tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post3232453130001634730..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Friday December 2nd, 2011Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-53491891241187286772011-12-04T23:02:17.611-08:002011-12-04T23:02:17.611-08:00Elor - that's actually a very interesting poin...Elor - that's actually a very interesting point. Though I suspect my hands will look pretty gnarly years down the road, as I don't bother too much with the lotions and creams :PMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-54733446639521367492011-12-04T12:29:25.329-08:002011-12-04T12:29:25.329-08:00Our hands are treated like never before
never gnar...Our hands are treated like never before<br />never gnarled, but sometimes sore.<br />Even those who now work in the field,<br />protect their hands for it's feel.<br /><br /><br />Sort of came out after thinking about a passage in my wip book Phoenix Rising: <br /><i>“You have a pretty face and clean hands Hopeful Smith. I hope you are not afraid to dirty yourself.” He stepped forward his face level with hers.</i><br /><br />Even though Sarah Smith grew up on a farm and helped with the chores, we have so many lotions and anti aging creams that her hands could not have been nearly as gnarled as a farm hand working in the 1600-1800s. I suppose there is a good and bad side to this.<br /><br />:} Cathryn/ElorithrynCathryn Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816869021658935999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-83660134823293000042011-12-04T01:35:11.226-08:002011-12-04T01:35:11.226-08:00cheers!cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-30343318593216405862011-12-03T23:42:53.570-08:002011-12-03T23:42:53.570-08:00Greg - oh, hapless teenager, I do believe he can!
...Greg - oh, hapless teenager, I do believe he can!<br /><br />Writebite - thank you, I'm glad you're finding them useful :)<br /><br />Agree with Marissa, that's some very nice work.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-60444997915213211892011-12-03T07:19:01.810-08:002011-12-03T07:19:01.810-08:00Nice Writebite.Nice Writebite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-41863628571179594902011-12-03T01:55:59.139-08:002011-12-03T01:55:59.139-08:00youbmanage some amazing topics for prompts, marc, ...youbmanage some amazing topics for prompts, marc, lovin' it!<br />mine...<br /><br />Hands<br /><br />I saw a pair of small prints set in concrete, reminding me of the day they were made, so many years ago. You’re all grown up now.<br />I saw a pair of dainty ones, gloved in white lace which matched your wedding gown, hiding the engagement solitaire underneath that awaited its companion.<br />I saw a pair making things: knitting, sewing, kneading the dough - the smells from the kitchen making my stomach growl in pleasurable waves of hunger.<br />I saw a pair lying in repose upon your chest, old, gnarled, wrinkled with the tales of time passing into death...<br />... Hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-15543274648271830522011-12-02T23:51:00.816-08:002011-12-02T23:51:00.816-08:00The parade sounds like a nice way to start Decembe...The parade sounds like a nice way to start December. All the Christmas lights seem to be out in London now, on some streets its hard to remember it's the evening already!<br />Those are four very thoughtful, caring lines :)<br /><br /><b>Hands</b><br />Charles Asciugimento, Head of Building Security, pointed at the small white placard mounted on a convenient pillar. There were lots of them now, all dotted around the building.<br />"Shoplifters will have their hands cut off," the hapless teenager read out loud. "You can't do that!"Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com