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The Journey

Nancy's Notes πŸ–ŠοΈβ™¬

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #741. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. The image I used is borrowed from
Blog 57 entitled β€œonestΓ  svizzera” (Swiss honesty).
Here’s where the prompts took me.

wonderland, bound, morning, ice, knees,
hope, wheel, three, cape, head, and cross

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Mini Story

The Journey

Nancy's Notes πŸ–ŠοΈβ™¬

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #449.
Our prompt words this week are: follow, future,
happiness, inspire, lie, mistake, monument,
secure, short, stunned, thought, and walk.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Who Do I Think I Am

Nancy's Notes πŸ–ŠοΈβ™¬

Today’s JusJoJan the 27th and
Stream of Consciousness Saturday
are brought to us by Linda G. Hill’s prompt
β€œI made the call.” This is my stream.

Β© Nancy

When I first started writing on WordPress, I printed out every story I wrote along with its accompanying graphic.

I filled five of the largest 3-ring binders I could find at Staples.

I was so enthralled with the fact that I was actually a β€œpublished author”! I felt my work needed to be immortalized in plastic.

For what? My 15 minutes of fame? To prove I existed and to share my brilliant thoughts with the world? To have something to pass on to my children and their children’s children?

Who the hell do I think I am?

Then the stark reality hit me: who cares? No child of mine is going to want these tomes cluttering their shelves;  besides, they’ll never find the time to sit down and read them. They’ll get tossed in a basket next to the recliner, with all the other good intentions. Soon they’ll be relegated to the basement or worse, the attic …. the black hole in every home.

I know what you’re thinking: β€œWhy not self-publish on Amazon, Nancy, and have pretty books to keep on your shelf (or in a box) instead of unwieldy, unattractive 3-ring binders?” Honestly, I know me and it won’t get done. I just don’t give a rat’s ass and those pretty books will end up as kindling or more β€˜stuff’ to be disposed of when I croak.

I suppose I can have them buried with me so I’ll have something to read as I become one with the earth. That’s a thought.

And so I made the call. Sometime during the summer of 2023  I stopped  printing out my stories. I now have a little more free time not to mention plenty of ink for my printer.

Anyone interested in five 3-ring binders of my stories? They’re going cheap.

You know where to find me.

NARΒ©2024

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2024 Daily Prompt – Jan. 27th

This is The Who with β€œWho Are You?”

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