WDYS September 2024

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Reading his favorite book, a candle by the side, summer rain outside, it was a perfect day for the eighty year old man. The book was tattered but still perfectly fine to read on this cloudy day. He loved the soft drops landing on his window and the candle gave just enough light to read the well known passages. All of his lonely days captured on this day, August 12. Each year without her he would read her loved book, remembering how she would read it to him at night, in bed. As the afternoon grew darker, he stoked the fire and moved to the soft quilted bed, settled in by lamplight, to finish the tome.

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https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/09/02/what-do-you-see-252-2-2024/

MLMM Wordle

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All the wishful spoken promises and thoughts were untrue, no longer could Ruth pretend her secret meeting was hidden. Now her foolishness had her caught, trapped and a nice set of bruises to show for it.

Ruth was blind to the sinister creep’s dark side. It was simply a meeting in a sunny glade, surrounded by a copse of maple trees, so beautiful in autumn. It all seemed above board as she approached the clearing. A blanket laid on the grass, even a picnic basket…how romantic, Ruth thought. And he was there, beautiful in a light blue shirt that matched his eyes, sitting welcomely. She sat down and they continued a conversation they started online. Ruth was at ease and the wine delicious. As she began to feel drowsy, she started to feel anxious. Wine had never affected her like this before. She started to speak and passed out.

When Ruth woke up, she was alone. Her clothes were sitting, folded neatly beside her. She suddenly realized she was naked! She saw bruises on her thighs and arms. Ruth realized she had been attacked. She gathered up her belongings and walked back to her car, and headed straight to the police station. She had to report it, even though no one would probably believe her—she did meet him of her own free will, only knowing his online persona. Never again, she thought, as she sat at the detective’s desk.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #388

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/three-things-challenge-m805/Your three words today are:
GLADE COPSE CLEARING

The Sunday Whirl

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Rebecca sighed, the fear starting again, it would not be long before her sight would be vanishing altogether and she would be blind. She tapped on the back of the device, thinking it might need a flash of movement to show a strong visible image. It worked and at the top was a clear description of the vine. Rebecca had started gardening after a trip to a botanic garden, where the sensory input from scents, touching the buds and leaves, even the barks of trees gave her a certain satisfaction. She could not help yearning for a cure, but there were none close enough to deter the inevitable. For now she would enter as much information possible to store in memory of the things that mattered most.

Better Homes and Gardens Sensory Garden

Wordle 669

Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt

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She felt the rough, tarnished item, wondering why her grandfather gave her this ancient timepiece. There must be some secrets in it, or it might have been used in some historical happening. Susan was mystified, also determined to find why her grandfather insist she have it. The watch, accompanied by a diary, Susan thought might contain answers. His last entry read, “use this key”. The tiny key opened the back of the watch. She found a coded message. “Now what”, she thought.

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Weekend Writing Prompt #379 – Timepiece

W3 – Garden

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Suzanne’s prompt guidelines

  • Theme: Transformation;
  • Form: Quatern

The Quatern is a 16-line form composed of four quatrains (four-line verses), with eight syllables per line. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The 1st line of stanza one (S1) is the 2nd line of S2, 3rd line of S3, and 4th line of S4.

Four quatrains (four-line verses):

Syllabic: Eight syllables per line;

Rhyming: Rhyming is not required, but quaterns often follow a rhyme scheme;

Refrain: The refrain of a quarterback repeats the 1st line of stanza one (S1) as the 2nd line of S2, the 3rdline of S3, and the 4th line of S4.

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The growing season, a short one

An early planting is the key

Frost may appear on a budding

Plastic tenting may act a shield.

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As the season changes, spring warms

The growing season, a short one

Delicate snow may still intrude

Moisture is also needed now.

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Spring budding gives us a promise

Blooms open in summer sunshine

The growing season, a short one

We work to keep faith for harvest.

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Autumn comes with hard rains and hail

We quickly reap the fruit bounty

Thankful we save most from damage

The growing season a short one.

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    W3 Prompt #122: Wea’ve Written Weekly