Odd Prompts Week 13

This week's prompt was from Becky Jones.  She asked: The very polite and friendly-looking, if a bit odd, gentleman on your doorstep is selling insurance for ..... This practically begged to be a companion piece to Water Wars. Door to door sales A knock at the door interrupted the weekly game.  The lady of the …

Odd Prompts Week 12

This week's prompt was digital art from Cedar with this caption: What might come out of one of those branching side halls in this place? I saw this and a seed was planted.  I remembered seeing something about old tunnels in DC so I hared off to do some research.  I found the DuPont Underground …

How the world changed

I was walking around the shopping center during lunch one day this week.  Seeing the shops closed or restricting access set up a seed of a story.   This is what came of that seed. How the world changed   She walked through the village, slowly looking around.  Once it had been a bustling center of …

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge — Victory Girls Blog

A quote: “We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.” ~~ George Santayana via Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge — Victory Girls Blog Robin stared out the window as she wrapped her hands around …

Some thoughts from my friend, Mandy

Mandy takes the time to write out these devotionals ever two weeks for a small ladies get together.  We're in the process of getting her set up on a blog, but I thought this one needed to be posted sooner rather than later. Week 21 - BREATHE Breathe: a verb: meaning- Be Alive; remain living. …

My take on the news coverage of COVID-19

Odd Prompts Week 11

Using one of the spare prompts this week: A very nice star field from Cedar. The Stars are sisters. “Take this to the Captain.”  Chief Stewart Amnon handed me the report. “Yes, Chief.”  I gave him a nod and turned to the computer to confirm the captain’s location.  He was currently showing as being on …