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The Voyage

Weekly Contest #349

The Campbell's had rented a farm for several years, and it was having another great year. Their crops had always done well, year in and out. Their garden's success had let them send some as rent to the Landowner, and sell plenty at various markets. Peas, beans, leeks, onions, plus Walnuts and Hickory nuts from their trees, butter and cheese made from the cow's milk. This extra money was saved. However, the family realized they would just be subsistence farming-never getting ahead, and most likely falling behind if they did not have t...

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The Court Journal

Weekly Contest #334

Someone dies in this story Today I was in court for kids. it has another name I don't understand and can't spell. I didnt understand most of what was said, but I found out later i had a lawyer, and I was given a social worker, Miss nancy. She says I have to write what she called an essay with my thoughts. I couldn't spell the other word she used, something about water and being awake. I asked her what the essay was to be on, she said to just write things that have happened to me, that the court is looking for a full page a week. She told me...

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Snow Daze

Weekly Contest #331

We were looking at another cold, grey day, and it was already snowing very lightly at 7 am. We were wondering if it was really going to snow for real, the 10 inches the weather people claimed. Looking at the sky, looking in shaded areas to see if there was any accumulation. It was the end of January, and it sure felt like snow. For those of us with more than a few years of experience had a feel for snow possibilities. It can’t be too warm, say, over 30 degrees, or too cold- below 20 in central Maryland, anyway. You watch the weather forecast...

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War

Weekly Contest #329

Someone gets killedWar My family was cleaning up the house where our grandfather, George, had been living with his wife, Grace. He passed away last month, at the age of 84. After the burial, Grandma had asked us to come by in a few weeks, and help clear out some things. No one really looked forward to it, we knew it would bring up memories of him, and that we would be sad we had lost him. The house wasn't dirty, for we all had been taking turns coming over every few days and helping them out, for years. Cooking, cleaning, ke...

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Not a Zombie

Weekly Contest #326

My university has had a long term archaeology and anthropology research mission to Mexico, specifically in the areas between Mexico City, and the Yucatan peninsula. We have been searching historical sites, pyramids and known abandoned cities, for information on Aztec and Mayan cultures. This work is done in conjunction with the Mexican Government, who retains any relics found, my university gets pictures, research, and a sense of saving a bit of history. This year's trip, slated for summer, was spearheaded by me, Dr James Thompson, Pr...

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Pops

Weekly Contest #321

It was my weekend to visit my grandfather. I exaggerate a bit, because it's just me and him now. Both my parents died in a car accident when I was 10, and “Pops”, took me in. We grieved my parents together, since he lost a son and daughter in law, I lost both parents. I learned a lot from Pops. He taught me how to behave in many situations, helped me with schoolwork, had me help him around the farm, taught me many practical tasks like woodworking, house maintenance, plus hunting and fishing. He kept me busy enough it kept my mind of the lo...

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Killing time

Weekly Contest #318

One day, one of my regular laundromat customers, Pete, and I got to talking. He owned a bar- Domingo’s, just down the street and wondered if I would be interested in bartending a few days a week for him. He spoke of how he always saw me at the laundromat-he often brought tablecloths and napkins to wash and dry- and was impressed by my work ethic. We talked about job hours, responsibilities, and any fancy drinks to learn. He said they served nothing fancier than beer and straight liquor. If someone had the nerve to order a martini, or Pink La...

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Work birthday

Weekly Contest #315

The weather forecast was for 8-10 inches of snow. The supervisor, Joe, told our crew to be ready to be at work for a few days, including staying overnight the next day or two if needed. We were being sent home at noon, and told to return at ten that night, with extra clothes, food and drink. We had already made sure all snow equipment was hooked up and ready to go. One of the foremen, Dave, was not happy. If we stayed overnight, he would be celebrating his birthday at work, instead of at home. But, when we got to work the next day, Dave was...

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Heat solutions

Weekly Contest #314

The group of us arrived at the beach in the second week of what was turning out to be an extended heat wave. The house we rented had 4 bedrooms, a huge living room. The kitchen was separated from the living room by a breakfast bar. There was even a canal behind the house that led to a bay. Huge widows walk the length of the house, on the roof, great for sunset watching. It had to be one of the hottest weeks of the year, in what turned out to be at least 10 weeks of temps 15 degrees hotter than normal for the area. For the last two w...

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Revenge, or Pranks?

Weekly Contest #313

People die in this story My name is Charlie. I’m living at a motel, really a homeless shelter, with my mom. I started working there a few years ago as a volunteer, cutting grass, and helping the regular maintenance man, Clark, by doing odd jobs and mowing the grass. Clark showed me how to start and use the mower. There is no working pool, one of my jobs is to keep the gate locked, and the pool covered with a tarp, and check it daily. The volunteer bit was court ordered, after some trials I was involved in. I have been working here f...

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Problem Solved

Weekly Contest #311

CW: Contains themes and/or references to includes references to drug use, domestic abuse, and violence. It started with a package sent to my address. I'm not certain why it wasn't in the mailbox, since it would have fit. It was left on the covered front porch. Unfortunately, it didn't have my name, Mary Johnson on it, just my address, so I put it aside on a chair to give to the mail lady when I saw her. Later, I wondered when that might be, since I have never seen her outside of the right-side driving mailvan. In fact, there have been numero...

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Beach Time

Weekly Contest #309

“Who is ready for a drink?” I asked? We have beer, water, a few sodas, and a couple of 2 liter coke bottles spiked with rum, along with cups to drink from. Plenty of ice. I took and filled orders for the group of 9, then got something for myself, and sat down. The ten of us had been at the beach for over an hour, and at 10 am, it was already 85 deg. That phrase “Who wants a drink” started most every day we were at the beach, and more than a few nights in the house we rented every year in Ocean City. The house was four long blocks to t...

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What happens with too much time on your hands

Weekly Contest #308

It's been raining for over two weeks. Sometimes hard, all day, the kind of heavy rain that makes you , “is it light enough so I can get out of the car, go inside without getting soaked, because I really have to pee”? Sometimes just misty, but definitely no sun. No golf for that time. My usual group of four tried an indoor golf facility, All Day Golf. It was boring, and had no life. Didn't even have a 19th hole for beer afterwards. There is something about golf, being outside in all types of weather, that makes golfing wonderful, most of the...

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I had a plan

There is some personal physical violence involved, and people die Journal entry 40. It is three years from when I started the original journal, at the request of the Judge in my trials. The trials were for kicking and beating a bully named Ricky, and eventually, my being involved in his death. I didn't plan to kill him, it was a reaction to him holding a knife to me, while we walked up steps to a bank, where he planned to steal the money in my bank account. All $75.00 of it. He was behind me, holding me tight, and at the top step,...

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Mary's Dream

Weekly Contest #304

It didn't take more than the first week I went to school, before people called me defiant. After being at school for a few days, a few of the older boys started calling me raggedy. No other name, just raggedy. I am not sure why they called me that, because I was wearing my favorite dress, a nice, light blue, checked knee length dress fit for church, one Mama made for me that I was extra proud of. I took exception to being called that name, which I won't repeat, for although some of my clothes were old and worn, they were always clean and men...

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