Better Off
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Peter Paul and Mary
The Peter, Paul and Mary version was released as a single in 1969 and became their only No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100. It was also their last hit record and the only version of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” that ever charted. Songwriter: John Denver
Okay, this is cute😀
Six Sentence Story – Remote
Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.
PROMPT WORD: REMOTE
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Sue sat lazily on her sunny patio listening to the loud traffic of the city and her mind wandered. She always wanted a hideaway cabin in a remote mountain area. It was part of a dream to first find a lover who wanted the same and the two of them would live happily after…(Sue’s mind started drifting, as usual)…well maybe not happily…living remotely meant no social life, no food delivery, no internet or phone service and no close medical help if needed.
Sue began to realize what living remotely entailed. Her vision disintegrated and she got up, walked into the elevator to the parking garage of her condo, slipped into her Mercedes and drove to the McDonalds drive through. The traffic continued to hum and Sue sighed.
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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!
“The Women”
I can’t recommend this book highly enough…
“A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah’s The Women–at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.
Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these… Read Full Overview”
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-women_kristin-hannah/39504591/item/56235439/?
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The character Frankie would be my age so I can easily relate to her. I listened to this book on Audible.
MLMM Sunday Confessionals – Express
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Being creative with expression in today’s world seems to have gone way too far off the mark. Words expressed in accusing manners (and I must add that I have been accusatory here on the blog) are detrimental to making valid points. Once you start using epithets people are usually turned off and stop listening.
Frustration feeds on this and soon it all gets out of control and ends up in violent action. I think anonymous texting and emailing is supplementing this problem.
When a member of our government can write and speak epithets in a public forum with no consequence, this country has a problem.
When a president of our nation can spout trash talk and act irresponsibly, it is dangerous and inflammatory and we have a problem. Freedom of speech was never meant to allow this, in my opinion.
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Sunday Confessionals : Express
Story
“What’s your story?” The old man asked the man sitting next to him at the bar. The younger uniformed man was drinking a few shots in succession.
“A pretty bad one, actually and you wouldn’t want to hear it.”
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t want to know. I think I’ve been right where you are now…just returned from the front?”
“Yes, got back this morning. I don’t know why I thought “coming home” would be easy. No one cares, no one knows or wants to know about the war.”
“Like I said, I’ve been you, coming back from Vietnam. No parades for sure and even apathy. Have you found a place to stay yet? There’s a veteran owned hotel on Smith Avenue where you can get a good rate, in the meantime.”
“Thanks, sir. I’m Jack, thanks for the advice.”
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Today’s Prompt: Story
The Sunday Whirl
Hours of whispered prayers were conjuring relief to the woman who was on her knees, thanking the gods. She was deep in the forest where the wonder of the gloaming offered a sense of calm and peace. Seeds of regret continued to smudge and stain her thoughts, but the compassion she was feeling started to emerge. She had taken chances with her actions but after feeling a connection to forgiveness, she was grateful.
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Wordle 645
Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt
His dead wife wanted his attention.
Weekend Writing Prompt #354 – Tap
3TC – Etheree
Your three words today are:
BROKEN SHATTER SMASHED
Broken
Split and smashed
Ghostly gray shape
Weaving and listing
Feathery green leaflets
Stretching sideways for cover
Torn open, cruelly shattered
Mother Nature’s lightning strike result
Sad
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Three Things Challenge #M628
The Bag Lady 
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