tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62039012985136500172024-03-13T08:52:00.314-04:00Small Stories and StuffHey, I'm cj Schlottman, and I created this blog for memes, blog hops and interesting other cool stuff. You will find some interesting web sites by clicking on the buttons of my sidebar. So, get clicking and join in the fun! And, of course, I want you to read my posts! Since I go back to work (RN - Hospice) next week, I may not be able to keep up as well as I want, but you'll see me lurking around!cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-63871034613640054092014-11-07T23:51:00.000-05:002014-11-08T12:08:15.899-05:00Y is for YAWL<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'My Underwood'; font-size: 12px;">
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Y is for yawl. It's a contraction for you-all. You may have seen this word spelled ya’ll, but that is incorrect. Here in The Deep South, if you don’t sound the “w,” we’ll know you’re not from around here. It is a plural pronoun. Never under any circumstances should you refer to just one person as “yawl.”</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“How yawl?”</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“What yawl doin’?”</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Hey, yawl!”</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Where yawl been?”</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I want yawl to know that life is good here on Saint Simons Island. It’s sweater weather, perfect for riding bikes and walking on the beach where the migratory shore birds are on the move or for sitting on a bench overlooking the sound and watching the sunshine glimmer on the water. Last night’s full moon pushed the tide up into the rivers and marshes so high, you’d have thought we’d had a flood. I wish yawl could’ve seen it. The last of the warm weather crowds are gone, and the weekenders are a calmer sort. Yawl would love the slow pace and the beautiful tunnels our ancient live oaks form over many of our streets and roads. As winter approaches, the shadows they form take on an almost purple hue. I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be. Yawl would love it. </div>
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This little piece is linked to Jenny Matlock's <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday">Alphabe-Thursday</a>. Please visit and read the other posts. Yawl'll love it.</div>
cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-39716670025425031522011-11-26T20:29:00.001-05:002011-11-26T20:30:36.322-05:00Fries @ Small Stories and Stuff<div style="color: #292929; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 24.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #292929; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 24.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">This Centus will be my last for a while. No, I’m not bailing out for good. I have a new blog, and I am spending more time on essays and poems. I need to get <a href="http://mismatchedcj.blogspot.com/">“My Mismatched Life”</a> off the ground, but that does not mean that I won’t be around to read some posts here and try to reply to as many as I can. Just think of me as part of the wallpaper. Those of you who have been with me a while, please visit and comment and/or email me constructive criticism - about format, content, anything you see that I can improve.</span></span><br />
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<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Black Friday had steamrolled over Susan at her job at the Food Court’s most popular fast food spot. The place was mobbed, her head spinning all day, punching in orders at such lightening speed that her fingertips were sore.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">She pulled off her greasy uniform, and without a glance at the shower, fell into bed. Sleep was a black hole, and she rode it’s winds into oblivion. </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">“Bzzzzzzz. Bzzzzzzzz. The alarm clock sounded. She pulled the cover over her head, praying it was a dream.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Then the phone chimed in. She groped for it, pulling it to her ear.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">“Would you like fries with that?”</span></span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-4804494751864798432011-10-31T17:38:00.005-04:002011-10-31T17:47:06.750-04:00Can't You See? - A Saturday Centus<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The catch is, we have to produce a piece that is no longer than 100 words, excluding the number of words in the prompt. So, this week, we have 110 words. To learn all the rules and read the other submissions, just click on the Saturday Centus Button on my Side Bar. Thing is, I don’t know what to do with this prompt. (Happens all the time, but I somehow muddle through).</span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And I Don’t Care</span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"The number you have reached is no longer in service." </span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">More likely, my <i>brain</i> is no longer in service. That’s the second time today I’ve misdialed the same number. </span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday, I found my Blackberry in the pantry and opened the fridge to retrieve my just cooked Lean Cuisine, which was, of course, in the microwave.</span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I couldn’t find my debit card, and finally found it in the back pocket of my jeans, which were in the laundry hamper.</span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I forgot to fetch the mail, got lost on the way to Kroger, and, oh, I forgot to take my medicine.</span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My brain is no longer in service. (And I don’t care).</span></span></div><div style="color: #695a47; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-69348368442593183162011-09-25T10:38:00.001-04:002011-09-25T10:41:24.295-04:00cj Gets it Right @ Small Stories and Such<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Young lady, you are responsible for your own actions and the consequences thereof. You may be accountable to Coach, but right now, I own you. Start writing.” </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Jenny, you’ve had one drink already. Are you seriously ordering another Martini?” </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“I’m <i>seriously</i> ordering another Martini. You don’t know what a challenge and a pain in my backside that Schlottman girl can be. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">© cjschlottman 2011</span>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-54628708624459301722011-09-24T19:40:00.000-04:002011-09-24T19:40:39.411-04:00<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">Saturday Centus has come around once more, and Jenny has given us 156 words to come up with a piece based on the prompt, “Are you seriously ordering another martini?” Other than the extended word count, the rules are as usual. Don’t know the rules? Just click on the Saturday Centus button on my sidebar to learn all about this crafty meme and read all the entries. You’ll find links to Jenny Matlock’s other blogs as well. If you’ve never played with us on Saturday, please come join us!</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> <div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">My offering for today.</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
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margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">i like mine made with ketel one </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">frosty cold and straight up garnished </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">with two olives not fancy ones</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> green ones with pimiento inside</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the masterpiece arrives in a </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">little silver shaker on a </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">black enamel tray the waiter</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">shakes it and in a display that </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">leaves me breathless pours the elixir </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">into my glass crystal of course</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">when the icy rim touches my</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lips i close my eyes and exhale</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">a sigh as big as montana</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">i caress the rim of the glass</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">with my finger stir the contents</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">with the olives held captive on</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">see-through plastic mini-swords </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">i prefer my martini served</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">on a charger no square paper </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">napkin for my regal cocktail</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; 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margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">i seriously am</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">© cjschlottman 2011</span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; 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margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div></span>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-11064900142402657492011-09-17T17:35:00.000-04:002011-09-17T17:35:38.894-04:00In The Ditch<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My good friend Jenny Matlock has done <i>done</i> it now! The thought of writing lyrics gives me heartburn. Nonetheless, I have tried my best at this lyrical prompt, a verse to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." The prompt is "In the Autumn." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To find all about Jenny's creative meme, click on the <i>Saturday Centus </i>button on my side bar. Once there, you can read this week's entries and follow Jenny's other blogs!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">At this prompt I so do suck </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">© cj Schlottman 2011</span>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-24636759446257727952011-09-17T11:15:00.003-04:002011-09-17T11:18:45.925-04:00Over A Cliff<div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here is my offering for Melissa's Six Word Fridays. I'm a day late, but it seems I often am. To learn more about this creative meme, please click on the Six Word Fridays link on my sidebar. There you can learn all the rules and read the entries - and yes, post a piece of your own! Today's prompt is "connect," and here is what I did with it - a poem of six syllable lines.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">connect the dots that form</span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">a whole picture of</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">this mess that is my son.</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Stories conflict plans are </span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">made then unmade maybe</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">never made at all just</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">fabricated in his</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">quest to manipulate</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">my world insinuate</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">himself back into a</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">position of power</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">from which his illness will</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">infect me bring me once</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">more into the cyclone </span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">of co-dependant craziness</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">he so craves and that would</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">drive my life like a run-</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">away bus straight over</span></span></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the edge of a steep cliff.</span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">He wears a smile wide as the sky, eyes gleaming in the last of summer’s warmth. He stands on first one foot then the other, a look of pleading at the surface of his tanned and rosy cheeks. “Mother, May I take the ragtop for one last spin before you garage her for the winter?” </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">An approving nod sends him grabbing keys, darting out the door, making a bee line for Julie’s house. (Mother didn’t ask).</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">She opens the door, smiles. He takes her in hims arms, kicks the door closed as she whispers, “They won’t be home until late tonight.”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">© cj Schlottman</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">September 11, 2011</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Linked to <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/search/label/Saturday%20Centus">Saturday Centus</a></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-16816704711793387222011-09-09T19:10:00.005-04:002011-09-09T19:18:00.740-04:00Your Crooked Smile<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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There are times when I am </div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">moved to tears / cannot hold back</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the sadness or joy that</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">catches in my throat /steals</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">my breath / chokes the words I</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">intend to say out loud.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The sound of your Texan’s</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">brogue / your bourbon laced breath</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">move me to open my </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">heart / spill it over you</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">in kisses / caresses</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I save for you alone.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Memories of loss move</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">me to the edge of</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">sanity only to </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">loosen their grip when you </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">appear in dreams / wake</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">me with your crooked smile.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">© cj Schlottman</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">September 09, 2011</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-62736679929055350452011-09-02T14:23:00.001-04:002011-09-02T14:25:58.408-04:00Exchange @ Small Stories and Stuff<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Apple Chancery'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Each week, Melissa at<a href="http://melissacamarawilkins.com/blog/"> Making Things Up</a> hosts a meme called Six Word Fridays. She provides a prompt from which we are to create a six word sentence or a six line poem or a poem with six syllables per line, all relevant to the prompt. You get the idea. There are many possibilities. To get all the rules and read the entries, click on the Six Word Fridays button on my side bar.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Apple Chancery'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">my sister and I exchanged identities</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">she went to the stock exchange</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">i became an exchange student</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">then we decided to exchange places</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">we exchanged books & cookie recipes</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">waiting on line to exchange currency</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">we exchanged looks as we witnessed</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">a prisoner exchange at the airport</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">disguised as a diplomatic exchange &</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">we had an exchange of ideas</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">deciding to exchange directions & start</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">a recipe exchange & drop in</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">at the mercantile exchange on our</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">way home to exchange ourselves back</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">© cj Schlottman</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">August, 2011</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-13062994354591938562011-08-28T14:06:00.004-04:002011-08-29T11:43:49.947-04:00Small Stories -Edited for Clarity<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Most of you know the rules to for Saturday Centus, but in case you don't, click on the button on my sidebar to learn about it and read the creative entries. There you will also find links to Jenny's other blogs. Here is my contribution for this week:</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">“Surprise. I’m pregnant!”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">These words rang out as my daughter Mallory popped in my kitchen door. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">My heart caught in my throat. Pregnant? She knew she was not supposed to get pregnant, so if this were a joke, it was a poorly thought-out one.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">“But, Sweetie......”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">“No buts! I have a baby growing inside me, so don’t ruin it for me.”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">“But...”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">“I said no buts! All I’ve ever known for sure is that I want to be a mother. Now I’m gonna be one.”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>“Well, I'm pregnant, too.</b> Who’s going to take you to chemo while I’m home with morning sickness?”</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">© Claudia Schlottman</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">August 28,2011</span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-21975289213698139492011-08-26T19:59:00.001-04:002011-08-26T20:00:08.008-04:00It's Not Always Easy<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">It’s Six Word Fridays time again, and Melissa’s prompt is “easy.” To learn all about this meme and read the other entries, click on the Six Word Fridays button on my sidebar. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m Writing Under the Influence of Lortab, so forgive me if my words are a little slurred. To learn about why I’m saying “Yes” to drugs, please visit <a href="http://theredsweater.blogspot.com/">The Red Sweater</a>. The last two posts tell the sad tale.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Now, here’s my offering for today.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="color: #ff4932; font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Yea! Jenny gave us back the words she has been so stingy with of late. Her Chakras must be balanced. For whatever reason, I am glad she has regained her generous ways. To see all the entries to this superb meme, just click on the button on my side bar. There you will also find Jenny Matlock’s blog buttons. Click on them. You won’t be disappointed! Here is my offering for today:</span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">August 13, 2011</span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-10244681727190136042011-08-13T14:40:00.000-04:002011-08-13T14:40:07.494-04:00Meat Locker @ Small Stories and Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">August 13, 2011</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Jenny must still be cranky. She’s done it again - limited us to only 50 words plus the three in the prompt. All of the other rules apply, and you can find them by clicking on the Saturday Centus button on my sidebar. There, you will also fine the other entries. They are well worth the time to read. Look around at Jenny’s other blogs, too. There’ some good stuff there.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">So, <i>Laugh out Loud</i> is our prompt today. This one is going to be a challange for me because I haven’t laughed, out loud or otherwise, for several days. Maybe this will pull me out of my funk, though I really think I need more than 50 words to do it. (Thanks, Jenny).</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">You speak words dripping</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">with honey but you lie.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Your eyes merely mirrors</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> deflect the questions in</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">my own reveal nothing</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">of what is in your heart.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-62339445048781096912011-07-30T11:01:00.004-04:002011-07-30T11:17:57.504-04:00I'M CRACKING UP - A SATURDAY CENTUS<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Crafty <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/">Jenny Matlock</a>, the Mistress of Saturday Centus, is at it again, straying from her <i>own</i> boundaries into the world of no prompt except a photo. Jenny? Is that really you? <br />
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Each week we are (supposed) to be given a prompt from which we are to write a 100 word story, not counting the prompt. The prompt is usually a phrase, but no, not this week. It's a photo of an egg frying on the sidewalk. Granted I can relate to that kind of heat. After all, I live the heat belt of Georgia. But, Really?<br />
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To read all about this meme, click on the Saturday Centus button on my sidebar. And don't forget to click on Jenny's name above to find out what else she is up to. Here is my contribution.<br />
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</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Help! I’m Cracking Up.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div></div></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The hand that plucked me </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">out of the carton </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">is taking me outside.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">There’s more. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">She just knocked me against </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the concrete driveway </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Ouch! My aching yolk.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Call 911! </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">She’s pulling at the crack</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">she made, spilling me </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">onto the hot driveway</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">no trace of Pam.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Does she know who I am?</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I can take the heat</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">we all know that, but </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">when she starts to turn me</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I will, well, go SPLAT.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">A scrambled mess I’ll be</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Oh, where is my dignity?</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I was meant to be eaten</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Sunny Side Up, you see. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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<b><i><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>{1} Who would you call if you had to get bailed out of jail?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>My friend Nancy. She would do the same for me - in a heartbeat.</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>{2} If you were a superhero what would your hero name be?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i> “The Survivor” - I have survived more loss than most people can imagine.</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>{3} What do you think is one of your best qualities?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>My legs</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>{4} What song would you pick to be your own personal theme song?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>“<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EpfYvAFw0">I Can See Clearly Now</a>” - Johnny Nash </i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>{5} What celebrity do you think is most over rated?</i></b></span></div><div style="color: #073763; font: 18.0px Times; line-height: 28.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><i>All of those stupid reality show stars who never did anything to get famous in the first place.</i></b></span></div></i></b></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-82341338815605439632011-07-24T11:14:00.001-04:002011-07-24T11:27:22.408-04:00Sunrise @ Small Stories and Stuff<div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">This is Sunday morning, but I'm pretending it's Saturday, as I am only now writing my Saturday Centus. (Using the word "centus" very loosely this week), Jenny Matlock, our leader in these things, must have her knickers in a twist about something. She gave us only 15 words plus the prompt, which is "Before I die, I want to..." Really? The word centus denotes a hundred, doesn't it? You can read all about the rules and read the other entries by clicking on the Saturday Centus button on my sidebar. </span>Be sure you take a look around Jenny's blog at <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/">...off on my tangent...</a> You will find some great things there </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nonplussed, I endeavor to carry on. </div></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Sunrise</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Before I die</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I want to ride</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">a dophin’s back</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">at sunrise in </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">an ocean of peace.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">© cj Schlottman</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-60266287121719076582011-07-16T11:56:00.000-04:002011-07-16T11:56:02.344-04:00Happy Dance @ Small Stories and Stuff<div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">This week’s Saturday Centus prompt from Jenny Matlock is, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">“Oh, say can you see..”</span> Jenny is cranky this week, so she is taking it out on us lowly Centusians, giving us only 25 words plus the five words in the prompt. To find out more and learn the rules for this meme, please click on the Saturday Centus button in my sidebar. You will also find the other entries there, so read them if you can. And don’t forget to click over the Jenny’s blog, <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/">“...off on my tangent...” </a></span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px 'Courier New'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I’m not getting any younger </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">but I woke up on the right side</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">of the grass today danced a </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">little happy jig and sang out loud </span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“Hurray.”</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Courier New'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">© cj Schlottman</span></div>cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203901298513650017.post-10776777086694359352011-07-09T11:20:00.001-04:002011-07-09T11:21:10.518-04:00Danger Ahead - A Saturday CentusI was flying to Houston to see my sort-of-maybe boyfriend. I glanced up to the overhead message center, and the sign read, “fasten seat belt” and “no smoking.” <br />
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A rule follower, I had my seatbelt securely fastened over my lap and I wouldn’t think of smoking on an airplane. Saturday Centus from 30,000 feet. Cool. I sipped Chardonnay and munched tiny pretzels, logged on the inflight WiFi and got down to business, writing this post. <br />
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We touched down in Denver, and he was waiting for me at baggage claim, handsome as ever, and a sign popped into my head, saying “Danger Ahead.”cj Schlottmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217936774632262633noreply@blogger.com4