Wednesday's Words on a Friday
On Wednesdays , Delores, from Under The Porch Light, has a meme which she calls “Words for Wednesday”. She puts up a selection of six words which we then use in a short story, or a poem. I’m hopeless at poetry so I always do a story. It’s a fun challenge…why not join in? This week's words are: 1. surprise 2. aromatic 3. elfin 4. toboggan 5. steep 6. dashing We also have a photo to work with: and a sentence : "The yard bore a striking resemblance to the aftermath of an explosion in a marshmallow factory." Here is my story: (okay, technically it's not a story ...) Kate had been baking most of the day and the house was filled with the aromatic scents of warmed cinnamon and ginger. As she pulled the final tray of gingerbread men from the oven, Kate thought about the surprise gift Richard was bringing home later today. Their son, Nick, was eleven and a half and had been reminding them for weeks that his old to...