Day 76 Ruminating And Writing

Tremble

It started as a slight tremor at first. No one thought to pay any mind to it. It was just a shake. Barely a shake. But then, when the summer stretched long, and the days were hotter than they had been in decades, the tremble got worse. Everyone was baffled where it came from. The scientists said that there was no tectonic activity. This was no earthquake, nor was any volcano about to erupt. Those people who could leave the city. They took residence in their summer homes or relatives. They communed to work if necessary but mostly stayed away from the city, which misfortune was blasted on the news all around the world.

Nothing made sense until July was drawing to a close. Then, the earth in the middle of the town, which had already been abandoned by all, opened up. There was a loud cry that pierced the air, but by this time, there was no one to witness it. The city had been abandoned even by those less fortunate who would not go willingly. The sinkhole had swallowed the cameras left there to monitor the area. As there were no witnesses, no one noticed the birth of the first dragon in millenniums.

First Date

I don’t know how to write these. Okay, more so, I don’t want to write about awkward first dates. Clearly, I’m not able to force myself to do the prompt today. Maybe one day.

Learning To Cook

More romantic relationship stuff. A woman tries to learn to cook, and her partner tries not to get food poisoning. Maybe I should have made her poison the whole town. I’m not sure what town, but it’s a town nevertheless. And it is all down to him trying to avoid her cooking. He should have taken the hit for everyone else. Now, she doesn’t know it was her fault, and she continues cooking merrily despite the danger all around her.

The Prompts are from the book A Year of Creative Writing Prompts.

I take a small hiatus from writing these prompts. I’m leaving today to visit my sister and her family and will be back on Monday. At first, I thought I could bring my laptop with me and write every morning, but then I thought that I wanted to concentrate on being present, and honestly, I think I need the rest.

I feel bad leaving like this. I would have loved to write all the prompts and take the rest strong, but as always, I struggled with the prompts that indicated romantic things or mundane, everyday things with a relationship focus.

Thank you for reading! Have a fantastic week! See you on Monday ❤