Sunday, February 20, 2011

MicroFiction Monday

Susan at Stony River Farm hosts Microfiction Monday. She posts a picture and you compose a story in 140 characters. You can click on the link under the title to get further instructions. To help you along she has posted a wonderful link that counts your characters for you! How great is that! You can get the counter at Design 215.
This meme is easy and it's fun! Thanks, Susan for hosting.

And here's the picture for the day!

Shaking all over she left his office and entered the empty hall. Freedom!
Who knew what was beyond that door, but she knew she could do it!

And for one of the few lighter looks at the pic of the day -- welcome my friend from Mumbai!

On your mark, go! Those who skate to the far end without stopping for pizza and icecream outside open doors, will be awarded a special prize!
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42 comments:

  1. PeggyFebruary 20, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    Sylvia;

    I believe she can do it.
    Great take like usual.
    You didn't go funny or too serious.
    Uplifting! have a wonderful week my friend.

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  2. Bill ~ {The Old Fart}February 20, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    She is going to git away. There is light at the end of the Hall. Another good one Sylvia, a wonderful week is wished for you.

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  3. DianeFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Keep putting one foot in front of the other and I'm sure she can too. :O)

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  4. UnknownFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Great take, Sylvia. I look forward to this challenge.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    I'm rooting for her! She can do it!

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  6. KBFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Yay, she can do it. Great take, Sylvia. Have a wonderful week.

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  7. Maude LynnFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    She can do it!

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  8. PatFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    Ah, great start for a novel, Sylvia! Now I want to know who "he" is and what she is going to do next!

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  9. Michael G-GFebruary 20, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    I love her spunk, Sylvia. An excellent MM for the week!

    Hope your week goes well.

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  10. Ms.DaisyFebruary 20, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    Sylvia,
    I loved the hope that your story provided with this somewhat somber picture! I know she will make it where ever she ends up!

    ~Jean

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  11. Melanie ShermanFebruary 20, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    I love new beginnings. And how brave she is. It made me like her.

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  12. PoochFebruary 20, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    So positive and joyous! Wonderful to read!
    :)

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  13. Kay L. DaviesFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Good one, Sylvia. I haven't been able to come up with anything I like for Microfiction in quite a while, but I like yours!
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  14. Susan FobesFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    This has me thinking she has just escaped a painful marriage, or...? Very unique Sylvia!

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  15. ReflectionsFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Uplifting words for such a desolate hallway.

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  16. Ugich KonitariFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    On your mark, go! Those who skate to the far end without stopping for pizza and icecream outside open doors, will be awarded a special prize

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  17. SandyCarlsonFebruary 20, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    I love this. You are the best!

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  18. JimFebruary 20, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    Being held in a place like that would make one crazy indeed!
    Excellent take, Slyvia. And welcome, Friend.
    ..
    BTW, to both you and your friend, I hope your characters make it to freedom.
    ..

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  19. magiceyeFebruary 20, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    a lovely positive take!!

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  20. Rinkly RimesFebruary 20, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    I can almost feel the spring in her step!

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  21. VickiFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    What relief and excitement she must feel to be free of such a place. You can almost see her racing to the door to embrace a new existence.
    Great take!

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  22. SparkleFarkelFebruary 20, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    Good one! Very effective: if I listen closely, I think I can hear Johnny and the Pirates singing:

    When you move in right up close to me
    That's when I get the shakes all over me

    Quivers down my backbone
    I got the shakes down my knee bone
    Yeah the tremors in my thigh bone
    Shakin' all over!

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  23. Priyanka BhowmickFebruary 20, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    that was Bravo! at least she got the guts :) .. great MFM!!

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  24. jabblogFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    I wonder what caused her to make the decision to leave?
    The second one made me smile:-)

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  25. Gemma Wiseman aka Pamela AdamsFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:35 AM

    Inspiring! The endless corridor really leads to a somewhere of significance!

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  26. anthonynorthFebruary 21, 2011 at 1:06 AM

    These are very different but loved them both.

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  27. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    Great lightweight micros for such an eerie image :O)

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  28. Ellen BrickleyFebruary 21, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    Sylvie, that reminds me of the end of the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Great entry!

    And I love the hall-skating idea. A very different take on the picture!

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  29. SerlineFebruary 21, 2011 at 3:29 AM

    No matter how I try to shake it, this still looks like a scene from a horror movie, and your micro fiction piece doesn't help... who's that behind door number 2? Leatherface? Jason? Freddy Krueger?

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  30. Linda O'ConnellFebruary 21, 2011 at 3:40 AM

    Hi Sylvia,
    I could lose myself for hours on your blog. I see that you love the same things I do, photography, writing, and animals. Please sign on as a follower on my blog. I just signed on to follow you. http://lindaoconnell.blogspot.com/

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  31. izzyFebruary 21, 2011 at 4:18 AM

    skates and freedom! good choices. Thanks-

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  32. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    Mumbai wins the uplifting prize today! Yippee!

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  33. AshlingFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Your story genuinely told a story, and I wanted more. And Mumbai's was fun!

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  34. Grandma's GoulashFebruary 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    The MM's find both hope and lightheartedness in the photo, a real challenge that was well met.

    My MM: Escape

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  35. hopeFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Ah, freedom from work sounds like a good thing! And I always think that for every Boss who said, "We have to let you go" that person is yelling on the inside, "No, I let YOU people go!"

    Have a great week.

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  36. G-ManFebruary 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    I dunno, that floor looks slippery...:-)

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  37. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    So well done, Sylvia...love that there's a light at the end of the tunnel! That's the way to approach life's challenges...:)

    Lynette

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  38. KayFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    I love this! It's so free and uplifting!

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  39. ruthinianFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    I won't surely get a prize for either one of the 2 reasons. I can't skate or I will surely stop for pizza or ice cream.

    RUTHI

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  40. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Loved them both, Sylvia! Nice take on this week's picture. It was a difficult one.
    Cheers~

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  41. MargaretFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    Yes, if she can get out of that place, anything will seem possible! :)

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  42. KarenFebruary 24, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Your friend's is definitely the lightest (& fun!) take I've seen for this microfiction, but I think yours is hopeful and looking up! :>

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