The Beauty of Nature – Haiku
Natures gifts to us
Beauty surrounds us daily
Soaking it all in
© Susan Zutautas 2019
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Jun 22
Test Results
This was written for this week’s flash fiction challenge over at Carrot Ranch.
In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about having to wait. Who is waiting and what for? Think about how the wait impacts the character or the story. Go where the prompt leads!
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“How soon will be able to get me the results?”
“I should have them in by say nine o’clock tomorrow morning.”, the doctor said.
“Alright, well I’ll be waiting to hear from you then, and thanks so much for doing this for me, I know this isn’t something you regularly do.”
“That’s true but in this case, I’m happy to.”
I couldn’t sleep that night, waiting wasn’t something I liked to do.
Sitting patiently by the phone the next morning anticipating what the doctor would say, the phone rang.
“I have your test results and you are indeed pregnant.”
© Susan Zutautas 2019
Jun 20
Catch and Release
This was written for Six Sentence Story over at Denise’s.
Liberty, an Irish Setter, was a beautiful, well behaved, dog that my mom and dad had rescued back in the late ’70s.
She was funny as when we’d go for car rides, she wouldn’t do her business anywhere other than in our backyard. It didn’t matter if she was away from the house for six hours, she’d hold until she got home.
One day I was watching her in the backyard playing catch and release with a frog that came to visit.
She’d catch the frog, hold it in her mouth for a few seconds, then let it go and then run and catch it again, and again.
Liberty was one of the gentlest dogs I’ve ever known.
© Susan Zutautas 2019
Jun 18
Working Together
This was written for a flash fiction challenge over at Carrot Ranch. In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about the work of many hands. Is it a cooperative effort or something else? Go where the prompt leads!
Did you know that when I was a boy, my dad, your grandfather had a hand in the landscaping of Botanical Gardens? He loved working with his hands not only in construction but gardening too.
In the East end of Montreal, there was a plot of land just sitting there empty that belonged to the city. My dad got permission to start a community garden to grow vegetables.
Every weekend that is where I’d find him and many of our neighbors working together growing all kinds of vegetables.
We didn’t have much money and that garden helped feed us.
©Susan Zutautas 2019
Jun 14
Encased in Clay
This poem is written for What do you See challenge over at Willow Poetry.
I died a very long time ago
Encased in clay, broken, total dismay
Now here I stand with head in hands
Staring blankly across the lands
My soul is still alive
Even though my body died
I stand in wait
Wanting to be taken to the gate
Yearning for my soul to be set free
Will it ever be?
©Susan Zutautas 2019
Jun 14
Taking Care of Family
This short story is for Six Sentence Story over at Denise’s.
The word prompt is EXTENSION.
Image by Frank Winkler from Pixabay
We’d packed up all her things loaded them onto a truck and headed for the Canadian border.
Being a snowbird for mother was now over as she was getting too old to be in Florida by herself and needed us to take care of her.
Luckily, we were able to renovate and add living quarters onto our house for her as there was no way we’d put her in a retirement or nursing home.
“It’s sure taking a long time to get there, can’t you drive a bit faster, you’ve got to be going under the speed limit,” mom said with a slight hint of sarcasm on the third day of the journey.”
“Here we are, this is our exit mom, we’ll be home in a few minutes.”
When we reached the driveway mom immediately noticed the extension on the side of the house and said, “Oh my, you’ve outdone yourselves this time, I can’t wait to see the inside.”
©Susan Zutautas 2019
Jun 9
Ocean Waves – Flash Fiction
This week’s flash fiction challenge over at Carrot Ranch is: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that makes a big splash. It can be fluid, or you can play with the idiom (to make a big splash is to do or say something that becomes unforgettable). Go where the prompt leads!
The waves were splashing against the shore and it was the perfect time for bodysurfing. Sandy just needed to get out a little farther to ride them in. What she wasn’t expecting though was that there was a strong undercurrent and on her second ride in, down she went, under the water, the undertow dragging her across the sand. She felt as if she was about to drown and knew she had to fight her way back to shore. Disorientation caused Sandy to stay underwater not knowing that she was close to shore until she bumped into another person.
©Susan Zutautas 2019
Jun 9
Trees In Bloom
This post is for Sunday Trees – 395 over at Becca’s.
This tree is from my neighbor’s yard and smells heavenly.
Jun 8
Lilacs in Bloom
This post is for FOTD, Flower of the Day.
Once I see my lilacs in bloom I know that summer is truly coming.
Jun 5
I Could Never Tell a Lie
I’m a little late with this post. Hell, I’m almost a week late!
This post is written for Fibbing Friday over at The Haunted Wordsmith.
- What did the fan say? Turn me on baby, I’ll heat you up.
- What really kicks off summer? Hot Buttered Rum and roasted chestnuts.
- Who rules the world? If we are not careful it may end up being Trump 😦
- What is the best thing to do to someone who snores? Put a pillow over their face and press hard.
- Who/what was your last unexpected house guest? The Queen Bee.
- How does a blanket keep warm? It imagines itself on a very hot beach.
- Why shouldn’t you snoop? Because last time I did someone tried to kill me.
- What is the worst thing that could happen to you? I’d win the lottery and pay off all my bills and mortgage.
- What did the gopher and mole do when they met? They mated of course and went underground.
- What lurks in your backyard? Attack squirrels and Leo the lion.
- What is the best way to torture someone? Lick them to death.
