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20 May 2022

Published May 18, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

The following story is the first thing that popped into my head and begged to be shared. As you can see, I’m literally seeing double. šŸ˜‰

Genre: Memoir
Word Count: 100

HOLIDAY TRADITION

            During the holiday season we exchanged wish lists ahead of time, so no one received a Chia head or underwear they didn’t want. For grins and giggles, we’d add impossible things to our lists.

            During our leanest years my husband would ask for a shoebox full of twenties. That is, until the Christmas the kids and I filled a shoebox with twenty safety pins, twenty pennies, twenty paper clips, and so on.

            The year I finished my first novel, I added to my list, ā€œA literary agent with a contract and huge check.ā€

            And my wish was granted. Sort of.

A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. Please forgive the fact my story requires this photo to be understood. My very clever son, Travis made this little figurine and is one of my favorite gifts of all time.

13 May 2022

Published May 11, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Dale Rogerson

Genre: Realistic Fiction
Word Count: 99

TRUMMERKIND

Art instructor Michael Townsend agonized over where he and his friends would go when developers tore down the abandoned warehouse the collective called home.

            Michael told them about a space he’d seen on one of his runs by Providence Place Mall. ā€œThere’s a gap between the walls. It’s an odd space but it could work. Artistic justice.ā€

            Eight artists moved lamps, furniture and electronics into their clandestine accommodations.

            After four years, mall police discovered the apartment and Michael was taken into custody.

Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  The criminal court judge, impressed by Michael’s sheer audacity, handed him a mere misdemeanor charge for trespassing.

*Trummerkind – Children of the Ruins

Michael Townsend

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6 May 2022

Published May 4, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Na’ama Yehuda

Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

ā€œWho was the greatest mother in the Bible?ā€ Mama asked twelve-year-old Anna.

            ā€œMrs. Noah.ā€

            ā€œWhy not Jesus’ mother Mary?ā€

            ā€œBecause Mrs. Noah looked after children and all those stinky animals for forty days and forty nights.ā€

            Mama smiled. ā€œI hope someone, sometime will found a memorial mother’s day commemorating her for the matchless service she renders to humanity in every field of life. She is entitled to it.ā€

May 10, 1908, due to Anna Jarvis’ diligent campaigning, the first Mother’s Day ceremonies were held in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. In 1914 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson made it a national holiday. 

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29 April 2022

Published April 27, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Ted Strutz

Genre: Historical Fiction/Excerpt from Work in Progress
Word Count: 100 of 16,500

CHILDHOOD LOST

Schoolboys cavorted along the cobblestone street, shoving and teasing each other after a day of boring lessons. Peter missed being one of them.

Papa approached with determined strides, head held high, and a scowl on his black-bearded face. Like the Red Sea’s parting, the children made a path for him.

Peter turned from the window and hunched over his book.

Taking rolls from the oven, Mama clutched her rounded belly. ā€œSon, come help me.ā€

He rose and took the pan from her, breathing in the yeasty aroma.

Papa burst through the door. ā€œPeter! Lazy oaf. Get back to your lessons.ā€

Ā© Rochelle Wisoff-Fields


22 April 2022

Published April 20, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Carole Erdman-Grant

Género: Ficción Histórical
El recuento de palabras: 100

SINFONƍA VISUAL

            Carlos hunched over the piano, hands over his ears, tears stinging his eyes. ā€œNo puedo oĆ­r la mĆŗsica. Mi vida se acabó.ā€

            ā€œMi hijo, you’re only fifteen. So you cannot hear so well. Your life isn’t over. It is just beginning.ā€ Papa opened a case containing tubes of color and various-sized brushes. ā€œYour art teacher says you show gran potential.ā€

            Carlos rolled a brush between his fingers. ā€œI will paint—everything!ā€

___

            51 years later, in 1958, Delilah MĆ©rida beamed when the Guatemalan government honored Carlos’ artistic achievement with the Order of the Quetzal. ā€œMy husband makes music for the eyes.ā€

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15 April 2022

Published April 13, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Dale Rogerson

Genre: Plain Ole Fiction
Word Count: 100

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Ted set up a row of chairs in the reception hall. Jessica plopped down on one and pouted. ā€œThis is all-kinds-of wrong.ā€

ā€œHey sis, ever hear of John Cram?ā€

ā€œNo.ā€   

ā€œLemme educate you. John Cram patented the folding chair in 1855. Then in 1947 Fred Arnold created the first aluminum one and by 1957 his company was manufacturingā€”ā€

ā€œOoh, cram your history, Mr. Wikipedia.ā€ Jessica gritted her teeth. Tears stung her eyes. ā€œIt’s just not fair.ā€

Ted hugged her.  ā€œYou’re going to be a gorgeous bride tomorrow.ā€

ā€œWhat about my garden wedding? It’s not supposed to snow in May.ā€

8 April 2022

Published April 6, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© David Stewart

Genre: Historical Friction
Word Count: 100

TRASH 80

            ā€œIsn’t it beautiful?ā€ Jan showed off his latest acquisition from Radio Shack.

            I fumed. ā€œOur electric typewriter works just fine. A computer will end up being another dust collector like your precious Polaroid SX-70.ā€

            ā€œHow was I supposed to know the film would cost a fortune?ā€         

***

            Several years have passed since that day.  I’ve acquired my own desktop, scanner-printer combo, a laptop for travel and Jan takes sharp pictures with his iPad.  

            He reads the screen over my shoulder and says with a sly smile, ā€œLemme get you a rag.ā€

            ā€œWhy?ā€

            ā€œYou’ve been at it for hours. You’re collecting dust.ā€

*Note: Radio Shack’s computer was actually named TRS 80 but became widely known as Trash 80. From there we went to the Commodore 64 and Jan had a Kaypro, a portable computer that I refer to as the Commodore in a Can. All cutting edge technology in the latter part of the 20th Century.

Remember computers in the early 60’s?

25 March 2022

Published March 23, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100

RECLAMATION

I am Uzit, a warrior beside Yehuda Maccabee, the Hammer.

            I shall never forget how Antiochus’ men defiled our sacred altar with a pig. They slaughtered my baby brother Ezra and made my mother carry his body around her neck.  

            A soldier cast his lethal eyes on me. ā€œWhat a pretty little Judean creature.ā€

            I replied with my sword.

We resisted the Greeks, and we prevailed.

***

Uzit Rabinowitz skimmed her fingers over the rough stones of an ancient building. ā€œ1949 in the Promised Land.ā€ She caressed her infant son Ezra. ā€œAntiochus couldn’t destroy us. Nor could the Führer. We prevailed.ā€

11 March 2022

Published March 9, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100
A tribute to all the “Uncles and Aunts” who risked their own lives to save others.

SAFEKEEPING

Shira slipped a worn photo of a smiling two-year-old from her pocket that, like she, had managed to survive hell. Had Hans kept his promise? Trembling, she knocked on the cottage door.

It opened. ā€œDanke Gott!ā€ A stout man with ruddy cheeks embraced her. ā€œIlsa, who is this lady?ā€

A five-year-old clung to his leg. ā€œI don’t know, Uncle Hans.ā€  

Shira knelt. ā€œDon’t you remember me?ā€

Ilsa shook her head and stared at the numbers on Shira’s forearm.   

Shira’s heart sank. ā€œOy, meyn kleyn ketzl.ā€

ā€œMomma katz?ā€ Ilsa threw her arms around Shira’s neck. ā€œI knew you’d come for me.ā€

*Oy meyn kleyn ketzl – Oh, my little kitten”

Ilsa perhaps?

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25 February 2022

Published February 23, 2022 by rochellewisoff

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PHOTO PROMPT Ā© Roger Bultot

Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
Word Count: 100

VIGILANCE

ā€œWhat do you plan to do about Reverend Ahlwardt, sir?ā€

ā€œWhat can I do? It’s America.ā€ Theodore Roosevelt gazed at people on the crowded sidewalk below. ā€œAs police commissioner I’m dutybound to protect this German hatemongering windbag’s freedom of speech.ā€

ā€œThe whole Lower East Side is likely to protest.ā€

Imagining the violence the so-called minister’s antisemitic lecture could cause in his city, Theodore grimaced. ā€œYes, it’s liable to get ugly. Sergeant Levine. I’m trusting you to put your best men on security detail. Might I suggest Officers Cohen, Weinberg, Kaminsky, Horowitz, and Levy?ā€

With a grin, Sergeant Levine saluted. ā€œYessir!ā€

There’s a reason I wrote him into my novels. šŸ˜‰

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