The Bag Lady

“The Martian” by Andy Weir

“Today it was time to experiment with the panels”. Those were Jim’s last words. It was a lovely day in Chicago. I thought it was windy in Wyoming, but the stiff breeze off the icy lake was worse. Jim and I decided this area was an excellent choice to test the solar panels in a cloudy atmosphere. Our dream was to have even a cloudy day provide enough stored energy to house us warmly in this climate. The sunny days in Wyoming were great, but we needed to find other, not so enhanced but hopefully profitable, areas for our new panels.

Just as Jim was placing the last in a block of ten, a strong gust lifted him up into the air. Unfortunately, when I watched him fly away like the Silver Surfer, I realized our dreams were dashed.

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You held my heart so tight

I thought it would splinter

But when you left me

It merely floated away.

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Freezing family support at soccer in Wyoming.

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Living in Tyler, TX, the weather was usually never flu conducive, always a pleasant, even boring climate. Growing up in VT, there was always a change of seasons I welcomed. The home in TX, one of many, was built by a contractor and had many amenities, including a pool and a fireplace. We had three inside cats at the time and two dogs outside, (never the twain shall meet).

I’m not sure we ever used the fireplace even though most homes had one in that area. One day I was reading in the living room and heard a fluttering in the fireplace flue, and out came a bird! It flew right over to the top of the drapes across the room.

Before I could even move, the old mother cat leaped up and had the bird in her mouth. Unfortunately I heard a crunch. I made her drop it, tried to save the poor thing, but of course I could not. I closed the flue immediately, not ever wanting that to happen again.

I didn’t realize the old cat was capable of leaping so far so high so fast. I really never liked her after that. She had always been what I think of as a typical cat, while the other two were very loving. Guess I do hold a grudge.

#JusJoJan 2019 Daily Prompt – Jan. 11th

Dreaming:

Ah

Come

Closer

Over

Mmmmm

Perfect

Love

Imagery

Sweet

Heavenly

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Writing Prompts

Look quick the colors

Beauty lives a few minutes

Disappears in blue

#JusJoJan 2019 Daily Prompt – Jan. 10th

Technology and I are not long distance lovers, friends, not acquaintances, not even a howdy do in passing. Today I lost all contacts on my phone. Yes, I always have backup checked in case I do something stupid. No luck. I think I need cans and a very long string.

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Dancing flakes

Pause to rest upon

Waiting branch

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Jimmy looked out again, raised his hand to feel cold wet condensation on the window. Slurring it to the side to see clearer, he wished to be outside with his friends. He thought of the neighborhood boys as friends, even though he never joined them. Today’s weather made him wish for what could not be for a boy bound inside.

Once in a while his mother would bake cookies and set up games to entertain his friends, after pleas to their mothers. It was her way of coping. Jimmy just wanted to feel snowflakes on his tongue like his friends.

100 Word Wednesday: Week 104