Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

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 to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Margaret Adamson and Sue Fulcher and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. memorialise 

2. terpsichorean 

3. flotation 

4. gusto 

5. obnoxious 

6. phlegmatic 

and/or: 

1. philately 

2. swaddle 

3. voice 

4. voluptuous 

5. yolk 

6. appraise.

Here is my story:

Nanna settled her voluptuous curves into a comfortable chair and looked around to appraise the new kitchen wall colours. “Very nice dear,” she said to Phyllis, “what made you choose this shade?”

“Well I wanted yellow, but not egg-yolk yellow and not a pale or a golden shade, so the ochre seemed the best choice,” said Phyllis.

Anne came rushing in from her swim lesson, leaving her flotation aid in the pool and rushed to hug her Nanna. “You made it! Did Grandpa come too?” “No sweetheart, his rheumatism is acting up again and he thinks sitting in a park at night won’t be good for him.”

“He’ll miss it then, you’ll have to remember every little bit to tell him tomorrow,” said Anne. “Who will miss what?” said Daniel, tucking into a plate of heavily buttered toast with gusto and managing to spread crumbs all over the table.

“The Twilight Terpsichoreans,” said Anne, “we’re all going, remember?”

“Right,” said Daniel, “that 'Ballet in the Park at Dusk' thing, well, I’m not going, I’m meeting Harry at the cinema, we’re going to see the new Star Trek movie.” “Harry is an obnoxious twit,” said Anne in her haughtiest voice. “Will Daddy be coming?”

“Yes dear,” said Phyllis, “he said the meeting at the Philately Club will be over by then and he will meet us there. Now go and get dried and changed before you drip any more pool water over Nanna’s new shoes.”