love letters
The February prompt at Cafe Writing is: Love Letters; Melissa says: “Pick at least three of the following words, and build a piece of writing around them [greeting, hands, imagine, leave, letter, people, train, trespassing, washing]. The form is up to you: poem, scene, flash-fic, essay, or general blog entry. If you want to be really daring, write a love letter, instead.”
They shook hands as if in greeting although this time it was in farewell. He handed her the letter that sealed the end of things, the end of their life together, the end of all her dreams, and took his leave, boarding the train which would carry him far, far away. She was left to imagine the trespass upon her heart which would be the result of reading the information the letter contained. The people nearby looked at her as she began to cry and she walked slowly towards the bathroom, ready to begin the metaphorical washing of her hands, glad to be rid of him, but sad that it was over.
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An IM between Heather and me:
me: i got a card in the mail recently for Dad, for his birthday, from his cousin
i forgot to tell her
and now … i have to send her a card.
does hallmark make a card for that?
heather: oppps!! ha… thanks for the card, i’m in the spirit world now but appreciated the sentiment.
me: lolol can i blog that?
heather: hahah you sure can 
You know…sometimes you just have to laugh. I rearranged the shelf that held Mom’s ashes today–I added Dad’s ashes, a picture of them at Mom’s retirement dinner and a picture of Mom that Dad took in which she’s walking away from the camera holding hands with my brother and me.
Yesterday I went with Megan, her mom & sister to a cake tasting for her wedding cake. It was all delicious, but I think I had too much sugar and fat. My favorite was the lemon cake with a black cherry buttercream filling.
I made a yummy pumpkin polenta today…but my tummy isn’t feeling so well, so I didn’t do much other that taste it. It was damn good!
Now I’m settled in with a cup of Aveda Tea, reading a new book I picked up yesterday called Sway…it’s very weird, convoluted and quite interesting, and getting ready to watch the Oscars.
How was your weekend?
Posted in Cafe Writing, Photos, books, family, food, movies | 15 Comments
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Love the cafe writing piece. Mine was from an excerpt of a personal journal entry. Yours is kind of opposite of mine. Mine met with a derogatory ‘anonymous’ comment from an army wife with a bad attitude!
Hope you’re feeling better. I’ve been down with a stomach flu – it is going around!
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Cool cafe writing.
Hope your tummy feels better.
Weekend here was quiet. Watched Ghost Town & Religulous on DVD. Both were pretty good!
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
P.S. I forgot tot tell you how good the polenta looks!
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I do hope the tea settled your tummy. I love a nice cuppa warm tea in the evenings. Makes me so sleepy!
Yes, you definitely have to laugh most days.
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
write more, please.
… and feel free to send the polenta leftovers this way. I promise to devour them.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:44 am
That polenta looks delish. I had a nice afternoon out at book group, but am now listening to a whiny teenager. It’s distracting me from the Oscars!
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 am
I’m sorry about the card.
That polenta looks amazing – care to share (at least the recipe if not the actual food lol)?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 am
your polenta looks good. i love almost anything with pumpkin in it.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
My weekend was good.Thanks for asking! Which kind of cake did Megan decide on?
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I was looking at the polenta and thinking it was an odd-looking cake…
That prompt site is new to me. I’ll have to check it out.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
My weekend went by so fast I’m still not sure what happened to it.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Mmm that food looks yummmmmmy!!!
The place for your parents ashes sounds really nice.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Is your tummy better today?
You know, what else can you do but laugh sometimes? It’s either that or cry.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
loved the end as beginning and the sorrow getting there… pumpkin polenta… yum!!!
March 15th, 2009 at 12:12 am
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