The Slow Cooker

January 26, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Change, Determination, Exit, Flash Fiction, Helter-skelter, Micro-fiction, Planning, Weekend Writing Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing prompt 21 Comments

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It wasn’t going to work.

Didn’t matter. She was going to make it work. Somehow.

She threw a bit of this and that into the pot and set it. She hated that slow cooker from the day he’d given it to her. Nightmare to clean.

Down at the basement, she dug out the red four-wheeler. Dragged it upstairs. Helter-skelter added in clothing, shoes, and what-not. Grabbed her purse. Almost forgot her passport. Searched for it. Panicked. Had he hidden it?

Finally found it in a shoe box. Found money, too. Keys to who knows.

On the way out, she checked the pot. Least she could do is leave a last meal.

For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Helter-Skelter in 111 words

Three’s Company

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Community, Desert, Determination, Finding a way, flowers, fpj-photo-challenge, Nature, Photo Challenge, Photography, Poetry, Tenacity 4 Comments

Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

Amid pebbles and sand

Atop tenacious pale greens

Three mouths unseal

In communal reveal

To welcome

Potential

Under an

Arid sun.

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Trio

Early Hold

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Birth, Determination, dVerse, Early, life, Newborn, parenting, Poetry, Premature babies, Tenacity, Writing prompt 26 Comments

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She is early in birth

And early in breath,

Independent in all.

She’s come forth barely cooked

But is here even so

Stubbornly grabbing hold

Ravenous in her howls,

In a world just a tad

Unprepared

For her life-hungry spirit

And determined

Big soul.

[Dedicated to all the little ones who arrive exactly at the right time … for them. … and to all who work with them, to make it the best possible time and outcome.]

For the dVerse Poetry Challenge: Early in 44 words

Birthday Surprise

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: 100WordChallenge, Achievement, Birthday Gift, Determination, Family, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Goals, Micro-fiction, Rehabilitation, Surprise, Writing prompt 36 Comments

PHOTO PROMPT © Jilly Funell

Her heart fluttered in her chest. She wiped sweaty palms on her jeans and tugged her cap lower on her head to manage jitters and glare.

She’d worked on this all summer. In secret. His birthday surprise.

She moved closer to the building, automatically scanning the terrain even though she knew it like the back of her hand.

There he was, waiting.

“Hi Dad!”

His face lit up and he and turned toward the elevator. “I’ll call it for you.”

“It’s okay, Dad,” she grinned and pushed up from the wheelchair. “Just give me your arm. I can walk up.”

For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers

Crowned Warmth

October 6, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Current events, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Writing Tags: Botany, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Daisy, Determination, Empowerment, flowers, Photo Challenge, Photography, Speak up, Strength, The power of many Leave a comment

Photo: Ofir Asif

In the small, darker moments

When light appears to be

Gone,

Recall life giving

Sunlight

Reflected

In crowned Chrysanthemum.

When the cold seeps

To sorrow

And the path may be

Lost,

Remember how the warmth

Of the many

Can the most hidden

Truths

Defrost.

A bit of trivia: Chrysanthemum Coronarium, AKA Glebionis Coronaria, is an edible variant of the Daisy family (the greens are eaten). It is native to the Mediterranean region but is cultivated in Asia, and more recently in North America. The plant is rich in minerals and vitamins, including potassium and carotene. Some toxic properties (dioxin) have been observed and extracts of the plant can inhibit the growth of some helpful gut flora.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day

Acro-Tot

September 18, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Acrobatic, Determination, dVerse, Gymnastics, life, play, Poetry, Small steps, Toddlers, Writing prompt 28 Comments

Photo: Arlette Loeser

Arms stretch up

On tip-toes

Sure to reach

A high bar,

For the circus

Of life

Where she

Already stars.

A determined

Tot grasps

Growing strength

To go far.

For the dVerse Challenge: Circus

All There Is

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: 3LineTales, Acceptance, Determination, education, Flash Fiction, Knowledge is Power, library, Micro-fiction, Short Story 8 Comments

Photo: Davide Cantelli via Unsplash

She would learn everything about it, she promised herself, and details will no longer catch her unaware. The books soldiered on, and she with them. By closing-time she was educated and heartbroken: She knew what it was. She knew it was incurable.

For Three Line Tales, week 135