raising awareness
hoping to change the closed minds
seems like a lost cause
perseverance is burning—
the fire cannot be squelched
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http://godoggocafe.com/2022/06/07/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-tuesday-june-7/
Tuesday Writing Prompt Challenge
Beautiful day in the neighborhood?
The day didn’t start out like that with noise polluting mowers and trimmers about… But the sun is shining and the sky is a bright blue. The baby trees and bushes they planted in this new development are thriving, and who can’t feel good about that?
Last night returning from watching “Top Gun” in a large theater and believe me it was worth it; I found two very tired ladies in the lobby. Apparently they had been using Lysol and Pine-Sol on all the surfaces and handrails because there have been cases of Covid and bronchitis here ending in hospital stays. Yes we are all fifty-five and over but it’s not a nursing home or care facility, it’s just a federal government subsidized complex and there shouldn’t be this many health problems.
There’s a lot of socialization and meal sharing going on in the lobby which is one of the reasons my daughter thought it would be great for me to live here. And just when I was thinking about dipping my toe in that water, I hear the old Jaws theme in my head.
I don’t want to get Covid again, I do not want to go to the hospital, I don’t even want to be sick at all—so call me a paranoid wimp but I have been perfectly happy here pretty much to myself in my new apartment and I think for a while I’ll stay that way.
Wear your masks, use sanitizer on your hands—it’s still lurking, and adding new ways to make you sick, so stay safe and well!
Love this!
Was out in Ft Collins all day and seeing Top Gun tonight but have a laugh on me:
Just for Fun
3TC
REDUCE
INCREASE
ENLARGE
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“Well of course it’s crazy! Don’t you think I know that?” Julie opened the lingerie bag and pulled on the tight brassiere hoping to reduce the size of her voluptuous breasts. “This doesn’t work, it only pushes everything to the middle and I look like I’m carrying a high pregnancy!”
“Uh, you’re sixty years old Mona….no one is going to think that. Remember when you chose to enlarge those things? You wanted to increase your “dance card” so to speak?”
Julie flopped down on the bed, exhausted and said, “What a fool I was”.
***
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/06/05/three-things-challenge-985/
The Sunday Whirl
The felon checked his work. The pinpricks would soon close up leaving no evidence of the slithery perpetrator as Joe shoved it into his bag and zipped the lid. “You did nice work” he whispered to the tiny viper. With a chilling sneer Joe completed yet another murderous trip for his employer.
The distraught husband would never miss his payments again and all traces of foul play would be banished in his wife’s ultimate demise after a string of similar attacks. Her heart simply could not take another episode and gave out.
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Six Sentence Story
She had heard the old saying, “a key to a man’s heart…” but she was no Julia Child. She had no old favorite recipe book handed down from generations. However, she did know a great caterer—no, that wouldn’t do, that would be lying and not a way to start a relationship. She remembered Barnes and Noble was a good place to find a cookbook and went up to their counter to ask for advice. It was then she forgot about cooking an enticing recipe for someone else, seemingly mesmerized by the clerk’s bright blue eyes. They say love at first sight is a myth, but he was equally smitten by her big browns.
***
https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2022/06/05/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-215/
Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt
Are you living your life with zest
Or do you prefer to sit and rest?
No matter your age or ability
Don’t concern yourself with agility
It’s only your mind and heart that counts!
https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/06/04/weekend-writing-prompt-262-zest/
MLMM Saturday Mix
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He looked down at the floor
As he hung from the ceiling
A shelter no more
His mind started reeling.
What monster was this daring to expose
His magician’s secrets?
Now the audience knows!
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SoCS
My first thought was Arnie, you know Arnold Schwarzenegger? Remember him and the book “Pumping Iron”?
“Schwarzenegger was known as the Styrian Oak, or Austrian Oak, in the bodybuilding world, where he dwarfed his competition. He won his first amateurMr. Universe title in 1967. After moving to California in 1968 to train and compete in bigger events in the United States, he won three more Mr. Universe titles and then the professional Mr. Olympia title six years in a row (1970–75) before retiring.”
http://lindaghill.com/2022/06/03/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-4-2022/
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