Title:  The Thrill
Source:  100 Word Wednesday: Week 85
Word count: 100 words

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Lizzy remembered the first picture she ever created.  Mother left her with a babysitter who was more interested in texting her boyfriend than watching Lizzy. She shushed Lizzy, shooing her away.  She made Lizzy mad, so Lizzy stomped to her room and opened her school supplies. New crayons, chalk, and markers, a kaleidoscope of colors, tumbled onto the floor.  Lizzy used the biggest canvas in her room, the wall.

Mother fired the babysitter and punished Lizzy. But Mother loved Lizzy’s picture and Lizzy was delighted to create something Mother loved. She never outgrew the rush of drawing in unconventional places.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Title:  Subtle Shift
Source:  100 Word Wednesday: Week 84
Word count: 100 words

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It was hot. Summer held us in its sweaty grip, but there was something else, the heat was not as oppressive and sweltering, summer’s grip seemed less intense. A haze settled over the brilliant blue sky, cloaking the light, so subtle at first, we didn’t notice the change. The haze morphed into clouds, hinting at rain.

This morning in my new dorm room, I put sweaters, long-sleeved shirts, and wool socks in the back of closets and drawers before donning a tee-shirt and joining my friends for a campus tour and an iced coffee. The prediction for the future: change.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Title:  Keeping Promises
Source:  100 Word Wednesday: Week 83
Word count: 100 words

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Danny and Suzie had spent decades planning this trip. They were young when they married, and money was scarce. Danny promised he would one day take her on a dream honeymoon. Suzie dreamed of Hawaii.  Life always interceded, and they postponed their trip. Four babies came with bottles, bicycles, and braces. The years flew and there were college tuitions and wedding celebrations. They never stopped dreaming. They researched and planned but family was more important.  Today they would view the lava flow where it entered the ocean. Suzie hugged the urn in her arms. She didn’t want to say goodbye.

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Jo Hawk The Writer

Title:  Beach Rental
Source:  100 Word Wednesday: Week 82
Word count: 100 words

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The listing promised the rental was “minutes from the beach”. While the beach looked close, it was an arduous twenty-minute trek down a rickety set of wooden stairs, barely wide enough for one person. They clung to what the natives called a hill. I called it a poison ivy covered cliff. The bottom of the stairs dumped me on a sand path that snaked through tall razor-sharp grasses. Hot, sweaty and tired, my skin slashed from the grass, I arrived at the beach. The beach itself was nicer than I expected. But when the sun set I called an Uber.

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Jo Hawk The Writer