When I was a kid, I had a contraption I used to help me practice my tennis skills during the summer. It consisted of a stationary base that I sat at the end of the driveway. Attached to the base was a flexible bungee-type rope, and attached to that was a tennis ball. I would hit […]
Five Minute Friday: BURDEN
Today’s Prompt: BURDEN The main thing that comes to mind when I hear the word “burden” is how Wayne’s parents and my parents all said over the past few decades “I don’t want to be a burden when I get old.” I don’t know many people whose attitude is “I’m going to be a stone […]
Seeking Space for Hope
Quite a few times after Hurricane Michael came ashore, mostly sparing Tallahassee and leaving us mainly with the annoyance of darkened homes during lengthy power outages as our neighbors to the west had their houses, businesses, and properties destroyed, I said, “We dodged a bullet.” (Many projected storm paths had Michael making a direct hit […]
Five Minute Friday: REPEAT
Today’s Prompt: REPEAT I often stream CNN while I am sitting at my desk. Because I am watching the streamed version, they handle the commercial breaks differently. Often, they repeat the same commercial over and over again, three or four times. I could tune it out (maybe), but it gets on my nerves. During election […]
FMF31 2018 Day 31: CLOSE
I am participating in 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes 2018 (all of my submissions can be found here). Today’s prompt is: CLOSE I have been in some situations where I have a shared log-in to a particular website with other people, people who are physically in other places. If I don’t close out […]
FMF31 2018 Day 30: VOICE
I am participating in 31 Days of Five Minute Free Writes 2018 (all of my submissions can be found here). Today’s prompt is: VOICE I was trying to wrap up my tasks Sunday night so I could get to bed. I had CNN on in the background. I kept stopping to watch, because Lisa Ling […]