168. Baker’s Dozen: Imagine the scents and sights of a bakery and write. My brother used to be a baker, starting his career in the bakery of an Albertson’s grocery store where he arrived to work at 3am to make bread. His main talent and interests were artistic so he was the chief cake decorator […]
167. Give and Receive: Write about giving and receiving. Sadly I am not a good gift giver; I never know what to get someone. After my kids became teenagers, I was at a loss as to what to buy for them and resorted to asking them what they needed or what they would like to
166. Fantasy: Write about fairies, gnomes, elves, or other mythical creatures. My first introduction to fairies was through Disney: Tinkerbell from Peter Pan, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty, and the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella. I was born and raised Catholic so I had a religious godmother, but because the only other reference of
165. Suitcase: Write about packing for a trip or unpacking from when you arrive home. My DH2 had been seriously traveling for 25 years before we became a couple so he had honed his packing skills for flexibility and weight. The basic philosophy of travel is not to check a bag unless absolutely necessary so
164: Left Out: Write about a time when you’ve felt left out or you’ve noticed someone else feeling as if they didn’t belong. For one of my book clubs, we read Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, a memoir of an an Iranian growing up in California in the time frame that I too was
