All Day Short Stories

Today almost all I did was read, redo, and tidy up short stories. It was very much fun and I have a long file of stories that I'll be able to post on Substack over the next weeks. I don't have as many stories as I thought I had so I've got to get my rear in gear and write some more. There are a couple that need finishing but then it's back to the drawing board. I was thinking, though, I have a carton of prompt writing notebooks downstairs that I can mine. There are bound to be story starts in them... Oh boy, more stories!

 

I looked out and saw this vivid pink House Finch on the feeder and hurried to take his picture. It's blurry, dang it, but I'm sharing it because he was so beautiful. I must not have held the camera still enough or something. Better check to make sure the stabilizer is on... yep, it is. I have no other excuse.

 

Today's drawing prompt is Kitchen Utensils and I followed the author's lead and drew them in a continuous line. I think I'll try that technique again. Maybe tomorrow.

 

The food keyrings I found on Amazon came today. They're tiny bowls of soup. I love them! Homemade soup is a continuing theme in Better Than Mom's so they're totally appropriate. I got notice today that the hang tags shipped but there's no way they'll be here in time for the Book Fair on Saturday. *sigh*

 

And here's today's gratitude journal page. There's only three things on it but it was a quiet day that I spent mostly at the computer. I tried making Jell-O pudding yogurt again only this time I used one box of chocolate fudge pudding powder and soupier yogurt. It's better than the lemon stuff, better by a long shot, so I might make it again some day. And, no, I didn't eat it all today. There are three servings left.

 

Guess what I saw zip across the patio this evening after the rainstorm. The rat. I was sure it was gone but, nope, it's still here. If I knew where it lived I might be tempted to pour some rat pellets down its hole but I suspect it either lives somewhere under the ferns or in the giant hostas next door. I'm not trolling through all those plants to look for it.

 

I really enjoyed spending all day revisiting story after story, tidying them up, and saving them. One thing I ran across was something I wrote about learning to dive. I'd forgotten how scared and intimidated I was in the beginning but I pushed through and did it. I'm more stubborn that I thought. God, I loved diving in the ocean.

--Barbara