Jump

“You’re more like Fantine than you realize, Lize.”

I shrugged. “Is it the fact I was abandoned by a man or that I’m a single mother?” I really hoped those were the only two comparisons my friends could make between me and this character.

"No, I was talking about innocence," Darren replied. "You were very young when life happened to you, and no ( Read more... )

Sand

"How could they tell what was on the bottom of the sea without sonar?"

Lize looked up at this question. "Ever hear of what they call the lead?"

"Lead as in pencil lead?" Marce asked.

"No, lead as in a weight that would be dropped off from the side of a ship. It would be tied to a rope that had markings for the depth," Lize replied.

"So what does ( Read more... )

1.Coconut

“No really, Vic, look at it! It’s smiling at you.”

“Darren, get that thing far away from me.”

The thespian laughed as he rolled the coconut towards the classroom door. “You know what I’m going  to do with it?”

“What, take it home and adopt it?”  Vic asked icily, barely looking up from his microbiology textbook.

“You know that large machete you ( Read more... )

1. Candle

“Ever wonder how you would survive without electricity?” 
“Give me a few days to stop freaking out first.” 
Ida  struck a match to light the last candle on the table. “You’re such a technology bug. One would think you knew nothing but a life with computers.” 
“I remember how it is to play outside, thank you,” Mark retorted. He winced at the ( Read more... )

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candle
scouts
doggie paddle
coconut

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sultry
plant
ship
sand

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cabana
water
day trip
jump

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tan
bird
raft
popsicle

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sink
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1. noir (black)

“Why oh why did you go to school today in black of all things?”

It was all that Ida could do to keep a straight face as she listened to her mother’s harangue over the phone. “It’s for a protest against the rental fees for venues. Nothing bad happened anyway.”

“Why did you do it?”

“It’s not fair for the school to enforce ( Read more... )

        1. thermometer
It seemed that of all the students in the organic chemistry class, only Victor Bariles had absolutely no problem handling microglassware. While other classmates hesitated and even openly carped at approaching their workbenches, the diminutive young man handled the tiny test tubes and flasks with all the care of a ( Read more... )

        
        1. sunset
Strangeness? I’ve seen a lot of it; it comes with the territory of being a barista in a café within a university district. I keep the place open from six in the morning to past ten in the evening. Of course I have to see something.

The best show would be at sunset, every Friday, some years ago. They were a bunch of ( Read more... )

1)
dust2)
festival3)
driftwood4)
float5)
ice
6)
part time job7)
sunburn8)
ocean9)
wander10)
rain
11)
blue skies12)
lazy13)
independence14)
mow15)
wedding
16)
umbrella17)
barefoot18)
summer love19)
itch20)
adventure
21)
fan22)
neighbor23)
garden24)
nap25)
lotion
26)
alcohol27)
party28)
pier29)
concert30)
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