Rick's prompt was a photo of glasses. Champagne glasses? Wine glasses? Why a spot of light? What did they represent?
Rick's Free Write
When the
waiter set the two glasses on the table, there was a flash of light, the
afternoon sun reflecting through the liquid. I took it as a sign that we had
made a good choice to sit and chill under a thatched umbrella. Not because it
was too hot. Indeed, it was just right, to channel Goldilocks. A respite from
the weeks of borderline terrible weather. Wave after wave of rain and gloom and
leaky skylights, followed by days of Tramontane winds, cold air rolling
off the Pyrenees at highway speed-limit rates. It seemed winter would never end
and we were already in May. This was the first day of decent temperatures, dry,
only a slight breeze. The perfect time to re-start our personal café culture of
people-watching.
Turns out
it was our one day of Spring, as the whole of Europe has now fast-forwarded
into summer with record-high temperatures. Two weeks ago the forecast for the
entire summer was for nothing more than 30C. Today 36 in the village, 39 for
some places nearby (+100F). How could they get it so wrong?
In the heat, the villagers shift from their normal turtle pace to snail. The heat saps the energy. Even the dog gets more lethargic, and he sleeps most of the day under cooler conditions. Maybe he’ll bark less. (And on cue, off he goes!)
Julia's Free Write
Imagination can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be a terrible tribulation!
There they were: at a crossroads.
This summer, ok, late spring - but since the climate has gone bonkers it felt like mid-summer already – taking a “break from it all”.
Life had been a bit rough lately and it was time to reflect, to look at the options, to discuss the future – or lack thereof – and to try and make some decisions.
At this point, seated on a terrace, the story could go anywhere:
y) a break-up of a friendship; an engagement; a marriage
b) a celebration of any of the three above? As in the beginning of a friendship; a proposal of marriage; a wedding celebration
c) simply two same-sex friends finally catching up
d) two just-became-of-legal-age kids celebrating with their first out-in-the-open Prosecco?
You can see a writer’s problem – too much imagination!
And that with only the shadow of champagne glasses!
D-L's Free Write
She filled his wine glass.
She filled her glass.
They picked up their glasses.
Santé
Cheers
Good Health
They barely touched their glasses.
He looked at her eyes. He saw whom he imagined long ago. What he had seen was there but wasn't,
She imagined in his eyes what she had seen in him long ago, but now saw nothing like it.
Neither were bad people.
After five years they just wanted different things.
What now? she asked.
Call our lawyers, I guess.
Sad.
Rick's Free Write
Rick Adams is an aviation journalist and publisher of www.aviationvoices.com, a weekly newsletter reporting the airline industry top stories . He is the author of The Robot in the Simulator. AI in Aviation Training.
Visit D-L.'s website https://dlnelsonwriter.com, She 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
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/
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