Author Archives: Alice
My First Day in the Galapagos
Sorry, no PhotoHunt this week. I just couldn’t get my act together fast enough. Until I get next week’s ready, check out my vacation pictures. Well, some of them anyway. 🙂 We caught a morning flight from Guayaquil, Ecuador, to Baltra.
55 – Jet Lag
“What a pretty sunset. Or is that a sunrise?” “I don’t know. What does the In-Flight screen in front of your seat say?” “It says we’re landing in Dallas.” “Dallas? But I thought we were going to Mexico City.” “Oh no.” “Don’t tell me.” “Yep. We got on the wrong plane.” The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the […]
13 Things On My To-Do List
I’m back. Now I’m busy. 🙂 1. Unpack 2. Download all the pictures I took. 3. Deal with some people who expected me to fix a fan while I was gone. 4. Send out letters I meant to send before I left 5. Finish painting the living room 6. Finish making a quilt 7. Wipe off all the paint stripper on the kitchen cabinets that did nothing but smell. 8. Come visit your blog. 9. Paint the bathroom 10. Replace […]
Galapagos Overview
New info about my trip has been added to the bottom of this page. By the end of the month I expect to be over it and ready to move back to my regular stuff. I’ve posted quite a few pictures so far, especially on Thursdays. If you’re at all interested in the Galapagos, check them out. I was there for just over a week. In that time I learned all kinds of things. For instance, the entire atoll was […]
Gone Sailing
I was going to say “Gone Fishing” but I have no intention of messing with a rod and reel, so Gone Sailing is more accurate. I’m off to the low-tech world of the Galapagos Islands, home of a million varieties of finch and turtle. The point is that I’m out of Internet range at the moment. At least I expect to be for the next several days. In the mean while, since you’ve bothered to click to my site, talk […]
13 Places I Am Not
I am not – 1. at my desk 2. at the library 3. at the grocery store (well probably not) 4. under my bed 5. on my bicycle 6. in a train (at least I don’t think so) 7. working on my “new” house 8. picnicking in the park 9. visiting friends 10. in a job interview 11. under a rug 12. on the moon or 13. here I’m on my way to the Galapagos Islands. I’ll be there for […]
Suzie’s House 219 : Initial Observation
Gene couldn’t stop grinning. It was his! Finally! And not a stupid old Epiphone either. It was a… well…. a no-name guitar. The sales guy tried to claim it was a custom-built job and should be worth more, but it was just kind of a dull brown all over and mostly a regular shape except for this weird notch out of the body near the strumming elbow. And Mrs. H. said she knew it had been sitting there in the […]
The Serialists for July 6th
Welcome back to the latest installment of The Serialists! This marks the first of what I hope will be a long line of Wednesdays in which people who post connected fiction can share their work. Anyone who has two or more posts of original fiction that include the same setting and/or characters is welcome to put in a link here (at the bottom). I’ve decided to open up the listings to serials you may have written in the past, but […]
Busy Body
Jill: What has gotten in to you, Tonic? You’re moving so fast I can hardly see you. This one ties in closely with Informant-tive Today’s theme is Busy Previously in Jack and Jill: He’s Such a Card Be sure to visit the home page.
55 – ConText
Boy: Hey Mom, can I have a ride? Mom: Where are you? Boy: Not far. Mom: At your best friends? Boy: Kind of Mom: at his family’s cabin? Boy: Kind of Mom: At the shack ten miles of dirt road past his cabin? Boy: How’d you guess? The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
13 Decorative, Sword Shaped Toothpicks
For those who found this item from my grocery list last week interesting. For more lists of Thirteen, visit Thursday Thirteen
