“Don’t you dare turn around and walk away from me,” Trish said as Charles headed into the cold fog that was rapidly descending over the waterfront.
Trish reached into her purse and pulled out a pistol, aimed it at Charles, and fired.
As Charles turned around in shock and disbelief, Trish yelled out, “my next shot won’t miss, you bastard.”
Written for Sonya’s Three-Line Tales prompt. Photo credit: Philippe Mignot via Unsplash.
“Yes, it really is serene and tranquil out here, and I thank you for suggesting this much needed break,” Phil said, “but I really need to head home and finish that project. I can’t continue to let it slide.”
“Oh come on,” Paula said. “Don’t be so anal. Beside, you told me that your project wasn’t due until a week from tomorrow. And it’s Mother’s Day and I thought we’d spend the entire day together.”
Phil laughed. “Yes, it’s Mother’s Day, but you’re my girlfriend, not my mother.”
Paula grabbed Phil’s arm and pulled him tight. “But I can be the motherly type, don’t you think? Wink wink, nudge nudge.” she said.
“Whoa, girl, that’s a whole new paradigm shift,” Phil said, smiling. “But you’re right, I don’t need to finish the project today. Besides, I see a rose-colored path up ahead that I think goes perfectly with your rose-colored glasses.”
“Well, what I see through my rose-colored glasses is that by next Mother’s Day,” Paula said, “you’ll see just how motherly I can be.”
(175 words)
Written for today’s Sunday Photo Fiction prompt from Susan Spaulding. Also for these daily prompts: Ragtag Daily Prompt (finish), Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (slide), The Daily Spur (girlfriend), Word of the Day Challenge (motherly), and Your Daily Word Prompt (paradigm). Photo credit: That gorgeous photo is from Fandango!
We have a dog and a cat in our home. They are not exactly the best of friends. In fact, they often get along like cats and dogs, if you know what I mean. Our 12 pound cat tends to terrorize our 70 pound dog.
However, they have learned, for the most part, to get along with minimal disturbance. I guess you might say that they are living in a state of peaceful coexistence.
Written for the Weekly Prompts Photo Challenge, where the prompt is “peaceful.”
I’m not sure that “peaceful coexistence” between a canine and a feline is what GC and SueW had in mind for this prompt. After all, they described peaceful as “free from disturbance; moments of tranquility and calm.”
But they did ask, “what does the word mean to you?” And on those occasions when our dog and cat are, in fact, getting along peacefully, we are, indeed, experiencing moments of tranquility.
For this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, Jim Adams is honoring Mother’s Day by giving us the theme of “Mom/Mother/Flowers.” As I thought about about the topic, the classic 1961 song by the Shirelles, “Mama Said” came to mind.
The Shirelles, an American girl group, was notable for their rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and soul music. They were very popular in the early 1960s, with seven top 20 hits. “Mama Said” was written by Luther Dixon and Willie Denson. It became a hit on both the pop and R&B charts, reaching number 4 and number 2, respectively. Billboard named the song number 44 on its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
“Mama Said” is about a girl who sees all her friends getting married and is frustrated that she doesn’t have her own man. But her mother reassures her that someday she’ll find a man who will look at her with loving eyes.
The group members of The Shirelles were Shirley Owens, Doris Coley, Beverly Lee and Micki Harris. They were one of the great girl groups.
There have been numerous covers of “Mama Said,” including versions by American Spring, Melanie, Dusty Springfield, The Stereos, and Dionne Bromfield. The song also inspired Van Morrison’s “Days Like This.”
Here are the lyrics to the song.
Mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
I went walkin’ the other day, yeah
Everything was goin’ fine
And then I met a little boy named Billy-Joe
And then I almost lost my mind
Come on, mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Oh, mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
My eyes were wide open
All that I could see, yeah
The chapel bells were tollin’
For everybody but me
But I don’t worry ’cause
Mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
And then she said
Someone would look at me
Like I’m lookin’ at you
One day
Then I might find
I don’t want you any old way
So, don’t worry, ’cause
Mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Mama said there’ll be days like this
There’ll be days like this, my mama said
Oh, yeah
(Mama said, mama said)
Don’t worry, yeah, don’t worry, now, yeah, eah, eah, eah
Don’t worry, worry, now, now, now
Don’t you worry
Welcome to May 12, 2019 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). It’s designed to fill the void after WordPress bailed on its daily one-word prompt.
I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (US).
Today’s word is “slide.”
Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.
Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments.
Note: some bloggers have had issues with pingbacks showing up lately, so if you don’t see it shortly after you published your post, you might want manually add your link in the comments.
And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.
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