There was a bit of confusion about who was offering the prompt for our Free Write. Finally it was decided. Rick's prompt. Even before we started writing there was a discussion on what it was. Rick's Free Write revealed all.
Rick's Free Write Binky on the Bus
I decided to skip the final joint session of the AI for Good conference because I wanted to catch the No. 8 bus from Palexpo and didn’t want to queue up with dozens of people in the hot sun. Seems I wasn’t the only one.
I hopped aboard about 2 minutes before departure and managed an aisle elevated seat next to an older gentleman in a weathered baseball cap. We exchanged ‘bonjours,’ and he went back to his phone scrolling.
At each of the several stops enroute to Gare Cornavin, more office workers boarded. Didn’t take long to become SRO.
One woman, dressed smartly in a sleeveless navy tunic with military-style gold buttons and a silk scarf, kept having to exit the bus each stop to allow people off, then she’d get back on. Finally, after about the 3rd such drill, she worked her way deeper into the bus, away from the door.
As we approached the station, where my mission was to buy tilleul bread and cinnamon buns, I noticed something on the ledge next to my seatmate. A baby’s binky. Obviously abandoned by a previous rider. I wondered how long before the mother, or the child, noticed the pacifier was gone.
Rick Adams is an aviation journalist and publisher of www.aviationvoices.com, a weekly newsletter reporting the top stories about the airline industry. He is the author of The Robot in the Simulator. AI in Aviation Training.
Julia's Free Write
It had been a very long day – to say the least.
Up at the crack of dawn, even having to wake up their two-year-old: Imagine!
The bags had been packed the day before, but there were always last-minute additions.
They had to dash to catch the bus: oh for the “good ‘ol days” when they had been able to find long-term parking on the street only a couple of blocks from the train station – or even the airport.
But it was all for a good cause – they were off to see her parents – from Spain to Sweden. All by train.
They arrived two days later and exhausted to the bone, finally unpacked.
Only to discover that somewhere along the way their ever-so-active toddler had lost her pacifier.
That first night was not peaceful!
Visit Julia's blog. She has written and taken photos and loves syncing up with friends. Her blog can be found: https://viewsfromeverywhere.blogspot.com/
D-L's Free Write
What the hell is it?
A penis on a circular skate board?
A big nose, two eyes? No mouth.
The shadow could be a skull.What's it doing on a stair?
Did some kid drop it?
Germs?
Arghhhhhhhhh.
Too many questions.
Only one answer.
Visit D-L.'s website https://dlnelsonwriter.com, is the author of 15 fiction and three non fiction books. Her 300 Unsung Women, bios of women who battled gender limitations, can be purchased at https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/300-unsung-women-d-l-nelson/1147305797?ean=9798990385504
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