Short Story

Life’s Essential Destinations

Nancy's Notes 🖊️🎶

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #060. I chose Pic #4.
Here’s where the image took me.

© Crispina Kemp

Fine dining, basic necessities, and mini golf …. truly, civilization has reached its peak. Nothing says “sophisticated leisure complex” quite like a directional sign that essentially reads: “Eat. Poop. Play tiny golf.”

One imagines the planning committee’s meeting: “We need to guide visitors to our key amenities.”

“What are those?”

“Well, we’ve got food, bathrooms, and a putting green.”

“Perfect. That’s the whole human experience right there.”

The green color scheme really commits to the bit …. very “upscale forest resort meets roadside attraction.” It’s the kind of place where you can enjoy a three-course meal, use facilities with whimsically British nomenclature, and then immediately work off your lunch by aggressively wielding a putter at a windmill.

The American Dream, distilled.

NAR©2025

This is “This Is American Idiot” by Green Day

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #060

All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶 and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.

26 thoughts on “Life’s Essential Destinations”

  3. Using a putter to hit a golf ball at a windmill is Miniature Golf, and Pitch and Putt is a whole different animal. Pitch and Putt is almost like real golf, but all the holes are shorter. It’s ideal for beginners and for practicing the short game, focusing on pitching the ball onto the green and putting it into the hole. 

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Tell me what you're thinking. 🖊️