Awesome news Gud!

Erin, I know it's late feedback, but

Would we look at collections of letters written by people in the past (you know, before computers?!) and say that because these people wrote dozens and dozens of letters a month to family member and friends that they were insulating themselves from personal connections to real people?

Well, yeah, that is what people say about H.P. Lovecraft and Emily Dickenson and probably others.

Otherwise it's lovely...it captures a lot about why I sometimes refer to b.org as "my church."

(is spending time here rather than writing)

Erin, that's a great essay.

And congratulations, Gud!

Amy, my boss is in Guam for the week: I should be able to write 100 words about fruit.

Good for you, Gud.

Good news, Gud!

Guam, Consuela! Wow. That's never an expected destination, is it?

"Cherry" came to me because it was Washington's birthday, but remember, cherry can mean a lot more than fruit.

Also, if anyone thinks the prompts suck, or simply has ideas for some, just shout.

Cherry

I always forget that it's my favorite flavor, which is a stupid thing to forget. Then I realize that my favorite is the real thing, not the fake, chemically thing that parades itself as "cherry flavor."

"Cherry" is family vacations and going into strange roadside diners and looking at the menu suspiciously, then leaping with relief on good, old, familiar Cherry soda.

Or proper cherry cordials, with dark chocolate and a real cherry in the middle, sweet and slightly sour and so, so good.

Don't tell me that squirt of citric-acid-and-"natural flavors" is cherry. I can tell.

I haven't been participating or commenting, but the prompts are great and I'm glad to see everyone writing!

Cherry:

It’s never as simple as a kiss.

But the little men who lead the way assure me it is the answer. “One kiss,” they promise, “please.”

Every word is an enticement. “Lips like a cherry,” they tell me. “Hair glossy as a raven’s wing.”

They aren’t wrong. The cold glass casket holds such beauty, it takes my breath away.

I wonder what those lifeless lips will taste like. I wonder if I will be able to breathe new life into them.

They open the casket for me. I gather my trailing skirts and step forward to kiss the sleeping prince.

Nice.

Well, I've got two queries and one partial out there. Now I guess I just wait. I think I'll prepare 2-3 more queries so I've got some in the hopper. Yep, just wait...

Thanks, Gud.

Yeah, just keep working and getting stuff ready to send. It makes the time go ... well, not faster, but it does take up some of it.