Drifting through life

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.  If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along and read it. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Cindi and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: "write one sentence that can be genuinely happy and upbeat as the opening sentence of a story, but as the last sentence to the story it is now chilling, dark and horrifying." Here is that one sentence: 'Trembling slightly, she pushed open the front door.' (anticipation at the beginning of the story, dread at the ending)

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Cindi and can be found here . This week's words/prompts are: "The year is 2030. The first astronauts have landed on Mars. In a cave they find a single human skeleton and fifteen words written on a wall. What are the words?" Here are my words: You were right Mum. Rocket fuel in the speedboat was a bad idea. Sorry, Ben. and another option: All alone here. Ship beyond repair. No communication with Earth. Still looking for water.  Week 8.

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. This month the words/prompts are supplied by Cindi and can be found here This week's words/prompts are: "You have the ability to mentally hear the honest answer to any question just by looking at the person and thinking the question. It was all fun and games until you looked in the mirror and asked a question you shouldn't have. What was the answer?"  Here was my answer:  "Why would you even think to ask such a stupid question? Of course it is all your fault. No one forced you to sit for hours scrolling around the internet. No one forced you to eat family sized blocks of chocolate several times a week. You did that to yourself, all the while promising to b...