Welcome to Week #148 of the Saturday Six Word Story Prompt. Click here to read the guidelines for the Saturday Six Word Story Prompt series. (Psst! I have changed the guidelines recently.)
Prompt for Week #148 (Aug 16, 2025 – Aug 22, 2025)
Independent
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Independent thinking seems lost with Trump.
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #148 – Aug 16, 2025
It’s simple, treat others as you want to be treated.
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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 16, 2025
She glanced at it again, her heart full of sadness. Even though it was all right here, contained and saved forever, she couldn’t feel it. The tangible touch she wanted, needed, could no longer be. The jar was the utopian life she would never have.
It had started out as a joke, as her brother and parents always fell laughing at her expense. James, a close in age brother, always seemed to find a particular way of embarrassing her. Because of this, Mary spent a lot of time in her room, by herself, contemplating revenge.
She was reading the latest mystery novel when the idea came to her. Why not, she thought, after a certainly rough day with her family. The book described a witching spell that made objects small in size. Thinking at first it would be a funny joke on her brother, she made the potion. Putting it in his afternoon strong mint tea was the easy part. Seeing what actually happened to him as a result, sent her running back to the book for the anecdote. This spell was definitely not a joke. Luckily no one was home but her with her now child sized brother. He didn’t realize the problem until he decided to get off the recliner and couldn’t. Mary quickly gave him another tea and urged him to sit back and relax, it was just a dream. Mary succeeded with her plan, now complete and she was satisfied, even though she was the only one who knew.
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Weekly Writing Prompt
The family came to show respects to their oldest relative who passed away quietly in her sleep. No one was with her so they thought maybe this solemn visit might reach her somehow. Little Janie was the first to notice two white figures in the front of the cemetery. No sooner had she said too loudly, “look, mommy!” than the figures literally disappeared. They were there, then nothing. Janie’s mom hurried the family off the gravesite and into their car. It was a strange ride home, with Janie full of questions.
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15 August 2025
Joe checked out his thumb that was bruised, “hmmm, still smells of garlic, even after that trip down the waterfall!” He was practically dumbfounded, realizing he could kayak down that waterway. “I guess those new senior vitamins actually work!” His wife just smiled. They certainly did!
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Book Review – Ancient Voices: Poems About Egypt by Dawn Pisturino
I just listened to Governor Newsom’s speech and I am very much inspired by it. He spoke my thoughts exactly and I hope it inspires his CA people and other US governors to speak up. We can help each other!
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Thursday Inspiration #293 Walk This Way
babies gathered, unaware
differences adults see there
hungry is their only thought
discrimination was never taught
the world is full of loving young
adults only are overcome
by prejudice that is schooled
by parents and uneducated rules
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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 08/12/2025
It was a dismal rainy day and Cheri thought about her destiny. She had been designing through the night and the cloudy day was not a good omen. Samples of a few dresses and accessories were shown to a store owner, but that woman seemed to despise Cheri. She thought about trying to find the woman’s competitor, and offering her designs. Both store managers turned Cheri down. “I guess designing clothes is not my destiny after all.”
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Three Things Challenge #MM150
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feeling powerless
lose needed abilities
the driving hindrance
dependency on others
power loss bedeviling
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The Bag Lady 
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