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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2910 on: September 03, 2008, 12:14:50 pm »
... So little said, but a lonely lifetime echoed between the lines. The phone call had left her dazed, drifting. Imparting her Jack's sorry tale had become empty words to her, she had no grief to give.

This is so very moving and rings so very true.  Wonderful writing - thanks!


Hiya drabblers! :D

Hiya Chrissi!   :D

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The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2911 on: September 03, 2008, 12:18:55 pm »
Brittle Beauty

Beauty is a fragile gift.   Her mama told her that on her 13th birthday when she gave her a pink cosmetic case full of colorful tubes, jars and brushes. Well, fragile she'd never been, she thought, tuning out the incessant chatter coming from the sink next to her while applying another layer of red to her lips and noticing that the harsh overhead light cast an unflattering tone to her bleached blonde hair. 

No, not fragile; but somewhere along the way she'd become as brittle as the mirror that showed her reflection, just waiting to shatter with the slightest push.

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The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2912 on: September 06, 2008, 12:48:56 am »
.....but somewhere along the way she'd become as brittle as the mirror that showed her reflection, just waiting to shatter with the slightest push.

Great description, she had become almost like a wax figure.

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2913 on: September 11, 2008, 01:05:09 pm »
Hey everyone!  Let's see what these prompts can bring:

  • luggage
  • overpaid
  • one thin dime

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The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2914 on: September 14, 2008, 10:36:14 am »
Three Brown Bags

1954
"Got us some matching luggage," K.E., barely a teenager, spoke wryly as they stood side by side, each filling a brown paper bag with their meager belongings – with room to spare.

1963
No room to spare, at least not for him.  His sister had married a roughneck and now K.E. was getting hitched.  He folded his checked shirt and placed it in the brown paper bag. 

1983
The shirts properly arranged, he carefully folded the brown paper bag before placing it in the small closet. Despite what a lifetime of frugal living had taught him, this bag would not be used again. 
 
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The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2915 on: September 16, 2008, 09:45:07 am »
A few prompts to consider:

  • gas station
  • shock
  • drive/driving

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The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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« Reply #2916 on: September 16, 2008, 07:17:42 pm »
Ten People

"Daddy, weren't we gonna get ice cream?"

He started as he realized he'd driven right through town.  But after the shock of seeing Jack drive up and the anguish of watching him drive away, now he was left thinking of those ten people.  The ten people who saw Jack.  The ten people who'd spoken to Jack.  The ten people who knew Jack was looking for him.  More than ten, really, because how many more heard him talking at the ….. gas station?...... post office?….. market ?......

He checked his rear-view mirror.  They could get ice cream in the next town.

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2917 on: September 20, 2008, 11:35:49 am »
Hi everyone.  A few Saturday prompts to consider:   :)

  • bubble
  • crash
  • Great Depression

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The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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« Reply #2918 on: September 22, 2008, 01:00:14 pm »
Indestructible

It was funny how just a few spoken words could shoot your airplane out of the sky, or how just a few unspoken words could burst your bubble and crush your dreams. 

But the truth.  Well, that was tough.  Truth wouldn't crash like an airplane or burst like a bubble no matter how much you shot at it or punched it or kicked it.  Truth wouldn't change no matter how much you talked to it or covered it or cajoled it or caressed it …. or denied it.  It would still be there 20 years later. 

Right alongside love.

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The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain

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Re: The Bettermost Drabblefest: Please Join In!
« Reply #2919 on: September 26, 2008, 01:58:32 pm »
Let's see what these prompts can bring us:

  • common sense
  • common courtesy
  • common practice

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The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis         ~~~~~~~~~Thurgood Marshall

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.    ~~~~~~~~~ Mark Twain