Written for Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
and Weekend Writing Prompt #368 where we are
asked to be creative in exactly 100 words incorporating
the prompt words “sleep” and “quaint”. This is my story.
We visited the Poe Cottage this week, former home of the poet Edgar Allan Poe. It’s about a 30 minute drive from my house and I thought my two teenage grandchildren would enjoy the walk-around since they’re both reading the works of Poe in school.
It’s a quaint old place with small bedrooms, a common kitchen-parlor-dining room downstairs and an upstairs loft. My 6’ tall grandson questioned how a grown man could sleep in the tiny bed.
At one point I realized my grandson had gone missing. Imagine my embarrassment when he was found napping in Poe’s bed!
Inquiring minds.
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100 Words
This is “I’m So Tired” by the Beatles
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So cute and sweet! I love the carefree and daring attitude of an adolescent, irrespective of what were the historical facts. A nice tale, Nancy!
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You have summed up my grandson perfectly, KK!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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You’re welcome, Nancy!
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Wonder what your grandson’s subconscious mind picked up while napping on Poe’s pillow?
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Now, THAT’S an interesting question!
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Been loving t’m so tired for 50 years!
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It’s a great little Beatles tune, isn’t it?
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Poe’s house…chilling…
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It’s a very cool place to visit 😎
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I can see how you’d get goosebumps visiting Poe’s house.
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It’s especially fun on a grey day in the chilly fall.
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The things young boys do!
That song always makes me yawn!
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OMGosh! They are incorrigible!
Yes, I think its sleepy sound is contagious!
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🤣 I love his sleepy, empiricist spirit!!
🤣❤😂
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Empiricist! Haha! You’re giving him too much credit. Really. 😂
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Hey, anybody who has to try it out for themselves is awesome, in my book! 😉🙈
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He’s pretty awesome …. judging by the trail of girls following him around! 😂
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Well, I guess he answered his own question “very well.”
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One of these day……! 🙄
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Talk about two words meant to go together in a post. Nicely done!!
I guess he had to see for himself, eh?
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More like going for laughs and/or shock effect. He has the reputation of being the class clown but he’s so damn good-looking, he gets away with everything! I could tell the caretakers were charmed by him so we got off with a warning. That kid! 🙄
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No doubt. And they know it, don’t they? Iain is a charmer and managed to get away with just a warning more than once. 😊
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Oh, so you know what I’m talking about?! 😄
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All too well!
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😂
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What a pity there weren’t three beds; he could have tried them all. And three chairs and three bowls of porridge!
I love this, Nancy, 🙂
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Oh, my goodness, Sue! My grandson needs no encouragement when it comes to antics like this! So glad you enjoyed this little snippet from my life.
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I suspect sleeping there didn’t go down well. What a great place to visit.
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It is an awesome place, so full of history, mystery and sadness. This is where Poe wrote Annabel Lee and where his wife died. Seeing his writing desk leaves me with goosebumps every time.
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I just got the shivers reading your comment.
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It really is quite a moving place to visit; next time I will go alone!
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If you meet Poe’s ghost at that writing desk, please tell him his work creeps me out and I love it.
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Happy to oblige!
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Funny. A sleepy man can fall asleep anywhere. 🤣
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That is very true, Selma. And a 13 year old boy will do just about anything for shock effect! I wish I’d take a photo; getting him out of that bed was the only thing on my mind. 🙄
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So this is a true story. Oh wow. Perhaps he’ll be joining the dots once he’s older and really into Master Poe. Golly, he slept on the man’s bed! 😳 👏🏽
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Don’t encourage him! The caretakers of the cottage were not thrilled. They usually follow people around like hawks but this day was not busy and I guess we looked harmless enough. We got off with a warning. Of course my grandson thought it was the highlight of the day! That boy! 🙄
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That boy 🤭 hugs to you dear one.
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was he really…?
lol that’s sooo cute 🤗
just aaaaw….🤭
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Maybe if he was 6 years old I’d agree that it was cute but he’s 13 and he was pushing the envelope …. something he does very well. I never went through this with his father! 🙄
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sorry, Nancy….but still cute 🤭…(I’d be too scared to touch anything 😂)
a nap in Poe’s bed…. it’s a worthy memory lol.
💫
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He’s incorrigible but I love him to pieces! 😍
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warmth….🙏🌷🤍
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