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PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
The photo is a photo of a man taking a photo with his camera of a fruit plate, a cup of coffee, and a glass of orange juice. Behind the food and drinks is an iPad with a black and white photo of a man painting.
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Genre: Realistic Fiction
Word Count: 100
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
“Shall I tell you a bedtime story?” Barbara tucked the covers around her granddaughter.
Six-year-old Naomi wrapped her arm around her plush pig pillow. “It’s okay I have a story app.”
Barbara gritted her teeth. “Feh on story apps.”
Shutting her eyes, the child grinned. “Bubbie stories are better.”
“Once upon a time, when I was your age, people only used their telephones to talk to people. No texting. No cameras to take pictures of everything we ate.”
Naomi opened her eyes wide. “Gosh Bubbie, you really lived in olden times.”
“It’s true. We didn’t even have a color television.”
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
Beware! The Granny apps are coming. Sweet story, Rochelle
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Dear Neil,
Why not? There’s an app for everything. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, the kudos of getting even a monochrome television, let alone upgrading to colour. And then there was HD… I think I’ve arrested there. Sweet story. Bubba stories are the best, but I’m biased.
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Dear Sandra,
Televisions have certainly undergone many changes, haven’t they? I remember our first color TV when I was a kid. I was the one who adjusted the color. Thank you for your sweet comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I used to think of the world in terms of what change my great-grandmother saw- now look! hehehe
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Dear Violet,
Are we not living the sci-fi of our childhood? Whodathunkit? thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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We had to pay for film and film development too, so taking pictures was a bit dicey.
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Dear James,
Film? Gosh I do remember that. When we got a 1-Hour photo that was something special. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I wonder if in time to come, Naomi will read Bubbie stories to her grandchildren?
A delightful tale, Rochelle.
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Dear Keith,
And time will tell as it often does. 😀 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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What a thoughtful interpretation of this prompt! Well done, Rochelle 🙂
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Thank you so much, Linda. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You captured the contrast well.
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Thanks so much, Reena.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hard to tell progress from forward movement sometimes, Rochelle. I’m glad Bubbie stories still have their place.
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Dear Jen,
Hopefully Bubbies will continue to have their places in their grandchildren’s lives. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Terri took the photo of Ted taking a photo ~ Ted
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Dear Ted,
Good to know. I kind of knew you didn’t take the picture. 😉 Is that Terri Strutz?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Very true, m’lady, and things are moving exponentially faster. You miss one memo and you’re two years out of date!
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Dear C.E.
And the latest computer is obsolete as soon as it hits your desk. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Times sure are changing, and just like all before us, one day there will be nobody left to remember.
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Dear Lisa,
As it is kids today don’t know what rotary phones are. Nor can they write or read cursive (don’t even get me started). Thank you for stopping by with your comments as always. I look forward to them.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, indeed! You are very welcome, and thanks ❤
Shalom,
Lisa
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i suppose those were the days that won’t come back again. 😦
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Dear Plaridel,
It’s hard to imagine a time without cell phones and all they do for us, isn’t it? Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So freaky that my own history could be referred to as ‘olden times’. Nothing like story time with the littles, even if it makes us feel old!
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Dear Clare,
I remember thinking how old my parents were. They didn’t even have television as children. Only radio. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Love this heart-warming story, Rochelle.
Shalom
🕊️
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Glad to hear. Thank you, Nancy.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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We’ve seen a lot in this lifetime.
It doesn’t feel like olden times to me, though.
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Dear Dawn,
We have seen a lot in our lifetime. No regrets. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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What a lovely tale Rochelle – times move so fast I rennet when I was a child we had a TV that was like a massive block and it weighed a ton – now you can watch on a phone!
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Dear Angela,
I admit to being too connected to my screens. But I remember when a telephone had one function. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yes it seems so long ago now 😕
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Such a sweet tale, Rochelle. And of course, I’m pretty ancient. Yup, a bakelite telephone and a black-and-white television, and TWO channels!
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Dear Chris,
When I was a kid we had three channels…then we got UHF but you had to have a special antenna to pick it up. And a phone was just a phone. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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How could we possibly survive in the olden days? LOL, that was fun, Rochelle. To be honest, I wouldn’t want to miss many of the new things.
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Dear Gabi,
I admit to being pretty well connected to my iPhone and all the other technology. Probably too connected. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I agree with Neil, we need Granny apps! Lovely story, Rochelle 😊
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Dear Fleur,
Perhaps one day we’ll have robotic grandmas like the one in Ray Bradbury’s “I Sing the Body Electric”. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hahaha I love this Rochelle
Ah the differences between the generations. But the love is there and that’s what she’ll remember ❤️
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Dear Laurie,
The beat goes on, doesn’t it? I agree about the love Naomi will remember. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Sweet story, I’m so glad she didn’t throw over Bubbe for an app. I’m not a grandma, but my son tells me I’m old all the time. I’m always asking for his attention away from his screen, which he has the privilege to pause. I like to tell him about the time before remotes, when his grandfather would call me from 2 rooms away to come change the channel and go through them all until he found something he wanted to watch. And how he’d fall asleep with the TV on and I’d go turn it off when it would go off air and static would come on!
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Dear Michele,
Your comment is a story in and of itself. Love it. Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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