A Clue in Every Frame: Zoom In on Your One Word
{One Word 2025 May Linkup}
Ready for some visual fun this month? Join us for May’s One Word Challenge!
Below is our May linkup for your One Word posts. Scroll down to link blog posts about your word or to share a comment about it.
Be a One Word Photo Sleuth!
If you have a phone or a camera, you’re all set. Your mission:
Look for clues of your word all around you—in people, objects, or places. And include yourself in at least one photo!
Here’s how to take part:
- Keep your eyes open for hints of your word
- Take photos when you spot them
- Share your photos with the group
If you blog, share a post below with the photos you take. The One Word linkup is open through midnight on Sunday, June 8.
You can also share your photos in a Facebook post with our One Word group.
The more you look for your word, the more it will show up. Let’s stay curious, stay connected, and keep noticing our words in the many places they show up.
Here are places I saw my word Ripple the past few weeks.

Thank you, Lynn, for sharing this Mother Teresa quote!

Generational ripples, delivering meals with my daughter and now my grandson

Ripples and upside down reflections on the lake behind our house

“Our actions ripple out” – Sharon Salzberg quote from a book I just finished

Alongside real ripples at the beach, finding ripples in “There Are Rivers in the Sky”

Celebrate curvy lines…a quote I saved

Ripple effects change the world – an Instagram meme

Tossing rocks with our little guy and making ripples

Finding “ripple” at Yosemite National Park

Yoga mat ripples in the morning
Where have you seen YOUR One Word this month? Share your thoughts here.
Looking ahead: Our June linkup opens on Wednesday, June 25. Plan to join us with an update about your One Word.
If you’d like to receive our monthly One Word emails and ideas, join here any time of the year.
Link Up About Your One Word
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I enjoyed seeing your ripples.
Thank you for the reminder that every action (both good and bad) that we take affects others.
Thanks, Barb. I’m grateful for all the good ripples that have come my way from others’ kind actions.
Wow, you are being bombarded with ripples from all sides!
Yes, I am, Michele. And I had even more photos I could have shared but I didn’t want to overwhelm this post. ha.
Oh I can not believe how big he’s gotten, Lisa!!! And he’s delivering meals. This is so heart=touching …
I know; he’s grown up so quickly. He’s such a sweet child, too. I’m grateful for his sunshine in my life!
It’s fun that you found “ripple” at Yosemite National Park, Lisa!
Yes, I am always surprised to discover my word when I’m not even looking for it! 🙂