The Bag Lady

(birthmark, raccoon, charm)

It was just one of those days. You know the ones, waiting in line at the grocery, ignoring all the stares from the other customers in the queue. It no longer bothers me, it’s me, who I am, how I was born, so deal with it!

Being thirty-five, a loner, and enjoying income as a grip backstage at the Rocky Horror Picture Show, I don’t expect much more out of life. The raccoon shaped birthmark on my face caused limited expectations as a child. Throughout my adult life I was only a curiosity to women I tried to date, thinking possibly they would see me, not just my appearance.

When watching the RHPS one evening, I was stopped on the way out by one of the actors. My birthmark was the charm that enabled me to finally be accepted.

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Hello! Isn’t this great? Most fish never have the opportunity to be in a perfectly clean, beautiful environment like this one. Even goldfish might reside in a special manufactured pond, but then they’re outside in the weather.

Sitting here on the shelf, my bowl is kept at a perfect temperature and no annoying insects to bother. And look at the treasure chest feature! This is especially appealing to the younger generation, reading stories of pirates and treasure islands.

I’d better swim up to the surface, it’s about feeding time. There’s always plenty to go around, just another bonus, living in a bowl.

102 words

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I want to talk about toxic relationships. It could be your mate, your parent, your sibling, your boss, or your best friend. I’ve had a couple of these relationships and what does that mean?

Being a teenager I wanted so badly to fit in, which is probably what most teens feel, that I didn’t recognize that it could end up being painful. That is life and a learning situation, I just didn’t realize it until it was too late.

As an adult, wanting something I didn’t think I would ever get, respect for my efforts, I developed another toxic relationship with a coworker. It wasn’t until years later, being more comfortable in myself, that I understood it, and moved on. I was being used.

I hope that at my age I have settled into knowing who and what is important to me.

FOWC with Fandango — Toxic

A fifteen year old boy, looked upon as handicapped which in his case is weird because he has no hands, being stared at by children and adults, all his life, received a huge reward. This young man is at an impressionable age of course and returned home from Boston last night. I asked him what made the biggest impact on him. He replied, meeting the Commissioner, Jackie Bradley, Jr, Alex Rodriguez, and walking out on the field of the park itself. We were all jealous here at home, especially of seeing Sharon Robinson again. She is a great person. Cameras and microphones all around. Who wouldn’t be impressed?

We all met for dinner last night and they were still excited about the trip to see the World Series. We also discussed the name because only United States’ Leagues play. This is some of what I found. According to rulesofsport.com:

Impressionable – Word of the Day Challenge

Cass was a nightmare in white silk and pearls. He was the envy of all the other dancers at the club. It had taken months to perfect his act, and now he had a large stream of followers.

Cass’ every day life held him captive in a bookkeeping office in a shoddy part of the city. Most of his office crowd were also disgruntled but well paid employees. Cass always looked skyward to silently thank his mother for pushing him into her own profession. “It’s not exciting, Cassidy, but it pays the bills well”. He could hear her even today, ten years later

Cassidy’s dreams as a child were just that, no hope of becoming a star. He set his sights lower, and at eighteen, started to help backstage as a gofer for the “real” talent. He grew friendly with the other dancers and they convinced him to try out for a spot one night. They helped him with hair and makeup and underpinnings for the white dress. It was now his signature look, perfected over time.

Cass’ debut was a success and even though he tried it as a lark, he realized how much satisfaction he received revealing his true nature. From that day on, he was a quiet bookkeeper by day and a siren at night.

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(the broom of doom, greasy grimy chauffeur guts, ziglet of zombies)

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It didn’t take long, learning how to drive the broom of doom, especially when being a chauffeur was the dream of a lifetime. Of course most goblins liked to drive their own broom, but the witches in the area preferred a driver. Then they could sample the brews they concocted with no chance of getting a DUI.

Three such ladies of the occult were happily chatting on the rear seat of the broom when suddenly they heard a splat! And then they saw it and felt it, greasy grimy chauffeur guts, covering every inch of them! The new chauffeur was not watching close enough and ran smackdab into a parliament of owls!

Meanwhile the broom was out of control and descending fast! The witches tried to grab the handle and right themselves, but continued to fall. If it wasn’t for farmer Jones’ hay piles in the field below, well you can imagine. . .As they got up to check for injuries, a ziglet of zombies happened by.

“Hey, you ladies in for a night on the town? We promise you’ll have a ghoul of a time!” Thinking their night of fun was over with the broom accident, the witches were delighted to accept the invitation.

October Writing Prompts

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He isn’t here. I’ll keep searching, but I’m losing hope. I thought it would be different. I guess I was just dreaming, no one actually knows what happens. . .after.

Sunday afternoon we decided to take a picnic. Not a trouble in the world would defeat us. Getting away in the mountains hiking, all a great adventure and we couldn’t wait to get started. It was an accident, of course, one of those unexpected tragedies that you hope never comes in your lifetime. We hurriedly climbed together, the rocks gave way and we disappeared.

Searching for him here, in our “afterlife”.

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It worked! I was hesitant at first, didn’t think he could actually make it happen, but here it is, finally. He promised me everything–the stars, the moon, anything I ever wanted would be mine, I only needed to ask.

I was skeptical, who wouldn’t be? Things I thought were impossible dreams were now mine. He made me believe. He said he’d give me the world if I let him.

I succumbed and now I have it. . .right here in the palm of my hand.

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The Green Monster Escapade

Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is home to the baseball arena known as Fenway Park. The Green Monster is a huge wall causing a few upsets during game play.

In Wednesday’s second game of the World Series, there were two fantastic catches and I thought to myself, these players are fun to watch. The pitchers were fantastic. Such pressure on them – you could feel it! This was no boring game. It renewed my interest in baseball. I’ve seen the Astros, had great seats and bad, even in a box seat once. I’ve attended football in Houston and Denver. But Wednesday’s game was fantastic. It almost rivaled sitting in snow covered seats with peppermint schnapps hot chocolate on the fifty yard line in Denver. There’s nothing like being at a Broncos game with the fans. Having beer spilled on you because something unforeseen happened was just a bonus!

Go ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

Escapade – Word of the Day Challenge