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, June 14, 2015

Succinctly Yours Week 221: To Climb or Not to Cl…Nope. There is No Question

Hooray for Succinctly Yours, a weekly meme set up by Grandma of Grandma’s Goulash. Grandma posts a photo each Sunday for us to cultivate a story of 140 words or 140 characters or fewer to go with it. The bonus word this week was “jumble.” Try it! You might find, as I did, that it grows on you.



Small tree, or a huge nest? Smedley’s mind was a jumble of possibilities.   61

Juniperus communis, or chinensis? Smedley’s mind was all in a jumble. Because everyone knows communis makes a better cat box.  104

Smedley, like Edward Scissorhands, was a real topiary aficionado. His creations were merely a little more…jumbled.   99
Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence. ~A Separate Peace by John Knowles

14 comments:

  1. Hari Om
    Ohhhh,,, that was the word which just kept escaping me... topiary..... brava Tammy!!! It was a cutie this week &*> YAM xx

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    1. It is a cutie, isn't it? And all of yours are awesome!

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  2. Looks like he created a new monument, the Leaning Tree of Smedley.

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    1. That's very close to one of Yamini's. You should play!

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  3. Even your explanation was clever--"cultivate" and "grows on you." (And what a cute photo.)

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    1. Thanks! Isn't it an adorable photo this week?! I love how the cat appears to be leaning right along with the tree.

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  4. I can see a Smedley series in the future.

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  5. "Smedley" deserves a series, doesn't he? That is one cute kitty!

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  6. Yes, I agree with Linda -- Smedley needs to reappear. He's got panache, and so does your microfiction. :)

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    1. Thanks, Lisa! Maybe he needs to be a part of Pawsitive Pondering? ;)

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  7. Love, love your microfiction! Do you respond to any prompts through Twitter?

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    1. Wow - thank you so much, Rose! I've been trying to avoid Twitter. You're making me want to peek. Just a little, mind you. Really appreciate it your visit!

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  8. Love them all, Tammy, as usual, but my mind is a jumble as to which one I like best! Of course, a jumbled brain is a common state of affairs for me. Smedley is oh so cute!

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    1. Oh, Theresa, me too! Maybe that's why the bonus word resonated with me. That and the adorable kitty!

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