Perfect Timing
Dec 09, 2024

Creative Caffeine has a way of perfectly tracking my moods and my deepest questions about life….especially today’s prompt! Just when the depression about Trump and his dreadful plans to destroy the very heart of our country’s soul become ever more…

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one life, some praises, some feints.
Dec 09, 2024

Peony's were her favorite. Hot coffee with just-so foamed milk went in one certain cup, tea in the afternoon, another. She hated over-head lighting - too glaring. " Kleig lights! " she'd call them, her annoyance rising and unavoidable until…

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Dec 09, 2024

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The facts
Dec 09, 2024

How many times have I stared at the stars, walked through trash, or sat at the bedside of my dying mom and Thanked God for the mess I am in? I learn the most when things don't go smooth, when…

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Life is Short and We Are Hungry
Dec 07, 2024

When she gets to her car, there's a cake in the driver's seat, four layers of white frosting and pink piping, with her name written in cursive on the top. Lily. She doesn't see it until she has the door…

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Encounter (9)
Dec 06, 2024

The first man who spoke, a colonel Someone asked everyone to quiet down and promised that what he had to say wouldn’t take long but that the implications were extremely serious. Someone, he said, or some group or someones had…

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Dec 06, 2024

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Dec 06, 2024

The red truck was made of metal and with roadster style rims. It was the latest from Matchbox and it was special. The doors opened. I had fifty matchbox cars, and no of them had a door or hood that…

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The same is ok
Dec 06, 2024

I heard in a writing class and the teacher said don't rush over the places that real hurt, in fact go into them, swallow it, stare at it, and then put the tears into words and not worry making sense,…

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Encounter (8)
Dec 05, 2024

I definitely would have censored some books from my children, because the material was inappropriate or because it was stupid or hateful. But I would never have burned a book. Never. But Ally would, and did. And that, although I…

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Wade Funeral #2
Dec 05, 2024

When he was done with his questions, he asked me if Bobbie could make him some fried chicken, because he was craving it. The man hadn’t eaten anything solid in days, and ever since they took out his stomach, he…

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TO Say The Least
Dec 05, 2024

Hunger. Though I am now on Ozempic, and much of my hunger has disappeared and i no longer have food constantly on my mind, i am well aware that Life IS short and that I have been hungry for all…

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