Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Succinctly Yours Week 201: Marooned

Thank you to Grandma’s Goulash for hosting Succinctly Yours, a delightful little meme in which we are encouraged to pack a story into 140 words or 140 characters or fewer. The bonus word this week was “faint.”

The first morning of his island vacation, naïve Ed went outside and thought he might faint. No wonder his ticket to Grand Island, Nebraska had been such a good deal.  136


They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . .
~Last words of General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, killed in battle during the U.S. Civil War
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10 comments:

  1. Sioux RoslawskiJanuary 25, 2015 at 4:08 PM

    I guess there'll be no need for sunscreen for Ed?

    Was that REALLY that general's last words? Hilarious (for us) and ironic.

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    1. TammyJanuary 25, 2015 at 7:39 PM

      No, but I hear he got a bad case of windburn. I got that quote from an article MSN did a while back on last words of famous people. Just now tried to check other sources, and some claim he finished the sentence.

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  2. Yamini MacLeanJanuary 25, 2015 at 4:38 PM

    Hari Om
    Brrwwhwhahahahahahah... you get what you pays for Ed!!! Oh this made me giggle at bedtime which is all to the good! YAM xx

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    1. TammyJanuary 25, 2015 at 7:40 PM

      Thanks, YAM, and hope you had sweet dreams...that didn't involve blizzards!

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  3. ValJanuary 25, 2015 at 7:06 PM

    I wish Ed good luck in acquiring a pineapple/coconut cocktail.

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    1. TammyJanuary 25, 2015 at 7:42 PM

      Thank you. I hear he picked up a can of Del Monte fruit cocktail at Scagway.

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  4. Pat WahlerJanuary 26, 2015 at 5:44 PM

    That is too funny! Poor Ed...

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  5. Linda O'ConnellJanuary 26, 2015 at 6:32 PM

    I am laughing out loud. You are so clever!

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  6. Lisa Ricard ClaroJanuary 27, 2015 at 4:58 PM

    Aw, poor Ed. lol Made me think of a friend of mine whose son took her to NY for her birthday. Yeah, they were there this week, caught up in the big storm. Last post I saw on FB, they were still trying to get out.

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  7. TammyJanuary 31, 2015 at 8:59 AM

    Well, my "reply" feature isn't working. SIGH. Pat, please don't feel too sorry for Ed. I've been to Grand Island, and it has some of the loveliest people you'll meet anywhere. In fact, in my mind, Ed hangs out at a coffee shop feeling sorry for himself and meets his future wife, a geography teacher, who teaches him a thing or two. Later he decides to relocate to Grand Island and become a travel agent.

    Thanks so much, Linda!

    Oh, I've been reading about that storm! Hope they were able to have some fun anyway and get home safely!

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