PAD Part 18

Peeling a pamplemousse (grapefruit). I was pretty proud at getting the skin off in one piece.

Attempts at word pictures

A strange whirring sound in the kitchen prompted me to investigate. Was it a fan? A small generator? But no, it was my dad, mixing a batch of bread with a Vanuatu-style electric mixer: a power drill with a mixing attachment as the drill bit.

PAD Part 17

Back in Vanuatu! Vacation is fun, but it's good to be home.

Story time!

Thomas (my government-mandated best friend, AKA the volunteer that lives closest to me) and I both decided that we wanted to improve our creative writing while in Peace Corps. We exchange prompts with each other on a semi-weekly basis, and share and critique our work when it's finished. It's been a lot of fun as a project, and an interesting way to keep the creative part of our brains humming!

While one prompt every couple of weeks is good, you know what's better? More prompts! I'm putting this here as an open invitation to any and all friends I have out there that like writing, think this is a fun project, and would like to have a writing partner that's halfway around the world!

Even if you have no interest in joining me in this endeavor, I hope you enjoy my most recent story! This is in response to the prompt: "Everyone talks in speech bubbles/thought bubbles. There are no private thoughts." All the prompts must be less than 160 characters, and the stories, less than 1000 words.