(This is a somewhat random picture, but I’m counting it as a TRP)

Her voice
Ebbing and flowing like waves of a calm sea
Marks the passing of a nap like the tick of a clock.
She’s with friends in another room,
Sharing the comfortable thoughts
Of a social creature
Until
Silence.
He sits up, fully awake.
What is wrong?
Her voice returns.
Oh. A pause in the conversation.
He rolls over and sleeps.

The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
I’m in the mood for a word association thing.
1. Hot
2. humid
3. watermelon (Just got a good one. The Girl is getting good at picking them out)
4. seed spitting contest
5. book contest
6. last chance at Packing Heat
7. fun reads
8. friends
9. blog
10. hop
11. on one foot
12. limp
13. biscuit
Totally Random Picture:


(Totally Random Picture)
She’s always doing that; saying something but not enough so we know what she really means. Always hinting of something deeper. But if you ask, she says it’s nothing.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Would you all mind weighing in on the current poll? It’s kind of time sensitive.
And now for the Totally Random Pictures. These are my first two:


I said in the comments of my last 365 that I’d be tossing these in now and then, sometimes with no relationship to what the post is about.
I came back from a family bicycle ride to a beautiful sunset. I stayed home just long enough to grab my camera. Still, that was long enough for most of the glorious color to go away. Instead, I got a pretty go shot of the train. *shrug*
Recent Comments