Wednesday's Words on a Friday
On Wednesday’s, Delores , from Under The Porch Light, has a meme which she calls “Words for Wednesday”. She puts up a selection of six words which we then use in a short story, or a poem. I’m hopeless at poetry so I always do a story. It’s a fun challenge…why not join in? This week's words are: 1. servitude 2. plodding 3. cast iron 4. frequent 5. fanny 6. desperation Here is my not-so-short story: Plodding slowly back from the well with yet another bucket full of water, Nora thought how similar parts of her life seemed to the lives of servitude she had learned about during history class in high school when she was fifteen and sixteen. Those people coming across the ocean in boats from England had been sold to landowners and had work for years to earn their freedom. Nora could imagine the desperation they must have felt. "At least my life not exactly like theirs", she thought. "I have my freedom and I'm here on ...