Let’s give a hand to Grandma’s Goulash for hosting
Succinctly Yours! Each week, she entertains us with a picture meant to inspire
a story of 140 characters or 140 words, with a bonus word to make it more of a
feat. I struggled with this week’s, but after some juggling (and the
realization that I may have been cheating all this time by not counting spaces
as characters), TA DA! The bonus word was “tabulate.” I’m still not counting
spaces, by the way, in my 138 words:
Waiting
for judges to tabulate results, the Wallenda family practiced their act,
“The Standing Wallendas.” It took a century and many changes to get off the
ground.
Supposing you have
tried and failed again and again. You
may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure”
is not the falling down, but the staying down. ~Mary Pickford
Tammy--Great play on words. Well done, as usual.
ReplyDeleteThanks for continuing to visit, Sioux!
DeleteHeh, heh! I give the Standing Wallendas a 9, because that little one is not standing. Their hovel, however, I only give a 3, because it looks like it might have collapsed after the photo.
ReplyDeleteWow - tough audience, expecting that little one to be in on the act! Re: the hovel...besides looking rickety, I'm afraid there'd be standing room only in there.
Delete*wiping tears* OMG. The Standing Wallendas. hahahahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for coming by and putting up with my micro-mania, Lisa!
DeleteHa! Love it, as usual :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Theresa!
DeleteFunny and creative! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donna! And thanks for visiting!
DeleteLove your meme and love the quote too!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lynn. Funny, but I have a quote from you that I was recently telling someone about, and this one reminded me of it. This one fit a little better because it was more "circusy," but one of these days you'll see your own quote appear here.
DeleteTammy, I love your take, "The Standing Wallendas." Better still your word play with seven standing and one still in training. Haha!! :)
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Thank you, Jim!
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