Over 100 words, but I don't care. So there!
I had a whole section about civic pride.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Strix - Feb 28, 2006 3:59:19 pm PST #5630 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Liese S. - Feb 28, 2006 4:02:16 pm PST #5631 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
It's really nice, Erin. Worth the extra words. I can just feel the atmosphere, the camaraderie.
deborah grabien - Feb 28, 2006 4:04:38 pm PST #5632 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Definitely a nice feel, and it would have suffered from being trimmed down, I think.
Strix - Feb 28, 2006 4:05:12 pm PST #5633 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I really want to rent a cottage in Jamaica with all my friends. Long-standing fantasy of mine.
EDIT: And thanks, Liese, Deb!
sarameg - Feb 28, 2006 4:14:45 pm PST #5634 of 10001
Not really a drabble, it just reminded me. I actually have something written at the time somewhere, but I just looked and deciphering my handwriting tonight would cause major headaches.
I love trains. Steadily chugging out of Barcelona, I'm introduced to my first daylight views of this country in flashes between buildings and tunnels. High rise apartments in slight disrepair, laundry drying haphazardly on the balconies. Bedraggled corner gardens, clotheslines supporting tomato vines. Bright, contrasting hues, the turquoise, the fuschia, the oddest yellows and limes not found in nature.
Redbuds and azaleas flash past, a little darkhaired girl in a faded, dirt smudged dress waves to the strangers in the train as she races through the sand and sagebrush.
And I realize why it all looks so familiar. The colors, in the buildings, in the people, in faded clothes and bright paints. In the greyish green of the vegetation and the shocking brightness of the flowers: this is a collision of my birthplace and my chosen college town.
Strix - Feb 28, 2006 4:15:41 pm PST #5635 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hey! I can totally see this in my mind!
Very nice.
deborah grabien - Feb 28, 2006 4:25:19 pm PST #5636 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yep. That's vivid and exquisite.
Erin, you should meet my daughter; she just came back from Jamaica and has fallen in love.
sarameg - Feb 28, 2006 4:26:35 pm PST #5637 of 10001
Thanks! My experience with Spain was so atmospheric, I always feel like I can't quite do justice in words to the images that live in my head. There was a familiar magic there.
Strix - Feb 28, 2006 4:27:19 pm PST #5638 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Deb, I would love to meet your daughter; she sounds like a fun girl. I bet we could get into a lot of trouble togther!
deborah grabien - Feb 28, 2006 4:29:35 pm PST #5639 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I bet we could get into a lot of trouble togther!
Ask ita about that.....