1.
The amber droplet hung from the branch, reaching fullness and ready
to drop. It waited. While many of the other droplets were satisfied to
form as big as they could and release, this droplet had other plans. It
wanted to be part of history. It wanted to be remembered long after all
the other droplets had dissolved into history. So it waited for the
perfect specimen to fly by to trap and capture that it hoped would
eventually be discovered hundreds of years in the future.
2. He heard the crack echo in the late afternoon about a mile away. His
heart started racing and he bolted into a full sprint. "It wasn't a
gunshot, it wasn't a gunshot," he repeated under his breathlessness as
he continued to sprint.
3. He looked at the sand. Picking up a handful, he wondered how many
grains were in his hand. Hundreds of thousands? "Not enough," the
said under his breath. I need more.
4. It was going to rain. The weather forecast didn't say that, but the steel
plate in his hip did. He had learned over the years to trust his hip over
the weatherman. It was going to rain, so he better get outside and
prepare.
5. She nervously peered over the edge. She understood in her mind that
the view was supposed to be beautiful, but all she felt was fear. There
had always been something about heights that disturbed her, and now
she could feel the full force of this unease. She reluctantly crept a little
closer with the encouragement of her friends as the fear continued to
build. She couldn't help but feel that something horrible was about to
happen.
6. She sat down with her notebook in her hand, her mind wandering to
faraway places. She paused and considered all that had happened. It
hadn't gone as expected. When the day began she thought it was
going to be a bad one, but as she sat recalling the day's events to
write them down, she had to admit, it had been a rather marvelous
day.
7. I guess we could discuss the implications of the phrase "meant to be."
That is if we wanted to drown ourselves in a sea of backwardly
referential semantics and other mumbo-jumbo. Maybe such a
discussion would result in the determination that "meant to be" is
exactly as meaningless a phrase as it seems to be, and that none of us
is actually meant to be doing anything at all. But that's my existential
underpants underpinnings showing. It's the way the cookie crumbles.
And now I want a cookie.
8. Sitting in the sun, away from everyone who had done him harm in the
past, he quietly listened to those who roamed by. He felt at peace in
the moment, hoping it would last, but knowing the reprieve would soon
come to an end. He closed his eyes, the sun beating down on face and
he smiled. He smiled for the first time in as long as he could remember.
9. One can cook on and with an open fire. These are some of the ways to
cook with fire outside. Cooking meat using a spit is a great way to
evenly cook meat. In order to keep meat from burning, it's best to
slowly rotate it. Hot stones can be used to toast bread. Coals are hot
and can bring things to a boil quickly. If one is very adventurous, one
can make a hole in the ground, fill it with coals and place foil-covered
meat, veggies, and potatoes into the coals, and cover all of it with dirt.
In a short period of time, the food will be baked. Campfire cooking can
be done in many ways.
10. Balloons are pretty and come in different colors, different shapes,
different sizes, and they can even adjust sizes as needed. But don't
make them too big or they might just pop, and then bye-bye balloon.
It'll be gone and lost for the rest of mankind. They can serve a variety
of purposes, from decorating to water balloon wars. You just have to
use your head to think a little bit about what to do with them.
