I believe you all have more micro-memoirs to write, so here’s a space to do that.
Take your pick from the following topics, or choose something that’s on your mind:
- a Mother’s Day gift given or received
- garlic–love it or hate it
- a vehicle accident you witnessed or were part of
- unusual childhood diseases, real or imagined
- the strangest thing you or someone you know kept in the refrigerator or freezer
- grief
- your first kiss or one of the first kisses you remember
Write your story of 300 words or less and post it in the comments section below. Then, read some of your fellow Life Writers’ micro-memoirs and give them a bit of encouragement.
When spit wasn’t dangerous…
Kit beautiful, sounds familiar, a little spit went a long way, smoothed, soothed and glued.
Kindly see an ammended version of the story I posted earlier.
Lorna, loved your idiom, not idiot, story. Excellently written. Do enjoy your stories, always learn something.
Good story, Lorna. 🙂
Pleae see my latest story, “Fortune Favours the Brave.”
Lorna, another reason I love you and your adventurous stories. We both grew up with wise, idiom, saying. “A stitch in time, nothing ventured-nothing gained, that hidden key??and so on. Yes, Fortune Favours the Brave(and young at heart).
Wildlife Encounters
Well told, Linda. Love your title.
A vehicle accident and a funny story.
When ya gotta have chocolate, ya gotta have chocolate.
Nice job! This story flows well, has just the right amount of detail and has a fun ending!
Hello friends. The unfamiliar – Anger
Such deep reflection. It must have been difficult to probe, but produced a beneficial result for you. Very good. I think you nailed it.
thank you, Barbara.
A lot of insight in this one.
This is written like prose but reads like a poem. I like the style. You got the emotions out.
Thanks Dave. I’m sure it needs more editing. Those emotions were complicated.
Complicated, but presented well. I kinda like the raw feel to it.
OK life writers…here is a story about my car collision in Howey-in-the Hills. A real stunner.
A very good description of an awful accident. I liked your wording: spicy hot; oleander lining the highway.”
Glad you and Pearl were not badly hurt, but sorry about your car.
Thanks Barbara. DUI drivers are very dangerous to the rest of us.
What an unpleasant shock in an otherwise pleasant day. Good description. Glad you weren’t hurt worse.
I’m still not sure what Holly in the hill is but it sounds like you were lucky to walk away with such minor injuries. I like “spicy hot”! Wow.
I loved “Spicy Hot”, but, MY GOD, you could have been killed. I’m happy it wasn’t worse. Very good narrative.
First Kiss- 238 words Two Poems for the price of One.
This is a sweet story. I liked the anticipation and details of your dream, but then things go awry. The ending where you reveal that you had practiced cracked me up. Nice work!
Well, I’m glad I read this one last. You had me fooled in the middle. I thought it would be a bad experience for you. The ending, invoking an image of practicing in a mirror, was perfect.
Grief- 228 words
“Nibbling on bitter weeds to nourish and sustain herself…” got to me Dar. Powerful imagery to describe an emotion no one can fully know the extent of, except the person whose experience it is.
Dar, This reads like a beautiful poem with deep emotions and details using nature to describe things we cannot touch. . I was transfixed, hoping you came up from the deep water. Thanks for sharing your talent.
I hated reading that. Very good. One suggestion, change “only see small ripples” to “see only small ripples”
I miss you on Wednesdays.
thanks for the suggestion..I have changed these words.
This was a fun memory for me. Fondly remembered.
Good story of adults finding the child within. You captured the pace and excitement of that day, well.
Judie, I liked your story. I wanted to be in the story running around with you. Nice piece.!
What a fun story. My youngest and his kids have nerf fights. I can relate. It’s funny how cleansing Nerf, or water gun fights are between family members.
What fun! For grown-ups for a change. Nice memory.