of contentment
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Posted by rivrvlogr | 12/06/2016, 11:13 PMBeautifully put. Thanks for participating rivrvlogr! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 13/06/2016, 6:15 AMMy pleasure!
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Posted by rivrvlogr | 13/06/2016, 6:30 PMand slower as the blood slowly left my body and my brain began to die.
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Posted by Tessa | 11/06/2016, 10:59 AMPainful but close to life …. Thanks for joining in Tessa.
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 11/06/2016, 12:37 PMAlmost missed it. LOL
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Posted by Tessa | 11/06/2016, 10:19 PM“I felt my heart beat slower…as I welcomed my eternal slumber.
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Posted by The Anxiety Chronicles | 09/06/2016, 6:38 PMI do wonder how that will go for me…
Thanks for contributing, Jen. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 7:15 PM😉
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Posted by The Anxiety Chronicles | 09/06/2016, 7:20 PM….and the voices in my head felt like a piece played in calando.
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Posted by thatmishmash | 09/06/2016, 5:47 PMAndante, andante…..Thanks for joining in, you are missed, Pri. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 7:00 PMI just started catching up on posts. Don’t scream ‘spam’ .Lol
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Posted by thatmishmash | 09/06/2016, 7:01 PMWP is wondering what happened though! 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 7:21 PMWP has messed with me so much ..I’ll be happy if they wonder for a change 🙂
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Posted by thatmishmash | 09/06/2016, 7:22 PM😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 7:27 PMI’ll be off on vacation. Make a link of the two-phrase story to my Thursday post. It will up later 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 09/06/2016, 5:26 PMI plan a weekend away too, Hope you have a great one! 🙂
I didn’t get the linkup message though..
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 6:57 PMI scheduled my post at 8:30 am. A min. away.
You, too, have a great weekend trip! 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 09/06/2016, 6:59 PMThanks Amy! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 7:21 PM“… triggering rate alarms as medical staff dashed into my room in panicked haste.”
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 09/06/2016, 4:27 PMCode Blue!
Thanks for that medical jolt, Victo! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 6:55 PMI felt my heart beat slower…love at first sight, followed by a heart attack.
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Posted by LionAroundWriting | 09/06/2016, 9:01 AMTechnically bradycardia…. 😀
Thanks for participating Fionn! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/06/2016, 9:47 AMI’ll keep that in mind hb!
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Posted by LionAroundWriting | 09/06/2016, 9:27 PM😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 10/06/2016, 6:30 AMThank you for joining in, and for the link back! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 13/06/2016, 6:14 AM