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This week’s prompt is …it was 50 years ago… plus 100 words.
Knots
“Birdie.” Monika halts, hands clasped and eyes narrowed. “Birdie.”
“Huh?” The blonde’s hand snakes to her throat and squeezes the skin. “What?”
“Where were you sweetie?” Monika touches her sister’s shoulder.
“What?” She chews her bottom lip and continues staring through the canopied window.
“Tell me. Please. Why are you tied up in knots?”
Birdie twists around, a smile quivers on her lined face. “It was 50 years ago…”
Monika blinks, and blinks again. “Oh, sweetie. I’m—”
“Mike jilted me and now he wants to meet for coffee. I despise Facebook.”
“Will you go?”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“The problem’s you want to—don’t you?”
How the Cookie Crumbles 
June 3, 2014 at 5:53 pm
A reconnection via social media 50 years latter? I am very intrigued! Reeled me in with your 100 words again Tess. 🙂
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June 4, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Could happen, don’t your think? If it wasn’t for Facebook, not a chance… 😮
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June 4, 2014 at 4:13 pm
Absolutely could. You hear of these things more and more!
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June 4, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Yes!
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June 3, 2014 at 5:56 pm
Reblogged this on Averell Luedecker.
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June 3, 2014 at 7:13 pm
So does she end up going????? Daggone it you leave me wondering every time!!!
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June 4, 2014 at 4:06 pm
What would you do? Darn that Facebook!
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June 4, 2014 at 9:11 pm
Oh man….. I’d be tempted. I guess it depends. I would hope to be strong enough NOT to go.
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June 4, 2014 at 9:35 pm
Temptation be damned. I say she should be and then….aah
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June 4, 2014 at 9:12 pm
Wait! No! Strong enough to go and be happy with who I was, where I was, and be happy for where ever he is. With no hopes, just a curiosity on catching up with someone unknown for so long!
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June 4, 2014 at 9:37 pm
Ha ha. I laugh so loud you want to clamp your hand over my whole face, not only my mouth.
I l.ov.e. the payback idea but am not sure…
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June 5, 2014 at 5:42 am
Maybe not payback ‘against’ him. But payback to her self knowing she is past this. And this will finally be her total freedom from it. ??????? Maybe?????
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June 5, 2014 at 8:23 am
*nods like a dashboard thingy* 😀 😀
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June 5, 2014 at 8:25 pm
Hahahahahahahaha….. a BOBBLE HEAD TESS!
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June 5, 2014 at 8:33 pm
I thought you’d get a charge out of that. ~@_@~
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June 6, 2014 at 5:55 am
😀
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June 3, 2014 at 7:32 pm
Hanging…inquiring minds wanna know what happens. 😉
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June 4, 2014 at 4:06 pm
What do you want to happen? She’s single, maybe he is as well by this time…
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June 3, 2014 at 8:30 pm
You are the supreme mistress of cliff hangers Tess!
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June 4, 2014 at 4:15 pm
I’m smiling because this is sweet of you to say. Thank you. 😮
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June 4, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Thank you, Rebecca. You are much too generous.
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June 3, 2014 at 8:36 pm
You do such a great job on these!
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June 4, 2014 at 4:17 pm
Thanks so much, Kansen. I hope I do a decent job. These are a huge challenge for me. 😉
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June 4, 2014 at 5:35 pm
I like the thoughts of things pared down to the essentials, which is why I write so much haiku. I always enjoy when I see these posted from you.
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June 4, 2014 at 6:20 pm
Thank you. I’m not fishing, but wondered if cliff hangers become tiresome. Not to me though.
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June 4, 2014 at 8:00 pm
no, I think I went into excrutiating and boring detail about “unfinished” work regarding haiku in a response to you, but cliffhangers qualify…LOL
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June 4, 2014 at 9:31 pm
No you did not. I always are interested in learning something new although I cannot take on lots at the same time, but still… I appreciated your breakdown. Hey, I want to know EVERYthing nowadays but cannot grasp it all at once. Drat.
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June 4, 2014 at 9:34 pm
I know. I’ll read through stuff and then go back several times taking it in parts. Helps my poor old brain.
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June 5, 2014 at 8:04 am
That’s how mine works. In pieces. Sometimes I’m too overwhelmed to process. 😮
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June 5, 2014 at 9:46 am
Yeppers and now with all the school stuff going on, my brain gets overwhelmed much easier.
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June 5, 2014 at 11:47 am
I don’t know how you do it. Keep up your strength. 😮
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June 5, 2014 at 1:10 pm
Thank you! and I started Weight Watchers today…..my MD was not happy with my blood pressure and wants a few pounds off. yay. I’m just glad I really like fruits, veggies, and “clean” protein….it will be good for my husband too.
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June 3, 2014 at 8:46 pm
Social media at its finest! Love is in the air…I hope she goes.
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June 4, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Birdie’s curiosity must be unbearable… Ha ha ha.
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June 3, 2014 at 9:03 pm
Something quite similar happened with my Mom, but it was a phone call – FB hadn’t been invented… Loved this, Tess – you set us up and leave us hanging!
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June 4, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Thank you. Thank you.
Tell me the truth, Huntie. Is that a bad thing? I hope not but I need to know.
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June 4, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Are you joking, Tess? I am literal creature and frequently miss it when someone’s teasing me. This was fantastic! It is the art of writing and to do it with 100 words – that’s artistry. To capture all your readers and have them demanding more? Snort! What more could a writer want, Tess?! Well done!
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June 4, 2014 at 6:31 pm
I appreciate your input, Huntie. Thank you.
Please know this has not been a fishing trip, I’ve become unsure if it’s tiresome never reading the full story got sure. I enjoy cliff-hangers but thought I’d check and figured you’d come clean. 😮
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June 6, 2014 at 3:07 pm
You’ve got my honest input, Tess – laughter. You can always come back and flush it out if you want and/or your readers demand and you surrender! I think it is marvelous!
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June 7, 2014 at 12:26 am
I love that I have these nuggets. The trouble is, as much as I’d love to plop myself next to them and look ’em in the eye, TIME snorts at me. Change is in the air, already I have managed some, but not enough. I thank you for your straightforward response. I so appreciate it. ❤ ❤ ❤ Thank you, Huntie.
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June 7, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Tess, change is in the air. I feel it as well. New Beginnings – something about letting go of old rules that no longer fit the new person going forward, or maybe, the new circumstances going forward. You and me, kiddo. ❤ xxoo Huntie
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June 8, 2014 at 4:50 pm
*smiles*
Change is always in the air. But now that you have made it SO, I feel change IS in the air. 🙂
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June 8, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Let it be done! Make it so! Engage!
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June 4, 2014 at 1:40 am
Oh she must, just so he knows what he lost, and then you could come back ad tell us about it!
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June 4, 2014 at 4:30 pm
I like the way you think. What if they fall for each other. Nah. Can’t happen. Must not. 🙂
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June 4, 2014 at 4:50 am
I would shout ‘Don’t go’ like it, love your short to the point stories. 😉
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June 4, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Thanks so much for your kind words, Cobbies69. I do appreciate your reading and commenting. Glad is you enjoy as well. 😮
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June 4, 2014 at 5:33 am
Ahh…the joys of Facebook! A real cliff hanger this Tess, as always, had me right there and wanting to know more…does she go or not? Great stuff 😀
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June 4, 2014 at 4:38 pm
Curiosity is a ‘beach’, no? 😀 How about payback? Ha ha.
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June 4, 2014 at 6:16 am
50 years ago … there’s a bittersweet story I think
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June 4, 2014 at 4:38 pm
Maybe. I wonder if she’d forgiven him. 🙂
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June 4, 2014 at 7:14 am
“I despise Facebook.” I snorted on that one. This is great. Except I thought we were talking golf first with the Birdie. I’m not a golfer, but most of my brothers, a couple sisters, and other assorted relatives are.
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June 4, 2014 at 4:43 pm
I love the name Bird and this woman was Birdie to me because she seemed broken. Thanks for the snort. I heard that!
Sorry for the confusion. 😮
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June 4, 2014 at 7:35 am
I hope I never have that problem. Of course, I’m not a big fan of Facebook so I think I’m pretty safe. 🙂
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June 4, 2014 at 4:45 pm
I don’t hang out at FB but I have connections there. High school friends and acquaintances have found me through FB. This idea grew from that memory. 😀
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June 4, 2014 at 9:29 am
This would be quite some meeting after 50 years. An intriguing thought. 🙂
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June 4, 2014 at 4:51 pm
Wouldn’t it?
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June 4, 2014 at 11:29 am
Oh Tess, I do love your style. Your little flash articles always hold an element of suspense, leaving us readers wanting more. Perhaps you will continue on with some of your posts and make a book out of them? Ya, I know, I’ve asked before. 🙂
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June 4, 2014 at 4:55 pm
I know you have and you’re a sweetie. I must avoid blogging more and get organized.
Thank you. Your comment does my heart good, kind lady. ❤
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June 4, 2014 at 10:22 pm
Always a pleasure my friend. 🙂 (how do you make those cute little hearts) xo
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June 5, 2014 at 8:17 am
You make them with these two key strokes with no space in between: < 3
❤
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June 5, 2014 at 10:20 am
Lol, thanks, yes I do that on Facebook but that doesn’t seem to work here 😦 ❤
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June 5, 2014 at 11:48 am
Great. Fun, right?
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June 5, 2014 at 8:54 pm
❤
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June 6, 2014 at 7:48 am
❤ ❤
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June 5, 2014 at 10:21 am
Wow, now it decides to work, I just checked my comment on your page. Yay! ❤
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June 5, 2014 at 11:48 am
😀
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June 4, 2014 at 3:55 pm
You find such an amazing hook with these 100-word stories. I want you to keep going!
But that guy from 50 years ago? He’s probably a serial killer.
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June 4, 2014 at 4:57 pm
Oh my. Hadn’t considered that. That might be a problem. 😀
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June 4, 2014 at 7:18 pm
I love this but how cruel to leave us wondering did she or didn’t she?
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June 4, 2014 at 9:18 pm
But I leave that for YOU to imagine. What better way to tie up the ending? Yes? Maybe?
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June 4, 2014 at 9:26 pm
Until Facebook appeared I was sure it was an Alzheimer’s moment.
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June 5, 2014 at 8:02 am
Ha ha. I never thought of that. Could work. ❤
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June 5, 2014 at 5:28 am
Associates from 50 years back who have not been in touch since? Facebook or not, I say let sleeping dogs lie!
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June 5, 2014 at 8:22 am
I believe that’s a great idea. 😀
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June 5, 2014 at 9:54 am
Hmm, I think she should go…
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June 5, 2014 at 11:47 am
Curiosity killed a cat…
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June 5, 2014 at 12:45 pm
True that, but remember the nine lives 😉
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June 5, 2014 at 12:51 pm
She’d give up coffee to be a cat… *wiggles eyebrows*
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June 5, 2014 at 12:53 pm
😀
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June 5, 2014 at 12:06 pm
What a dilemma you’ve created, Tess! I wonder if she goes…
Well, like you said, Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought her back 🙂
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June 5, 2014 at 12:49 pm
I don’t think it’s worth it but…curiosity is a B*t*h. 😀
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June 5, 2014 at 1:56 pm
Agreed. Curiosity is often overrated.
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June 5, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Uh-huh 😮
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June 6, 2014 at 7:21 am
He might have changed. But then he might not. How can she know if they don’t meet? What a dilemma!
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June 6, 2014 at 7:57 am
Dilemma’s are interesting. 😀
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June 6, 2014 at 10:20 am
That eternal question! We are so forgiving, hopeful, innocent. I wonder if he changed…
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June 6, 2014 at 10:41 am
That’s a question, isn’t it? I tend to believe a skunk doesn’t change the color of his stripes. But that’s me.
😀 😀
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June 8, 2014 at 10:08 pm
good one! Damn Facebook!
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June 8, 2014 at 10:42 pm
Ha ha ha. I agree. 😀
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July 15, 2014 at 3:42 pm
Go Birdie, show him what he missed out on!
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July 15, 2014 at 7:03 pm
I agree. Let him think you’ll stick around. This is FUN. 🙂
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