While traveling down a southern Utah highway, I zoned out on a lone mountain. It has stood there, slowly eroding, yet its billion-year-existence has seen everything, from the turbulent inland sea that flooded over its head to the trains of Starlink lights crossing the sky.
Yeow! Thank you, Timber. Yes - anything can set us off in a new direction - from the tiniest treasure to the most magnificent landscape. You never know what one thing will change your pathway when least expected! Thanks for letting me borrow your unusual photo.
Make sure she leaves the U turned open end up. I live in a country once where they fitted horseshoes on their trucks open side down. It was a miserable little country, all because the horseshoes weren’t able to catch good luck when it rained down.
Good advice. Of course she could have turned it with the open end to the right, "C", and then be directed to observe and understand... a completely different omen.
Ha ha ha. Mama was mid eighties when I took her to the Canyon. We were both like little kids riding that train, and we BOTH had trouble breathing and speaking at our first view. You think you know what it will look like, but you don't. Truly indescribable!
Life in a sparkly.
Yeah, the canyon is like that. Zowie.
Hello, Kate! Thanks for reading! I hope you are well, my friend.
While traveling down a southern Utah highway, I zoned out on a lone mountain. It has stood there, slowly eroding, yet its billion-year-existence has seen everything, from the turbulent inland sea that flooded over its head to the trains of Starlink lights crossing the sky.
That mountain has history! Write about what it has seen, endured, created.
I'll put it on the rundown list. Thank you.
I love both of these, Sharron. Inspiration can come in a tiny "U" or a grand canyon.
PS - I love reading your 50 (100) word stories. You so capture a moment in just a few words. That's a gift.
Thank you, Heather. Most of these vignettes are inspired by a photo. I write 50 words,but maybe the photo says 100 more? Wonder if that is cheating...
There's not cheating in writing.....or is that there's no crying in baseball.....I forget...
Uplifting! Inspiring! Namaste!🙏
Hey! Thanks, neighbor. I think we can find our inspiration anywhere!
It’s a cliché, but it’s true. Pictures don’t do the Grand Canyon justice. It has to be seen in person.
Until you see it, you cannot know. I stood at that rim and cried like a baby. I could hardly breathe.
.. lovin them .. ‘in the eyes of the beholder’ .. said so well.. remarkable !
Yeow! Thank you, Timber. Yes - anything can set us off in a new direction - from the tiniest treasure to the most magnificent landscape. You never know what one thing will change your pathway when least expected! Thanks for letting me borrow your unusual photo.
You inspire me to look for omens today!, I never want to be so complacent as to think I always know what awaits.
Yes! Follow that advice. You are on to something, Karen. Our lives can change in an instant, can't they?
Make sure she leaves the U turned open end up. I live in a country once where they fitted horseshoes on their trucks open side down. It was a miserable little country, all because the horseshoes weren’t able to catch good luck when it rained down.
Good advice. Of course she could have turned it with the open end to the right, "C", and then be directed to observe and understand... a completely different omen.
Or C for compact, concise, and concentrated, in homage to your stories.
Hah! Thank you, sir!
Oh sparkly U! I am listening to Ten Sharp's "You". Wonderful words, Sharron!
Okay... now I will have to go see what that piece of music is all about. Thank you, Alexander.
It's just a little Dutch one-hit wonder band from the 90s.
Dang, Sharron,
Those two bits worth of micro fiction are really good. Masterful. I mean Mistressful.
Ha ha ha. Mama was mid eighties when I took her to the Canyon. We were both like little kids riding that train, and we BOTH had trouble breathing and speaking at our first view. You think you know what it will look like, but you don't. Truly indescribable!
Both stories...FANTASTIC. Always a little highlight in my day 😊
Aww. Thank you, Kristi.
Two absolute gems, Sharron. “U” make Substack a wonderful place to be.
No, it's YOU! You were the first Substack I subscribed to, back in December 2022. It was my lucky day.
I don’t know if I ever knew that! Well, that’s very kind of you to say. Thank you, Sharron. 😊 I feel just as lucky!
Hopefully we'll never get so old as to lose our sense of awe when it beckons.
That 80 year old woman is going to be me someday. No doubt about it!
Breathtaking, both!
I even found myself thinking 'wow, however did Sharron find a picture to show EXACTLY what she is describing here in this story?' 🤣
The Grand Canyon sounds absolutely incredible - I've only seen it in pictures and on screen, so have very little sense of its scale. Just wow.
Thank you, Rebecca. And I was enchanted by your marmalade story today! The art is incredible!
You're so kind, Sharron - how lovely! Thank you. 🍊