Category Archives: Rochelle’s picture prompt
THE LEANING TREE
1952: With girlish glee I measured my adolescent growth by the Leaning Tree. 1955: Four inches taller but I still walked straight as I passed under the Leaning Tree. 1956: My sixteenth birthday pictures were taken under the branch … Continue reading
DANGER IN TOMMY’S TODDY
Glistening ice causing lacy trees Freezing fast in frigid breeze. Street light shining for those still out Shows way home for a gadabout But Tommy struggles to get to the gate Too much drink has made him late, He lays … Continue reading
PRDT-Xa MISCALCULATES
BREAKING NEWS: PRDT-Xa designed amazing technological advancement which can function robotically as a giant keyboard – translates all keyboard characters – even Khmer’s 74 characters. It will not be useful in America since it will not be fully developed for … Continue reading
FIRST RESPONSE
I sit and look across the lake. Lights are beautiful. I snap a still. Then decide to do a video. Beautiful as it whirls….. What’s happening? The ferris wheel crumples to the ground. “Oh, Wow, what a shot! Reporters will … Continue reading
BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE GET OLD
NOTE: I question whether this is in poor taste. I am not being cynical, making light of a problem, nor being humorous. I am exaggerating, but I am recognizing that this kind of problem exists. We need more medical research … Continue reading
GLASS ROSES
Edna smiled in appreciation for her birthday flowers. Flowers that she could not kill. She had hinted over the years, that she did not want potted flowers. She had never had a green thumb, and her failure to keep … Continue reading
GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE
“I’ll see if they will bring out a new door to replace this one,” said my husband. He knew he would have to carefully preserve all the broken pieces to prove his point. If all the pieces were in place, … Continue reading
WHY PINK? DON’T KNOW…
“Strange how they leave me in here. Why pink? I don’t know. I understand the shells. There’s four inches of water in the tub. I swirl the shells around. Take the blue ones to make a geometric design. Then take the … Continue reading
THANKS TO HANK ZIL – NOBEL FOOD PRIZE NOMINEE!
PHOTO PROMPT © Russell Gayer In the land of Geomeo, labored survival scientist, Hank Zil. Amidst the famine, he determined to create a type of corn that produced more than the “ear kind” which now grew in their limited river valley … Continue reading
“YOU OLD GOAT”
PHOTO PROMPT © Randy Mazie “Summer visits, six years to nine, climbing apple tree, goat’s milk, making butter, feeding the goats, playing with kids,” I chuckled as I wrote. Old home site memories. No buildings remained. The grave stone was a … Continue reading
