13 Things on My Desk
1. Origami cranes
2. Water
3. A cell phone
4. Multiple pairs of glasses
5. Suzanne Brockmann’s Out of Control
6. A camera
7. A tiny tin of bag balm
8. A monitor
9. A keyboard
10. A shelf
11. a cup full of mechanical pencils
12. A box full of supplies
13. A burned out light bulb that i can’t find a replacement for.
Suzie’s House 310 : Because We’re Bandmates
Tracy smiled at her. She even waved. Emma felt so grateful, but kind of stunned, too. So she stayed sitting there at the exta-long lunch table instead of clearing her tray and going to the library. Maybe she could eat after all.
Except Tracy didn’t come over right away. She sat talking to Gene for a minute. He looked up at her and waved, but didn’t stop unpacking his lunch. Kate still hadn’t looked at the long table, Justin and his friends were about done eating and starting to leave, and there was no sign of Bruce.
So there Emma sat by herself at the end of the extra long table while every other member of the band hung out with someone else.
The Serialists of May 8th
Featured author: Carrie Ann with Redemption
Did you all notice that Carrie Ann came out with two (count them, TWO) Redemption-Underverse episodes last week? Way to go Carrie Ann!
This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
Caribbean Shakespeare
Mr. Al, The Girl, and I went to see Shakespeare at the local university recently. It was an interesting take on the play A Comedy of Errors. The kept the original Shakespearean wording, but moved the setting to a Caribbean island. All the scene changes were accomplished under cover of beach revelers dancing. What a hoot!
The Sound of a Flower
“Hey, Mom. What’s the sound of a flower opening?”
“It’s the drip of spring rain, the humid kiss of a promise, the “sorry” of a wayward husband, the buzz of bees and the click of a casket closing.”
“No. Really, is it a swick or more of a swoosh. I need it for a video I’m making.”
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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 Barbie Shoes
We’ve been doing some rearrangement of old junk in our house lately. In a couple of months we’ll have sifter through things to hold another yard sale. In the process, The Girl has rediscovered all kinds of stuff, from books we read to her when she was little to toys she thought long gone. A few days ago she gleefully showed me these – all the barbie shoes she could find. There just happened to be 13 of them.
My question is, does anyone else find it a little odd for a shoe to already contain a foot?
Suzie’s House 309 : Eating Alone
The big table where Tracy and Gene sometimes had their band meetings at lunch time didn’t have anyone sitting at it. It made Emma nervous and exposed, but she set her tray there right at the very end and sat down.
It felt like everyone was looking at her. And not in the grand, movie-star way she liked to imagine.
The Serialists of May 1st
Featured Author: Sheilagh Lee
About Mr. Linky, it looks like something has changed in the coding for the linky aggregate. I can no longer see the names of people who have put their links in on the sidebar display while viewing the Blog page. Is it the same for you? If I click on a specific post they are there just like they used to be. How about you? I tried everything I could think of, but couldn’t get it working again. I have a ticket requesting help from Mr. Linky. Hopefully we’ll get this working again.
In the meanwhile, please use the actual post instead of relying entirely on the sidebar when going to visit other participants. 🙂
This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
The Princess Bride
Last Thursday I mentioned a note about a video on Mr. Al’s desk. Well, here’s the note, somewhat modified by Mr. Al.
It all started with The Girl’s friends. It seems most of them have become devotees of the movie The Princess Bride. She’d heard so much about it that she wanted to see it. I knew we had a copy of it, but I didn’t know where.
We went through the piles and piles of video tape in the living room to no avail. I left the note asking Mr. Al had seen it on his desk. The next day, the note had been moved to the dining room table along with the tape, which turned out to have been in storage.
Leave it to Mr. Al to turn it into a joke.
Foregone Conclusions
Jill: So, what do you think? Would you like to rent the room from us?
Theodor: Well, let us consider. I am in search of a residence which will allow me to engage fully in my occupation as a researcher. To that end I seek a place that will provide me with a comfortable environment with the least amount of fuss. Although you offer all utilities included, you do not offer meals, laundry, or general cleaning. The room is of substandard size and esthetic appeal, and is clearly already in use. Furthermore the price is high. You have not even introduced me to my potential roommate. What do you conclude?
Jack: Well, considering she’s the roommate, I guess it’s obvious you wouldn’t want….
Theodor: I’ll take it.
Previously in Jack and Jill: Stud Muffin
The theme for this week’s Jack and Jill is foregone conclusions as suggested by The Walking Man
Want to see what I can do with a word or phrase? Make a suggestion.
Smirking
“Everyone is smirking.” Theresa glared as she huddled against the bridge railing
“Relax,” Old Man Michael handed her the harness. “They’re just remembering the first time they did it. Put that on.”
“Are you sure they don’t think I’m crazy?”
“If they do, then they’re even crazier. They’ve all bungee jumped before.”
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 Things on Mr. Al’s Desk
I was going to do 13 things on my desk, but frankly, right now my dh’s desk is more interesting.
1. The Cat Cave – a cardboard box for sleeping “in”.
2. A cat.
3. Plant starts for the garden.
4. A borrowed laptop
5. A dictionary
6. The newspaper
7. Scratch pads
8. A pen. Yeah, just one.
9. Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing
10. An absentee ballot
11. A message from me having to do with a missing video.
12. a fancy mouse to go with the laptop he’s not supposed to have.
13. The Histories by Tactus
