I was about half a mile through my walk when I saw them in the distance. There were three of them, rather large, down a darkened path on the corner I was approaching. One was definitely black and another appeared to be a black and white mottled color. This was strange because I didn’t know […]
[Continue reading...]Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words break my heart
August 23, 2013 2 Comments
I heard the rain long before I saw it pounding on the roof inside Wal-Mart. It was so loud people were actually looking up and around as if they might actually catch a glimpse of it. When I arrived at the exit, pushing my grocery laden cart ahead of me, I just looked out in […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
August 23, 2013 2 Comments
The Power of a Memory
August 17, 2013 5 Comments
Everyone has them, we make more every day. Though unbidden at times, our minds obediently display Some are quite wonderful, insisting we smile Others, nostalgic, take us back for a while Then there are those that we’d rather forget The bad ones, the memories that leave our cheeks wet If we are smart, we will […]
[Continue reading...]Weekly Photo Challenge: Carefree
August 16, 2013 4 Comments
The Weekly Photo Challenge was to depict “Carefree” and I couldn’t pick just one!
[Continue reading...]Sniffing crayons
August 11, 2013 7 Comments
As I walk into Walmart and veer over toward the aisles with signs advertising “back to school” sales, I realize, I want school supplies. I always do at this time of year. Call me crazy, but I love paper products and I feel like I’m missing out on something. It’s like a new season; a […]
[Continue reading...]Daily Prompt: Smell You Later
August 9, 2013 11 Comments
The writing prompt today was as follows: Humans have very strong scent memory. Tell us about a smell that transports you. Think 1980-something, in the fall and early winter. Teenage girls, donning Gloria Vanderbilt, Sergio Valente or Sasson jeans and fuzzy sweaters, and coating soft, supple, unspoiled skin with Merle Norman makeup. The bathroom mirror […]
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It’s a bad day, not a bad life
August 8, 2013 5 Comments
The alarm woke me up angrily as if to say there is no time to spare, not another blink of sleep is to occur on my watch! The door reached out to clobber me in the side of my head as I dragged a less than cooperative body to the bathroom. The water was cold […]
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Long walks and dark chocolate 