The Sunday Whirl

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His holiness in ancient rumpled robes, his facial bones stretch his thin wrinkled skin…walks slowly toward the dais. The candles flicker from yellow to gold to amber as the private chambers darken in evening light. He glances up to give reverence to the three figures above his gilded chair and thought of his beginnings as a lowly parish priest and the invisible spiral of success he now enjoyed. Even revered and respected, he remembers the disreputable seeds of years of compromised decisions, and weeps with regret.

Wordle 647

No Theme Thursday

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Growing up in Vermont
I always thought
From comics and stories
These men deserved glory
Their striking presence
Uniforms, implied essence
All came to be
Mysterious to me
The fictional one
With faithful hound
Made a small girl’s heart leap and bound!

☺️☺️☺️

“Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.”

http://thebeginningatlast9.com/2024/03/21/no-theme-thursday-03-21-24/

MLMM Saturday Mix

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Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Story Starter, 23 March 2024!
You will be given a sentence to start off your response. It is your choice whether you write using poetry or prose.

Your story starter for this week is:

  • In a fit of rage, she smashed her champagne glass on the marble floor and stared defiantly at him…

“I told you not to come!” She shouted at the tall muscular man entering the ballroom. He just smiled and signaled his companion to start the music. The woman Julia, turned red as her societal uptown reputation was about to be smeared.

Julia had tried to keep her previous life behind her, a secret, and here tonight, at her engagement party, the last person she wanted to see was Joe. She and Joe used to be an R rated act at a club probably never attended by the current party guests.

Joe ignored her, started undulating to the music and captured everyone’s attention.

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Story Starter – Saturday Mix, 23 March 2024

SoCS 3-23-24

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Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “memories of the room you’re in.” Write about a memory of the room (or park, or gym, or where ever you are) you’re in when you write your post. Enjoy! L

Stream of Consciousness Saturday is the brainchild of author Linda G. Hill. Every Friday, Linda provides her followers with an inspiring blogger’s prompt. It can be a word or words and sometimes bonus points are involved (my favorite). Linda asks us to write without editing, other than correcting spelling errors.

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I don’t have many good memories of a bedroom I was practically living in when I was in very poor health. Some wonderful ones peek through to remind me of watching Barbie and other movies on a laptop on my bed surrounded by grandkids. I always had air popped corn, Oreos and rice pudding cups at the ready. Those were precious moments I’m happy to have preserved in my old brain.

Over a decade later I am much healthier and watching those little ones excel in their lives as adults. It’s a grandparent thing I hope everyone gets to enjoy.

Basketball and award banquets over and today is the second girls’ V soccer match of the season and I watch alone, not on a laptop, but iPad or tv. I watch with mixed emotions as time surely is fleeting and I take in every moment.

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https://lindaghill.com/2024/03/22/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-march-23-2024/

Fandango’s Flashback Friday

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This is from March 1, 2017:

“He’s touching me!”

“I am not, it’s Harry, he touches everybody.”

“You’re pushing me, I’m going to fall off!”

“Well if you fall off, just join those wimpy guys inside.”

“Hey, we’re not wimps, it’s warm in here.”

“Charlie, keep your paws to yourself!”

“Uh, sorry, Kate, it’s just so crowded up here.”

“Joe, sweetie, your whiskers are tickling my nose, you’re so cute.”

“Shelly, I just love your little beady eyes, dear.”

Crowding to the right from Whitey and his brother Biggie.

“Okay everybody off to the left. Whitey’s crowding as usual.”

Tiny pops up, big ears showing. “Hey, look out there! Is it cheese? I think it’s cheese! Come on guys, let’s check it out!”

So goes a day in the life of mice.

https://flashfictionforthepracticalpractitioner.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/flash-fiction-for-the-purposeful-practitioner-2017-week-10/ ***

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — March 22nd