tick tick tick tick I receive daily writing prompts in my inbox. I go through streaks of using them, when they intrigue me and dry spells when the ideas bore me. A recent one that pricked my writing reverie was “write a list of things that tick;” quite different from things that tick me off. Honestly, there are days that list would be a catalog. No, this one was simply things that tick. I interpreted that as a sound - a clicking or rhythmic beat; and even took it a step further with a check mark indicating something is done. I avoided the pesky blood-sucking insect that latches itself to you while hiking in the summer. A few of the words and phrases that I wrote on my list pocket watch alarm clock time bomb my eye when I’m stressed creepy working to clean the pool a metronome high heels on a concrete floor D...