Your life changes when you're unable to speak above a whisper. Libraries and movie theatres = good. Crowded trams and getting the attention of frazzled shop assistants = bad. It has stalled my promotions at work. Nothing is more sinister and unable to galvanise the support of shareholders than a Head of Finance who whispers... Continue Reading →
Your sister inherited a million dollars from your grandparents. You received nothing. Write the story of why. It's a long story really. And rather fair. If I'd known what my grandparents had written into their will I'd have been strongly in favour. In fact I'd go so far as to say I'm reeeally grateful, but... Continue Reading →
The passenger next to you is probably an air marshal. Come to think of it, all the other passengers on the plane are probably air marshals. It happens every year. You fly into Atlanta the same weekend as the annual air marshal summit...#safestflightinamerica . As you open your very small can of lemonade, #onlymadeforplanes, you... Continue Reading →
It was the first time they had ever seen snow. They stood and watched. Soft. Quiet. Mesmerizing. 1 HOUR LATER they were inside - cold, a little soggy but buzzing! 1 DAY LATER they donned gloves and walked, crunching over the grass, to hurl snowball after snowball at the fence. 1 WEEK LATER they sweated,... Continue Reading →
The storm's been raging for seven years now. It probably won't stop in your lifetime. When the snows first started clowns went around saying "Winter is coming" and humming the Game of Thrones theme song. No one is humming anymore. Everyone's working from home since the trains stopped. Bananas are $46/kg and flown in from... Continue Reading →
You get a phone call from your deceased spouse, whom you buried a year ago. "Hi Dorothy, hope you're well...now, don't freak out...you're probably freaking out...go grab a chair and a glass of water, I'll wait." silence. You put down the phone and shuffle off to follow the instructions, best not to rile those calling... Continue Reading →
A zebra loses its stripes. Zeus has never been like the others, he stood out a mile from all of his brothers. White and black stripes and patterns abound, but on young Zeus no black to be found. He was whiter than white, white as a cloud, a fact about which he was inordinately proud.... Continue Reading →
You persuade your religious cousin to shoplift. "God wants you to have a new bookmark, he really must otherwise why did it appear in your book?". You look carefully around the store, the communion plates and cups slightly block your view of the Priest on the register. "Maybe I could just check with Father Anthony..."... Continue Reading →
You are throwing a surprise birthday party for your sister. The theme is Star Wars. Write the invite and describe what happens. (By the way, she's not a Star Wars fan.) ___________________________________________________________ In a galaxy far far away a girl child was born who spurned all we hold dear. She turned her face away from... Continue Reading →
You get up the courage to ask him about the monocle dangling on the wall above his desk. "I can see you're wearing an eye patch...but...I was just wondering, that monocle...could I...could I borrow it?". The silence stretches. You can hear the clock, ticking louder than any clock in history. Perhaps asking was a mistake.... Continue Reading →
We work different shifts at the cafe. We communicate only via graffiti in the restroom. Hey hot stuff, make blueberry muffins tomorrow - they're the best, Muff Lover! OK Muff Lover, Done. Hope you like them as much as last time 🙂 H. S. HS you're slipping, I had to hunt them down. Left you... Continue Reading →
Every morning you wake up in a new decade of the same century. So I was back to 1912, one of my favourites, though this time around I had decided to try and improve medical care and understanding by talking about germs. About nine days ago when this first started happening to me I was... Continue Reading →
A book you own has a different ending every time you open it. It's your journal so obviously it would have. You love the thought of it being forever unfinished. Except one day it would be. Someone else would open it and the page that turned out to be the last penned would be there.... Continue Reading →
It was the first time we had walked that far without our parents. We felt brave and intrepid. We felt under-prepared. The roles usually shared amongst four now split between two. And, if we are being transparent, the less competent, sensible and reliable two at that. As long as we could make it to the... Continue Reading →
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