Indie Folk Mayhem

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© Ayr/Gray

From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (01/19/2024). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!

They played the Farmer’s Market every chance they got. The large Metropolitan area and suburbs had literally hundreds of sites. Being in the Midwest, word did not get around as much as you might’ve expected. Of course, rural areas in the greater part of the state had their own markets, but times were tough. The band had to weigh transportation costs with expected earnings. Gigs paid next to nothing, and people weren’t tipping as much as they used to.  Continue reading →

Student Memories

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snow flakes

The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: KICK. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories

Felix watched his mistress from the warmth and safety of the window, as snow blew off in dense clouds and clumps, off the three story apartment’s roof and twirling in the pre-dawn sky.  Continue reading →

Nothing lasts forever (an SOC)

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Just Jot It January 2024 logo

Stream of consciousness on the prompt “Nothing lasts forever”

The next week or so is predicted to be true January weather, per Minnesota winter standards. Temp is now, at noon, 7 degrees with predicted windchills in the 20 below range, and lower to the west. And that’s in the Twin Cities, so we had just a couple of inches of snow last night. Greater Minnesota got much more…it’s as if the snow clouds just circled the Twin Cities in an icky-bah hug, but maybe touched just a little in generous comfort.  Continue reading →

Kitchen Witches

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Stack of three M and M cookies, bite out of one

“Oh for Pete’s sake, Jory,” Andy groaned, watching the multi-colored candies spread across the kitchen floor. He sighed as the remaining pieces rattled and rolled under the refrigerator. The following silence? Continue reading →