1. Only U
a 100-word story
It was just lying there in a crack in the sidewalk, a tiny sparkling U amid pebbles and dust. She picked it up, sensing it was an omen, a message from the Giver of All Gifts. She held the letter in the palm of her hand and heard it speak to her:
U !
U have the spirit of an eagle, the strength of a lion.
U are a remarkable woman, and are everything U need to be.
U will expand your dreams and break new, creative ground!
She suddenly saw her entire future revealed in that one small symbol.
2. Silent Witness
a 50-word story
“Lord Almighty,” she whispered.
The early morning light slowly turned the massive landform to flames of copper and gold. Tears washed her wrinkled cheeks as she stood in silent awe of the miracle she was witnessing.
She was 80 years old, and visiting the monumental Canyon for the first time.
Life in a sparkly.
Yeah, the canyon is like that. Zowie.
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.