This was a fun prompt! Just FYI, my husband is NOT the target of my anger! Nor is anyone I love. Morale is just so low where I work and this is how I felt after a meeting last night. I could not get out it of my head (prompt words: symphony, oasis, convenient, A … Continue reading A Touch of Perfect
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Darling Dahlia
I have resisted the urge to partake in any photo challenges because... well... I am not a photographer! But I saw this prompt "Dahlia" on a beautiful picture and thought, well darn! I have dahlias, I will give it a try. So here you are, a lovely bunchy, bushy, trailing dahlia that draws bees and … Continue reading Darling Dahlia
Good Will Stories
Story Number One: Hot RollersI got rid of my hot hair rollers. The ones that made beautiful bouncy Farrah Fawcett style curls. The ones I used in the seventies... Then later in the eighties for "big hair." Even early in my teaching career I used them. So I took these hot rollers to Good Will. … Continue reading Good Will Stories
Highway
The prompt is "Highway" and my thought went S T R A I G H T to this song. 1979. I am a senior in high school. My best friends older brother works at a music store. He has his cassette tapes in a locked case. We pick the lock and rock out to AC/DC's … Continue reading Highway
Empty House. Weather. Anniversary.
My house is pretty empty. It feels too soon to write about moving, we don't close until October 12th, but it is weird to see the house so empty. We have been packing a bunch of boxes on the weekends, winnowing out what we do not need on a regular basis. Roboticly moving boxes, hauling … Continue reading Empty House. Weather. Anniversary.
Those First Days
It is the first day of school. I stand there in the lobby, greeting students as they enter. Scrubbed, sun-kissed, sparkly-eyed kids, excited kids, ready for school. Nervous parents holding the hands of their five year olds. "Can I help you?" I ask. "Yes, thanks! Where is Mrs. Berg's room." I smile and I show … Continue reading Those First Days
Ketchikan Perspective
Ahhh.... The prompt word is "tender." I am late for work but am going to post what first comes to my mind when I think of this word. Tender. The first word is not the sweet way a mamma holds a new baby, or the way lovers might look at each other. No. This time … Continue reading Ketchikan Perspective
Little Birds Fly the Coop
Yesterday someone asked what it was like to be an "empty nester." One of those poor, frazzled people who have a kid in elementary, middle and in high school. I just smiled and said, "The freedom." That is what we like the best, the freedom to do pretty much anything. Go away for a weekend? … Continue reading Little Birds Fly the Coop
No, She Doesn’t Have a Name
"What's her name?" People ask when they meet my cat. "Ummm...." We stammer a little, does it make us bad owners that we don't have a name for her? "Kitty, her name is Kitty." Which isn't entirely the truth. When my daughter was much younger she named her the same name as her friend who … Continue reading No, She Doesn’t Have a Name
Four Prompt Words in Two Sentences, Thank-You-Very-Much
"Ten days," She groaned, "There are only ten days. I have started some sort of abominable countdown till school starts and we have to go back to work." "Piffle", I reply, all effervescent and shiny, "It has been a glorious summer, long and sunny with all the ingredients needed for kids to come back healthy, … Continue reading Four Prompt Words in Two Sentences, Thank-You-Very-Much
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