I Solemnly Swear

new years eve 2017

For 2017 I resolve to:

Write more.

Eat more cupcakes that involve bacon.

Explore a ghost town or two or three

Eat cupcakes that involve bacon and extra frosting.

Wait up

I’m not done yet.

fireworks

I also resolve to:

Learn Belly Dancing

Eat cupcakes that involve bacon, extra frosting and a side of Lavender Flavored Gelato.

I also want to write a poem about love that does not involve rotting corpses and empty graves-wait,  that’s a maybe. Come to think of it. It ain’t happening so-

I will eat more cupcakes that involve bacon, extra frosting, a side of Lavender Flavored Gelato and Pixie Sticks…with a bacon chaser.

bacon-pixie-stix

I don’t know about you- but I know for a fact that 2017 is going to be sweet

and

bacony.

Holidailies Prompt:For the next year, I resolve …

 

I Died, Apparently

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One year I got a necklace from an acquaintance in a Gift Exchange.

I gave her a bottle of wine and she gave me this charm that was supposed to represent friendship.

 

Two weeks after she gave it to me, my dog died and she went on facebook and posted ” My dear friend’s dog Anita just died.”

 

My dog’s name was Domino.

 

I’m Anita.

 

And then I found out for some mutual friends she had my name and my dog’s name confused all along and when people tried to correct her she actually told them they were wrong- she had issues. Like if you said the sky was blue she’d say it’s not quite blue. It’s more like fain purple.

 

The entire situation was kind of funny, but weird.

 

I took the charm off of the necklace and added it to the charms that Domino used to wear on her collar ( she had at least 14 of them, she got 1 for Christmas every year ) that I keep in my treasure chest.

 

I’ll have to admit, I won’t say that was the worst gift I ever got, but it was the most meaningless- and the strangest.

 

Our Random View Prompt: Christmas Writing Prompt#3- Worst Present

Winter In My Bones

meteor-showers

The cold

the dark

the promise of snow

Winter is in my bones

The warmth

the sun

the heat against my skin

Summer wants to roast my bones

Open the door, let me outside

when the sun doesn’t shine

and the night is quiet

and everyone

is

dreaming.

Creativity Portal:

Writing Prompt# 6:

What are three things that you enjoy most about the winter season?

What three things do you dislike?