February Word Challenge, Day 2

My five random words for today’s exercise are pin, mosquito, arch, film, and porch.

Chosen word for free association: film
movie, thin layer, protective, false, obscuring, veneer

Exercise:
Of his former self, only a thin surface layer still remained. The transformation had taken years, and now the only recognizable thing tying him to the past was an invisible veneer of guilt, clinging to the surface of his skin like living armor.

February Word Challenge, Day 1

(As noted in my last post, today begins the February Word Challenge proposed by J.T. Evans.)

My five random words for today’s exercise are chapel, masking tape, peanut, gang, and copier.

Chosen word for free association: copier
photocopy, scribe, illuminated manuscript, The Secret of Kells, tower, Vikings, raids

Exercise:
Smoke drifted on the Irish wind, obscuring at times the high crosses and five-windowed tower of the Kells monastery. The Book rested safely on its pedestal, high in the tower, while Viking raiders circled below, oblivious to its presence.

(Well, that’s not much, but it’s only a 10 minute exercise.)