642 Things to Write About

Today’s prompt is, “Pick a small object to be given one day to your great-grandchild.  Write a letter to that child explaining why you have chosen this object.” Dear Henry, Of all of my great-grandchildren, you are my favorite – just don’t tell anyone I told you that or I’ll rise from my cremated ashes …

For this challenge, I’m supposed to “describe yourself in the third person -your physical appearance and personality-as though you were a character in a book. I’m going to change this up a bit.  The first thing that popped into my head when I read this was a scene where a camera crew is running around …

Today’s challenge is to write a scene where the only spoken dialogue is “Umm, Uh-huh, Urrr, and Mmmm”   She is the strangest person I’ve ever seen.  The teacher called on her, like, five minutes ago and she’s just standing there.  There’s something really off about her but I can’t figure out what it is. …

Is this the matrix?  If I swallow this will I wake up and realize that Cheerios taste exactly like chicken?  Is the spoon bending?  No.  Wait.  There is no spoon.  What if I shake it?  What happens if I shake it real hard?  Or throw it against the wall?  Is there a special Hell for …

“It was my job.  It was in the bag.” I couldn’t believe I was sitting in yet, another shrink’s office, explaining this.  There are people in this world with real problems.  Mine hardly qualify. “That’s a slight exaggeration, don’t you think?” Dr. Melbourne had this annoying habit of clicking his pen constantly. Click, click. Click, …

“What the hell are you doing here?” My mouth dropped to the floor when I saw her standing outside my door. “I’ve missed you.” She smiled, shrugging her shoulders. I gazed at her from head to foot, noticing a small carry-on suitcase clutched in her right hand.  “It’s been ten years.” She nodded.  “I know. …

We have your binky collection. Follow these instructions and nobody will get hurt.  Place sixteen Mega Bloks, 26 alphabet blocks and one box of Nilla Wafers in a small, unlabeled diaper bag. All blocks must be free of teeth marks and drool.  Leave the diaper bag outside of my your brother’s room, knock twice and then crawl …

Fair warning! Writing Facebook status updates isn’t exactly my specialty.  You know that person…that really annoying person who never really posts anything original but spends most of their time “liking” everyone else’s statuses.  That’s me. Here’s an example of the kind of activity I’m notorious for. “My boyfriend and I broke up.” – Like “I’m …

Every year, my mother and her sisters draw a straw from a hat to figure out which one of them is going to fix Thanksgiving dinner for the family. Three years ago , Aunt Cecily drew the shortest straw, designating her as the Thanksgiving chef.  My mother and her sister Margaret nearly fainted.  Aunt Cecily was …

Dear Laverne and Shirley.  You are my favorite ferns of all time.  Ever since I first laid eyes on you at the super center, I knew you were the perfect accessories to my home. Here we are, three days later and the vibrant green that once occupied your petals/branches/watchamacallits, are now brown and withered. I …