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December Writing Prompts, Day 10 – Going, going, gone

From Putting My Feet in the Dirt (https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/), November’s prompts are here: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/12/01/december-2019-writing-prompts/

Going, going, gone.  That’s the story of the sun at this time of year.  One minute you’re sitting at your desk enjoying the light coming in through your window (’cause you got lucky and scored an office this year!), and the next (3:30 pm, mind you), it’s gone.  Gone!  Stupid daylight savings time.

December Writing Prompts, Day 9 – Humorless humor

From Putting My Feet in the Dirt (https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/), November’s prompts are here: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/12/01/december-2019-writing-prompts/

My days are full of humour that some would call humourless.  You know the kind, right?  Something happens, or you say something, that makes you laugh, and so you do.  But while you are laughing, you start thinking about what you are laughing about, then realize it’s your life, and then you cry.

He gets it…

December Writing Prompts, Day 8 – Mazes of mystery

From Putting My Feet in the Dirt (https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/), November’s prompts are here: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/12/01/december-2019-writing-prompts/

Life is full of mazes of mystery.  Or sometimes, a labyrinth.  Want to know the difference?  You can tell when you discover there is no other way out…

December Writing Prompts, Day 7 – Great oats of fire

From Putting My Feet in the Dirt (https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/), November’s prompts are here: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/12/01/december-2019-writing-prompts/

“Great Oats of Fire” is what you say when you are panicking and mean to say “Grey!!  Toast on fire!”  Or maybe it’s a new religion’s version of the Burning Bush, but on the prairies.  You know, it’s The Great Oats of Fire, Charlie Brown!

And thus endeth the lesson.