Watching the tankers stroll up the Sound, recalling how slowly life passed and how fast. Technology changed quicker than my heart.
Monday 27 September 2010
Microfiction Monday: #50 27 September 2010
Every Monday, the splendid Susan at Stony River: A Writing Life posts a picture to inspire a tale within 140 characters. Anyone who wants then gets creating. Here's this week's illustration with my extrapolation:
Watching the tankers stroll up the Sound, recalling how slowly life passed and how fast. Technology changed quicker than my heart.
Watching the tankers stroll up the Sound, recalling how slowly life passed and how fast. Technology changed quicker than my heart.
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so true. the thought that comes to every mind. lovely!
ReplyDeleteI like the metaphor. :)
ReplyDeleteWell done, amazing how things change they remain the same.
ReplyDeleteYou make me laugh b/c my husband goes by "Westy" due to our last name . . . now the kids have the nickname at their various schools too!
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, I like this one. Technology always promises us something seductive, but we forget what might lose in the process...
That is so true - life would be unrecognisible to our great-grandparents. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteSad but true. :O)
ReplyDeleteWhat lasts is what matters in many ways. Great take on the prompt this week.
ReplyDeleteso they don't use sails now? My 140 Hope your week goes well
ReplyDeletereally this was quite good
ReplyDeletetwists and turns and heartche all in a few words
I like that conundrum, "how slowly life passed and how fast," and also the hint of long-ago love. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is good....take it from one who knows, life does indeed go by too quickly...Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI like it. Life can indeed pass too slowly and too quickly, often at the same time.
ReplyDeleteA great take on this picture. It's amazing how each blogger comes at it from a different direction.
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