The Bag Lady

I looked over all of this island, and I just felt sad. This had been my dream, I had worked for all my life to be in this place, in this life. I had dreamed and hoped, and wished for this, and every workplace I had this poster hung up to inspire me, make me work harder, make me realize this was a goal I could achieve.

And now I’m here. I’m here sitting, looking out over the dream I had, but there is only one problem. I’m alone. I’m sitting here on my balcony, beautiful scenery in front of me, beautiful warm breezes, everything I had dreamed of. So why am I sad? Why, after all the years of working so hard to be here do I feel it was all in vain?

Because none of this means anything without a person to share it with, a lover, a wife, a child. I worked so hard in my life I never worked to achieve what was really important, a family, a woman to share it with. So all of this beauty that I’m surrounded with really means nothing at all.

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 09/17/2024

“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare—real characters shown in credits…Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, is an action-comedy that tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII by UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials including author Ian Fleming. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis using entirely unconventional and utterly “ungentlemanly” fighting techniques. Ultimately their audacious approach changed the course of the war and laid the foundation for the British SAS and modern Black Ops warfare.

https://rugby843.blog

If you don’t want it to spoil

Immediately wrap it in foil

It doesn’t cause much of a toil

It’s also good to use when you broil

Or catching drips when something boils

It’s also a shiny material, but tougher than voile.

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It’s Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Link Up!

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

Alan suddenly realized that he might be alone for the rest of his life. He blamed it on that new tanning technique he found on YouTube. It supposedly guaranteed you would only use it once and never have to tan again. He daubed it on liberally, and just as the ad predicted, his skin started to darken. The next morning he woke up to find it was so dark, he no longer looked like himself. He was scared. Looking in the mirror he looked black, no longer the white skinned man he knew himself to be. He turned on the shower to hot and scrubbed himself raw, but the color was permanent. How could he go hang out with his white supremacist friends, or be in the Trump rally’s? How could he be accepted at work where all the people were white? He had no idea how to act, he had no black friends or Hispanic or other races? He was a “dyed in the wool” white man! He picked up the bottle of tanning lotion to read the directions and saw: “Warning, do not use if you are a racist.”

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http://mymindmappings.com/2024/09/17/fandangos-story-starter-167/

I had a surprise party for my daughter and husband on their 30th wedding anniversary. It was held on the weekend before and they were surprised. All family crowded in my bedroom, laundry room and bathroom, even a two year old was quiet, and when the couple were inside, all came out saying surprise. It was great.

Writing Prompts

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https://thesoundofonehandtyping.com/2024/09/17/this-weeks-writers-workshop-prompts/

Ovi Poetry Challenge 66: DECISIONS is your inspiration.

One-Liner Wednesday – You know you need coffee when…

Leaves

Turning colors

Red orange splendor

I’m missing northeast show

Autumn

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W3 Prompt #125: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Sara loved antique stores, always looked for a bargain with a secreted value. Being pragmatic, knowing she would sell it for more, it was “just business”. Entering the glassware section, a grouping drew her to them. She bought them, set them up, clean and polished. After placing them on a table, they started glowing, emitting a weird green essence and incredibly, eerie music was coming from them! Sara tried to take them off to put away, but they stuck on the table. Frightened but acting quickly, Sara set a sign in front of them, “Halloween Special” free to good home.

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20 September2024