Day: January 15, 2024

MFFFC — The Reunion

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“Come on, Joan, get those bags into the trunk,” Frank said, “or we won’t get there until after dark.”

“Why don’t you just go without me, Frank?” Joan said. “I really have no desire to go. These are your friends and I’m sure you’ll have a much better time with them if I’m not tagging along.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, Joan,” Frank said. “I want my fellow graduates to meet my beautiful wife. They’ll be green with envy.”

“Frank, you and your pals are going to have chugging contests and will be playing beer pong until you’ve had more than you can handle,” Joan said. “I don’t want you coming back to the room and throwing up all over me like you did last time.”

“Baby, that was five years ago,” Frank protested. “We’re not kids anymore.”

“But I know how you guys are,” Joan said. “You guys start clicking on to each other and there is no pulling you apart. My mother told me not to marry a Lego man. You graduates from Lego University are all alike. You stick with one another and go crazy. I don’t want to deal with it.”

“Joan, don’t be that way.”

“Your bag is in the car, Frank,” Joan said. “You go and have a good time at the reunion.. “I’ll stay home with the kids. We’ll play a robust game of Lego Land tonight.”

Written for Melissa’s Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge. Photo credit: Atish Sewmangel at Unsplash.

WDP — Don’t Make Me Choose

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Bloganuary writing prompt
What is your favorite animal?
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Some people might say dogs. Others might say cats. But I can’t choose. Don’t make me. I like them both, and if I could, I’d create an animal that is half cat and half dog.

The perfect pet.

Image: Bing Image Creator.

JusJoJan — Real-World Matters

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I am sitting at the kitchen table, sipping my morning coffee, just having finished reading the morning paper. My iPhone is in my left hand and the screen I’m looking at is blank. My right index finger is poised above the virtual keypad, but I can’t think of anything to write. So I go to ChatGPT, an AI engine. I type in, “I can’t think of anything to write.”

“No worries,” it responds. “Would you like a writing prompt to get you started?” it asks.

“Knock yourself out,” I answer.

“Craft a short story set in a futuristic city where people communicate through holographic messages. You can explore the challenges or benefits of this advanced form of communication,” it suggests.

“Maybe later,” I respond. “My cold cereal is getting soggy.”

“I understand,” it writes. “Real-world matters take priority.”

For today’s JusJoJan prompt, Linda has given us the word “craft,” as suggested by Astrid, who resides here. Image credit: Bing Image Creator.

Share Your World — 01/15/2024

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Share Your World

Di, at Pensitivity101, is our host for Share Your World each week. Here are her questions for this week.

1. Do you use an air freshener in your home? If so, do you prefer a solid gel, spray, timed release, pot pourri, or something else?

We don’t use an air freshener of any kind in our home. We have a dog, so perhaps we should, but our noses are so used to our dog’s smell that maybe we don’t notice it if there is one. And none of our visitors to our home have mentioned it, and I would think someone would have if it was noticeable.

2. When good weather permits, do you open your windows to let in the fresh air?

Absolutely, and at this time of year, we can do that on most days unless it is raining hard.

3. With the extreme variants in weather these days, do you feel the cold in the Winter months?

So far the winter cold hasn’t been that bad. We generally keep our heat pump’s thermostat set to 68°F at this time of year and that keeps our home just the way we like it.

4. Which would you prefer…to curl up in front of a log fire or log burner, turn the heating up, or go to bed early with extra blankets.

My answer would have been “to curl up in front of a fireplace,” but our dog is afraid of the fire in our gas fireplace, for some reason, so we hardly use it anymore. So now my answer is to go to bed early with extra blankets.

FOWC with Fandango — Abide

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FOWC

Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).

Today’s word is “abide.”

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.

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