By D. Avery
Their colors are those of Tibetan prayer flags, but these squares are not yet whispering in the wind. An unassuming plastic wrapped cube; they appear to be ordinary post-it notes. These are not ordinary post-it notes to be used for mundane purposes. This five-colored cube is composed of post-it notes destined for a special purpose. They will remain in their pristine packaging, neat and orderly until I’m ready to apply them to their designated task. For now I am inspired by their contained order while the story they will eventually help shape and organize swirls free-form in my head.
Ha! I happened to notice the word count (opening paragraph) — exactly 99 words. That’s seriously funny. And if there had been a prompt with “prayer” or “flag” or “post-it” those 99 words would suffice, no more, no less. 99 words come more easily since my early days…
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Good morning Marcia!
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Good morning, D! So nice to see you here today, especially since I’m running late on my blogging, etc, this morning. I’ll be reading your full post shortly, but in the meantime, I can see this is going to be a good one! Will comment more as soon as I catch up. Thanks for starting the day off on a great note. (See what I did there?) 😀 ❤
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Thanks for flagging D.’s insightful post!
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I wish I could take credit for it, Charli, but D’s a contributor to this blog who stops by now and then to share interesting, fun, and often profound things with us. I love it when I find she’s popped in for a visit! Glad you enjoyed it, too. 🙂
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Good evening, Marcia. That’s a flattering comment. Thanks, and as always, thanks for letting me crash your place.
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You are always welcome here, D. 🙂
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Finally had a chance to check out the rest of this post, D., and I enjoyed it VERY much! Love the entire concept and love the way I can feel your growing courage to take on a new challenge. I have faith in you. You’ll do the BIG story in your own time and your own way, and the world will be the better for it! Thanks again for sharing your post here, and I’m looking forward to your next story, big or small, verse or prose. 🙂
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Thank you, Marcia. I feel fortunate to have discovered you here and am blessed with your support.
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A post worth sharing, so why not?
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My thoughts, exactly! 😀
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