Words for
Wednesday
Delores from ‘’Under ThePorch Light’ offers twelve words this week to inspire. We may mix and match as
we wish – the words are spasm, uneventful, trek, early, limestone, felt and
bland, curious, reeks, indefinite, morning, fulminate.
Why not visit her and see
what other writing has been prompted?
The Challenge
Her
life was bland and uneventful
compared to others or so she felt. That was why
she had decided to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Writing that in capitals in
her journal had the curious effect of
galvanising her into action. Her husband laughed at her, not unkindly, but his
reaction caused her to fulminate at his
attitude.
‘I’m
serious,’ she said. ‘I’ve thought hard about this and I’ve volunteered to go on
a climb to raise money for charity.’
When
he realised she was serious he rearranged his expression to one of solemnity
and offered to accompany her.
‘Thank
you for your offer but this is something I need to do on my own.’
This
caused her husband to guffaw once more. ‘You won’t be on your own,’ he pointed
out with maddening logic between spasms of
laughter. ‘It’s a trek up a limestone mountain with a group of experienced
mountaineers.’
‘You know what I mean,’ she countered. ‘I
shall be leaving early next Thursday morning.’
‘I’ll
miss you,’ he said.
‘I’ll
miss you, too,’ she replied, ‘But it’s not as though I’m going for an indefinite period.’
‘How
long will you be away?’ he asked.
‘I
expect to return the following Wednesday.’
On
the day she left he drove her to the railway station where she was to meet the
rest of the group. He didn’t know, and neither did she, that it would be the
last time he would see her. When the news came of her fatal fall from the
mountain he wept. His wife’s life had become far more exciting than she had
intended.
