Thank
you to Grandma’s Goulash for hosting Succinctly Yours, the game in which we are
challenged to gaze upon a picture as inspiration for a diminutive story of 140
words or 140 characters or under. I wasn’t sure if that was a frame in the
picture or not, but I’ve coincidentally been sorting through old picture frames
this weekend, so I definitely have them on the brain. The bonus word this week
was “gallon.”
Mama thought
the new portrait frame was worth its fancy price. The opening was so small, it
took five gallons off that ten-gallon hat Papa always insisted on wearing. 138
When
Papa won an award, he was so proud that he paid for the expensive, ten-gallon frame
in spite of the fact that the award itself was almost too pint sized to
see. 134
The one common bond that
the really successful people I’ve met have is they’re ridiculous dreamers. I’m a ridiculous dreamer. Continue to dream. Don’t let the reality of the world diminish
those dreams. ~Mike Tomlin
You are an expert at these. I had to snicker at the first one!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda!
DeleteI vote for the first one.
ReplyDeleteOne woman's picture frame is another woman's Whitman Sampler. They're all thinking, "I hope I get the chocolate messenger boy!'
It's a Rorschach test of sorts. Several people thought it was a book and one thought it was a box containing alcoholic beverages. I didn't know what the chocolate messenger boy was, so I looked it up. Now I want him, too.
DeleteSo clever!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy!
DeleteTammy--You do these super-short pieces so well. The word "gallon" didn't seem like a bonus word. Instead, it seemed like they were a natural part of the word choice.
ReplyDeleteWell done, as usual.
Thanks, Sioux! That's good to know because I really struggle with the bonus word sometimes!
DeleteBoth are wonderful, as usual!
ReplyDeleteGreat, as always! SuperMicroWriterWoman (SuMiWriWo)
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