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PROMPTuesday #28: Where I’m From

Etcetera, PROMPTuesdays

I think this started as a meme. I’ve read several outstanding versions of it over the last year, and I thought I’d like to offer it as a PROMPTuesday, so…

 

I am.

 

This week, tell us who you are, what’s inside, where you’re from. Share your memory fragments, those visions in your head, those figments that make you, you. What bits and pieces formed your whole? Are you whole? Tell us.

 

The original meme asked for the basic “I am from” format below, so let’s keep it like that. And if you know the person who created this meme in the first place, tell them thanks for me. I think it’s powerful.

 

I am from fjords and potatoes.

 

I am from homemade bunny cakes and Lay’s tuna casserole.

 

I am from wood-paneled station wagons and Helen Reddy 8-tracks.

 

I am from running in Wisconsin woods and climbing trees, from rolling in grass with sappy fingers.

 

I am from hiding ’til twilight in cul de sacs and marinas, from Ghosts in the Graveyard, from falling on glass.

 

I am from tended field and strawberry rhubarb picked for pie.

 

I am from airplanes and mountain roads, from asphalt and pine.

 

I am from backyard barbecues, rusty swingsets and muggy August rain.

 

I am from plaid skirts, bowling trophies and wooden rulers.

 

I am from metal pie tins, lefse, and spritz.

 

I am from bawdy women, from silent and tearful women.

 

I am from pulling fingers for farts.

 

I am from squeaky bar stools, beer in cans, and Wurlitzer jukeboxes.

 

I am from a canopy bed in green chiffon.

 

I am from Styx’s Paradise Theater and Rick Springfield’s Working Class Dog.

 

I am from Doctor Demento and Svengali. From UHF and antennas.

 

I am from sailboat races, tobaggons and haunted houses.

 

I am from onionskin Bibles in gold leaf, corniced Grandfather clocks, and silver dollars saved in musty shoeboxes, for when it rains.

 

Looking forward to this! Meanwhile, check out the PROMPTuesday archives here.

 

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  1. myra says

    October 27, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    I can’t wait to play this one! It’s brilliant, and so are all the fragments that make you you! It’s beautifully done. You’ve reignited my creativity (I hope).

    Reply
  2. mommypie says

    October 27, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    After 27 PROMPTuesdays, I’m FINALLY participating — woo hoo! LOVE yours :).

    Reply
  3. robyn says

    October 28, 2008 at 5:52 am

    Done! (Sorry if my html stinks.)

    Reply
  4. stef - "i am." says

    October 28, 2008 at 5:52 am

    thanks again for another great promptuesday! link to my post provided above. :)

    Reply
  5. stef says

    October 28, 2008 at 5:53 am

    thanks for another great promptuesday! here‘s the link to my post. :)

    Reply
  6. Green Girl says

    October 28, 2008 at 7:34 am

    Great prompt–and I love the images in this piece.

    Reply
  7. vodkamom says

    October 28, 2008 at 7:58 am

    next week I will get up BEFORE school, dammit, and post with a link to you. my bad. Here’s my stuff ( I LOVE THIS PROMPT)

    I am stuffed cabbage, polka’s and a baba who loved me, no matter what I did.
    I am from homemade clothes and outrageous Halloween costumes.
    I am from a home of screaming, fighting, laughter and loving.
    I am from neighborhood kickball games, barbie houses and playing in the creek.
    I am from insects collecting and worm hooking.
    I am from Batman, Mutual of Omaha’s WIld Kingdom, The Monkees, Get Smart and The Brady Bunch.
    I am from fond but fleeting memories of yesterday, a thankfulness for today, and the promise of tomorrow.

    Reply
  8. Jess says

    October 28, 2008 at 8:33 am

    http://sockproblems.blogspot.com/

    Lucky for me, I have done this one before, and I love my poem…

    Reply
  9. deborah says

    October 28, 2008 at 9:35 am

    I wish I something to link this to, but since I don’t, here it is. I absolutely loved yours, Deb.

    I am from soaring ideals that could not survive the harsh light of day.

    I am from clear skies with dazzling constellations.

    I am from jagged cliffs that run to the sea and pristine beaches that stretch for miles.

    I am from trusting neighborhoods, unlocked houses, and streets to run fearless.

    I am from vegemite, lamingtons, sausage rolls and fish Fridays.

    I am from hulking mansions where no one entertained.

    I am from loganberry trees with gnarled branches that held me in their embrace.

    I am from walled isolation with cruel strangers in black robes.

    I am from a father who taught me tennis and skiing and a mother who knitted.

    I am from silly puns that made us giggle and groan.

    I am from gloves and hats to town for special occasions.

    I am from sunburnt plains, billabongs, kangaroos and jackaroos.

    I am from long, straight roads on a spine jarring motorbike.

    I am from flower power, lucy in the sky with diamonds and innocence.

    I am from privilege, opportunity, expectations.

    I am from escape, adventure, risk.

    I am from good memories and bad, unique and all my own.

    I am from the kind of strength that ultimately allowed me to survive and thrive.

    Reply
  10. Momma Mary says

    October 28, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    Where I’m From

    Sorry I’ve been MIA. I should be back on track around.. December??

    Reply
  11. Sam says

    October 28, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Oh my goodness, I love this prompt. I might finally have to do one! :)

    Thanks for your sweet birthday message today. Let me know when you’re ready for Nia! :)

    Reply
  12. feathermaye says

    October 28, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    I loved this one. Amazing how one memory would spur another.

    http://www.feathermaye.com/2008/10/i-am-from.html

    Reply
  13. Suan says

    October 28, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    I wasn’t sure about this one – but it got me going! Thanks again!!

    Mrs. Brightside (http://brightside-susan.blogspot.com/)

    Reply
  14. g says

    October 28, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    Done, at my blog

    http://www.doves2day.blogspot.com

    I made a point of trying to do something stream-of-conscious and quicker this time. Hope it works.

    Yours was awesome. Very evocative, words, sounds, smells, feelings.

    Reply
  15. tinsenpup says

    October 29, 2008 at 4:31 am

    I am from here.

    Reply
  16. Punk Rock Dad says

    October 29, 2008 at 7:00 am

    I did PromptTuesday on Wed….I dont care much for rules anyway.

    http://punkrockdaddy.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/prompttuesdayhells-yes/

    Reply
  17. Me says

    October 29, 2008 at 7:01 am

    Two weeks in a row. I’m on a roll.

    Reply
  18. Cactus Petunia says

    October 29, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    I can’t believe I managed to do it for once…Yee Ha, that was fun!
    Thanks for hosting.

    here’s mine:
    http://buenosburritos.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-am.html

    Reply
  19. Da Goddess says

    October 30, 2008 at 3:00 am

    This was the best damn PROMPT ever, I think.

    Can I say “I love you” and not sound all Prop 8? Oh hell, I don’t care if I sound Prop 8 or not. I love you, Deb! This week’s prompt totally wrote itself.

    Now, next week, I hope it’s all about surgery and pain meds. I’ll be so ahead of the game on that!

    Reply
  20. matteroffactmommy says

    October 30, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    sorry, too intimidated by everyone else’s brilliance. seriously. but i love the idea of this! i’m just tired and want to go to sleep instead of think. is that bad?

    i come from the land of drink and sleep.

    ;)

    Reply
  21. myra says

    November 2, 2008 at 8:41 am

    Jake wanted to play. So here is his:
    http://wemakethree.com/2008/11/02/i-am-from/

    I played too, but his is much better than mine. :)

    Reply
  22. Mama Mary says

    November 2, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    I found this last week but never got a chance to do it. Today I was struggling to come up with a post idea, which I was forced to do since I signed up for NaBloPoMo. Then I remembered this. So…here is mine. http://mamamaryblog.wordpress.com/
    I also have it on my NaBloPoMo page. Thanks for this, it was great! I’m new to blogging and will be back for future PROMPTuesdays…hopefully on Tuesdays. :-) Speaking of Tuesdays, this one is a BIG ONE! Cheers!

    Reply

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