Sometimes the prompt is exactly what I am thinking at the moment I read it. Silence is new to me. I live alone, in a small city, and even as a downstairs apartment dweller, there is not much noise here during the day. I am used to the upstairs neighbor’s dog romping in their living room, playing ball; humming air conditioning or heating units, and the occasional delivery truck. I’m no longer in my very old house where I spent many years getting used to the complaints of the wood floor. The nearby train whistle at night is a sound I miss. Also, cows mooing for their calves, nightly cat fights, all the usual sounds of semi-country living in a small town. While these may be bothersome to others, it made me feel I was a part of something, surrounded by life. I belonged there. It was comforting, and familiar.
8 thoughts on “Response to the Daily Prompt: Silence”
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The Bag Lady 
Like yourself .. I miss those sounds too. Now I have newer ones. The sirens of emergency vehicles, the snick of the apartment building door latch closing. The beep of people locking their car doors, slamming them either coming or going. Yes the world is the same but different. Thanks for liking my blog post. “In search of …” Cheers Jamie.
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Yup. Off with the old, on with the new. But if I pass a yard of vows or horses, I do grow nostalgic.☺️
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It will happen
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I miss the sound of cows and farm machinery – and the complete silence, without even the sound of traffic, that would sometimes fill my corner of rural England, over 50 years ago.
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Yes. I grew up in Vermont, really country, on a dairy farm. Love your profile comments.
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I can’t remember waht they say 🙂
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You will get used to the silence down the road.
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Just how long is that road? It’s been two years already.☺️
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