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Weekly Contest #348
She wondered how she ever got to this point, having these thoughts. This is not who she is, but who she’s become. It’s pure madness, but she doesn’t see any other way out. She doesn’t want to become a story on dateline. She has no family, no money and no power but you can’t be in a hurry. She has to think about this. She can’t write anything down. She cannot leave a paper trail. She cannot google anything on her computer. She can’t buy anything incriminating especially at Walmart they got great cameras and video. Ring doorbell is everywhere,...
Weekly Contest #339
I get out of the shower and reluctantly look in the mirror, the monotony of my life as it’s become another day, another dollar and I wonder what happened to me. When did I decide to settle for this life, when did food become such a comfort to me? I reluctantly stand on the scale because I’ve been dieting all week and I have to push down on my stomach just to see the number. UGH, why bother for only a pound. Where did I go wrong in my life, nothing’s turned out the way I want it. I so want a do-over, I’m alone and I refuse to get a cat becaus...
Weekly Contest #306
Dear Diary, I know, how cliche. I usually have a way with words but only in the chaos of my mind. Today I got up and made my daily OCD ritual of list making. You know, Monday: coffee, get ready for work, make lunch, etc. It's my version of ground hog day. Good morning, Punxsutawney Phil. Work is, you know, work, but today Jen and Travis had a lover's quarrel in the stairwell. Apparently, Jen gave Travis an ultimatum about coming clean to the wife. He didn't, they never do, some think murder is the better and easier way out. I better keep an ...
Weekly Contest #65
Well, Halloween was cancelled 2 weeks ago in our small New Hampshire town. This Covid 19 crisis was taking all the enjoyment out of the holidays. I don't want to even think about Thanksgiving and especially Christmas. My mother says I was being selfish and if we do not follow the guidelines then we won't have a life to enjoy anything. Blah, blah, blah I hear as I walk away. Halloween is my favorite holiday, and my best friend Soosie too. We cannot let it slip by and not celebrate it, and no, not by ordering a pizza and watching a bunch of sc...
Weekly Contest #27
Stella Stanhope rode her bike habitually into town like she did everyday. As she glided along the narrow, barely paved road with the same scenery no matter which way she looked. Green fields as far as the eyes could see, and sheep, lots of sheep. Some might think pretty, and it was, but so boring. Nothing ever exciting happened in Hambleden, it did at one time, but not lately. Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Band of Brothers, and my favorite Sleepy Hollow, among others were filmed here. They even used our church for a scene in the Agatha Christi...
Weekly Contest #23
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Weekly Contest #13
I awoke that day feeling not quite myself, I couldn’t put my finger on it. I didn’t want my usual cup of coffee. But I did retrieve my newspaper from the front walkway, as I bent over, I realized I’m not hurting from my arthritis I suffer from especially the first thing in the morning. I feel great I thought, maybe that’s what that feeling was when I first woke up, I’m renewed? I waved to Mrs. Popik across the street, she mustn’t have seen me for she didn’t wave back. I was going to yell a greeting to her but thought do I really care? N...
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