Not Seeing Her – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Dale | 106 Comments

It’s Wednesday! And today I play. Blame Na’ama Yehuda for supplying this lovely image. Thank you, always to Rochelle Wisoff(no e)-Fields for hosting this weekly shindig called Friday Fictioneers. If this photo inspires you to want to write a 100-word story, just click on the frog below and add your link. Fun stuff!

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How many times do I have to come to New York without visiting the bloody place? Tell me! I came, back in ’90 or was it ’91? for a friend’s wedding. Then, we did the usual: Empire State Building, Central Park, Times Square, and… what? Nothing. I didn’t even know what the Twin Towers were and probably simply walked past them.

Twice, we left from New York to board cruise ships. What did we visit? Friggen Toys ‘R Us! Times Square. Central Park.

How many pictures of the Statue of Liberty from afar do I have to take before I visit her?

Next Best Thing to the Real Thing – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Dale | 132 Comments

Welcome to Wednesday (is it still Wednesday? Yippers, for another hour, here in Montreal, anyway) where sometimes I play Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle keeps us keepin’ on and this week, it’s with the help of C.E. Ayr’s photo. Should you want to play, just click on the frog below and add your own 100-word story which includes a beginning, middle and end. Remember, it’s not what you look at, it’s what you see 😉

Next Best Thing To the Real Thing

Hard to believe we’re in a hotel. My goodness! It feels like we are in the middle of New York!

Welcome to Vegas! Come, let me show you more. They even have a mini Coney Island, including a roller coaster that —

Wait. I hear music. Look! A piano bar!

Yeah. It has duelling pianos. We’ll have a drink there first then dine at Gallagher’s for the best dry-aged beef you’ve ever tasted.

This is so cool. Where are we going tomorrow?

I’m taking you to Paris, Baby.

Then?

How about Venice?

It’s the next best thing to the real thing!

Bridal Veil Falls, Unlimited – What Pegman Saw

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Dale | 32 Comments

This week Pegman is back in the Southwestern US, in Bridal Veil Falls, Utah. Your mission is to write up to 150 words inspired by the prompt. Feel free to use the photo provided, or take your own tour of scenic Utah for something that inspires you.

Once your piece is polished, share it with others using the link up below. Reading and commenting on others’ work is part of the fun!

Thanks to Karen and Josh for hosting this challenge. In my search for ideas for a story, I discovered that Bridal Veil Falls is an uninspired name – or rather, an over-inspired name 😉

Bridal Veil Falls, Unlimited

“We can cross Utah off our list, now. That’s how many, so far, just in the States?”

“Lemme see: we went to Highlands, North Carolina, up to the smallest of the three Niagara falls in New York. We came west and stopped at Telluride, Colorado, and now, here in Provo, Utah. Means, four, so far. Next we go to Yosemite Valley in California then we start the Canadian ones!”

“Seriously, of all the ‘Bridal Veil’ falls we’ve seen so far, this one looks the least like a bridal veil!”

“Gotta admit, you’re right. Though, this one is special because it is a double cataract fall.”

“Meaning?”

“See how it looks like there are steps? We can’t see the top one from here, but there is a pool for the first step, too.”

“A multi-tiered water fall. So cool. Can we climb up to the second pool?”

“Ya baby! Let’s go!”