Reena’s Exploration Challenge #88

Welcome to Week 88!

“Two Fat Majors” as the Tombola/Raffle/Bingo/Housie game host would announce when number 88 had to be called out…. Numbers with repeating digits give me an eerie feel, and especially, the number 8 has a peculiar shape. It is like going round and about, to reach the same place again.

I came across another concept on ‘magic numbers’ that you see repeatedly, especially if those are double digit. I see 22 repeatedly, but am unable to decipher the message behind it. An Instagram post said ‘something magical and divine is happening in your life..’ Good to hear that! Not sure if it is true, though….

PROMPT

This week’s prompt moves around two points

1. A sudden event that feels magical in its impact
2. Significance of numbers or any superstition if you find it interesting

Write a poem or story or anecdote about a character or event with one of the above two themes reflecting in it. If you can combine both, go ahead. It can be about an argument, wishful thinking, a battle of logic, a fight against ingrained beliefs, the battle of Copernicus, a dream coming true, a nightmare that never occurs in real life but scares you out of wits … absolutely anything that is surreal or mystical and difficult to explain.

Not easy? But not so tough either… I would love to see what you come up with.

FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS

There is no restriction on the length or format of the piece. Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, or copy-paste the blog link in Comments.

LAST WEEK’S ROUND UP

Jade Li at

http://tao-talk.com/2019/05/16/reenas-exploration-challenge-87-traveling-day-train/

Eugenia at

http://amanpan.com/2019/05/16/neither-here-nor-there/

Deborah at awisewomansjourney

https://awisewomansjourney.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/a-vagabond-soul/

Susi Bocks at

http://iwriteher.com/2019/05/17/sink-or-swim/

Amit Agrawal (hecblogger) at

http://playingwithwords.blog/2019/05/17/%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%

Sadje at

http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2019/05/17/reenas-exploration-challenge-87/

Jen Goldie at

https://starlightandmoonbeamsdotblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/18/unknown-for-reenas-exploration-challenge-87-5-16-2019/

Michael at

http://summerstommy.com/2019/05/18/reenas-exploration-challenge-87-the-sermon-on-bathing/

Amit Agrawal (hecblogger) at

http://playingwithwords.blog/2019/05/19/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%88-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%87/

The Dame Writes at

http://thecosmodame.com/2019/05/20/if-pillars-could-talk/

VJ Knutson at

http://vjknutson.org/2019/05/20/8516/

Leonard White at lensdiary

https://lensdiary.blog/2019/05/22/family-matters/

Reena Saxena at

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/shades-of-darkness/

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