August 2: Flash Fiction Challenge – Yellow Tent
August 2, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a yellow tent. Where is it and who does it belong to? Think of how the color adds to the story.
The Showers of Blessings
Giving and Receiving Blessings
The Showers of Blessings 
Very very nice Miriam! I don’t like camping! And I am so glad there are no bears in Ireland! 😦
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Oh, good. We were in England. We plan to go to Norway and Ireland soon. 🙂
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Miriam, I take it you are not a fan of camping! I’d love to introduce you to glamping in Montana — there’s a place with heavy canvas tents, full beds, and even a personal butler!
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Charli, you made me laugh. Yes, I need to bring my hotel bed to go glamping.
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Ha, ha! A Butler who looks like a cowboy is all I ask for and I’m there with my suitcase, too!
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We are in good company!! 🙂
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Miriam, I loved this story, and the ending made me laugh. Well done! 🙂
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Thank you, Debby, It was two true stories of my camping combined in the flash.
BTW, I still write the part of story I talked with you about. I may keep it as a legacy to pass it on. I may publish it when he is no longer around, no hurry here. Thank you for helping me think. 🙂
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Good idea! 🙂
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Most of my flash fiction stories are based on experience or reading. 🙂
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You know what they say: ‘there’s truth in fiction’ 🙂
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You’re right. I totally agree with you. I responded to a comment about my flash fiction, that each flash is based on my true story with a little twist and imagination. It’s easier for me to latch on something to write. 🙂
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That’s how I write! 🙂 Everything taken from real life experience 🙂 xx
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And everyone’s interpretation with a same experience is different. Mary Karr’s illustration in The Art of Memoir is a perfect example. 🙂
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So true! Like poetry. 🙂 x
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Yes, exactly. ❤
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Your piece made me smile, Miriam. I have similar ideas about camping and am not a fan.
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Yes, Robbie. I’m too much of a city girl. The story is from two different experiences. None of them was pleasant though.
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Ha ha ha, poor bear’s gonna eat too 🙂
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Yeah, he has to survive, somehow! 🙂
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Nice story and photo Miriam
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Thank you, Kurian. It’s a half true story.
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My thinking is camping is for the young who have the energy for it all. I like to camp and then go home and sleep in my own bed! Maybe that’s not really camping!
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I don’t mind that kind of camping! Haha, yes, it may not be considered as real camping!
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Good morning, Miriam. Your flash sums up my thoughts about camping – uncomfortable and close encounters with wild animals! Haha! I’ve been absent for a while recovering from a concussion, but happy to be back with the community this weekend.
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Oh, no. A concussion! Did you fall? Welcome back! 🙂
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I did fall – tripped on the sidewalk when I went to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists conference in Cincinnati and fell on my head. It was quite a time but I’m grateful it wasn’t worse.
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Oh, no. You must have fell forward. Did you go to the ER and have stitches? How d you feel now?
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I did go to the ER – no stitches but rather an abrasion on my head and lots of dizziness. Had a CT scan, also hit my right shoulder but no fracture thank God. I have needed extensive recovery time. Took 8 weeks off from work and just went back last week 1/2 days. Am doing a lot better now but quite an ordeal. I wrote about my experience on my blog. I have a new appreciation for anyone who has a concussion. Even a mild one can be life altering.
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Oh, Molly, I’m glad you didn’t need stitches. It was a big shock to your head! Good thing that your should was not hurt. My friend had tripped and the foot and ankle flipped bottom side up, tore the ligament and had a permanent damage of the nerve. She had unpredictable pain shock through the body. The doctor is considering disconnect the nerve and paralyze the middle three toes of that foot.
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Wow! I’m so sorry for your friend’s injury and long term effects. I was lucky – it could have been so much worse for me.
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I’m thankful for you. God is good. I’m sorry for my friend also. She was so active and just retired. She was hoping to travel with her husband but now everything is unknown.
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Very clever 😃
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Thank you, Elaine. 🙂
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Hilarious!!
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Thank you very much!!
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