I’m back again with Succinctly Yours, a delightful meme offered thanks to the hospitality of Grandma’s Goulash. Each week, Grandma thoughtfully prepares a photo for us so that we might cook up a story of 140 words or 140 characters or fewer. The bonus word this week was “vulture.”
Life
was a fairytale until Hansel and Gretel’s sensational, tell-all memoire, The Witch Who Cooked With Children came
out. Folks ate up those lies like vultures.
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I
always thought Mama called it Vulture Soup because of the way we circled around
her when she made it. Many years later I realized Mama was more literal than
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I hope
you will consider going over to www.laughuntilyoupee.com, the blog that features
stories from the “Not Your Mother’s Book” (NYMB) humor anthology created by
Dahlynn and Ken McKowen. To date, there are ten books available in the series,
and I’m proud to say I’ve contributed to five of them. This week, my story
“Worse Than Zombie Warts” from Not Your
Mother’s Book…On Being a Woman is here.
Thank
you so much for visiting!
“…laughter is carbonated holiness.” ~ Anne Lamott, Plan B Further Thoughts on Faith
Clever:-)
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ReplyDeleteOMG the second one curled my toes!!! Nicely...... Meanwhile, I read this whilst wearing my slack cords. Not corded slacks, you note..... jus' saying &*>......YAM xx
You and your curly toes make me giggle!
DeleteI love the second one!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like that kid is about to say, "Please, Mum. May I have some more?" And the girl is about to goose her with a cattail.
Yes - thank you! I was hoping I wasn't the only one who thought the little girl was wielding that spoon in a semi-hostile manner, but now I see it's that she is goosing with it. And it isn't even a spoon!
DeleteWow! Grandma sure likes to torture you with the selection of a word that doesn't seem to have the remotest connection to the picture. However, you always manage to come through. The second one is my favorite, Tammy.
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Critter Alley
Tammy--Both stories are funny. Twisted, but that's my favorite kind of funny.
ReplyDeleteAnd with ten books in the series, having one of your stories chosen is quite an honor. Congratulations. In my opinion, this story is one of the best...
Wow - thank you so much, Sioux!
DeleteOur minds were headed in the same direction with the first one. Enjoyed Zombie Warts. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI noticed that. Thank you so much!
DeleteThat first one was cute, but that second one got me! You are so good at these.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Linda!
DeleteToday was your day to make me laugh. Both of your micros are hilarious (no favorite this week, I love them both equally), and your pajama jeans cracked me up. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSeriously? Thank YOU!!!
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