The Wall #17

Hey, It's week number 17 in the continuing saga of The Wall. I'm an early riser so I tune in at 6AM to get the latest story prompt/challenge from Jenny Matlock and start writing! I'm having so much fun!
Today the parameters are 100 words plus the prompt (in purple) for a total of 110 words, a picture if you like, any writing style. Have at it!
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Week #17 of The Wall...

~ I couldn't believe my ears! Having entered the pub through the back, I was still out of sight. There were two men sitting at a small table in the corner. Both had their backs to me. The British voice was definitely the same one I'd heard in my room two nights ago...and he was right about me. I had been afraid but now my resolve hardened. I knew I was in over my head. I couldn't tackle this alone anymore. I decided to call Wally. He'd know what to do.
Once in my room, I dialed. But the operator said, "The number you have reached is no longer in service." ~

What's this all about?

Keeping a journal or diary has never been easy for me. I loved the idea of it but remembering to do it daily was a problem. Then I'd feel guilty; procrastinating, thinking I'd make it up the next day only to find that a week had flown by without so much as a word from me! The worst part was that I couldn't remember some of the clever things I'd planned to say about the mundane experiences I'd had that made me...well, me. I think I'm a different person than I was all those years ago...expanding on old interests and learning new ones...teaching my little women and learning from them as well.

That time was longer ago than I care to think about. But the idea of putting down my thoughts where I can find them again has been ruminating lately so I decided to try it again in a newfangled context. What follows are the occasionally profound (said with tongue in cheek), often tedious, possibly interesting wanderings of a thoughtful mind.

Perhaps some of the musings that pass this way will inspire you, touch your heart, or brighten your day. So keep an open mind as you ponder my meanderings.

Ponderings of others

"If I'd never met you, I wouldn't like you; and if I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you; and if I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you, but I did, I do and I will."

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." ~Ingrid Bergman

"A true man does not need to romance a different girl every night. A true man will romance the same girl for the rest of his life." ~Ana Alas

"Love grows by giving."

"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

"The only way to retain love is to give it away." ~Elbert Hubbard

"A smile is almost always inspired by another smile." ~A

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." ~Judy Garland

"Love can make you do things that you never thought possible." ~Phil Collins

"The kiss~a sweet discovery of oneself after a long search." ~A
"Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." ~Jean Anouih

"If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me."~W. H. Auden

"Love is the only true adventure." ~A

"If you think you've given something your all, but your all is all about you, then you haven't truly given anything." ~A. Gimbledorf

"You don't love someone for their looks, their clothes or their fancy car but because they sing a song that only you can hear."

"Unless your heart, your soul and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness."

"Until one is commited, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness...." ~William Hutchinson Murray

"Life is confusing enough; Let's try not to muddy the waters with obscure statements that make folks scratch their heads in bewilderment." ~A. Gimbledorf

13 thoughts about my meanderings:

Deborah said...: Oooh ... flawlessy continued!; October 1, 2011 at 7:14 AM
Rinkly Rimes said...: Certainly a cliff-hanger!; October 1, 2011 at 7:58 AM
cj Schlottman said...: The suspense grows! Your style is flowing and easy to read.

Great Centus.

Namaste..........cj; October 1, 2011 at 8:04 AM
Nonna said...: Amazing feat...you have done it again...seemlessly continued your wonderful story...Bravo !; October 1, 2011 at 11:26 AM
To the Toy Box and Beyond said...: I'll have to go and read your other posts This one is interesting; October 1, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Ames said...: A smoothe transition!~Ames; October 1, 2011 at 2:01 PM
Judie said...: I agree with Ames! I am ready to read MORE of this story!!!; October 1, 2011 at 5:59 PM
karen S. said...: Oh no! Now what to do! Very much hanging on here....help!!!!; October 1, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Maude Lynn said...: Oh, no! More, more!; October 1, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Susan Anderson said...: The only thing wrong with this story is that it's in installments! And I'm an impatient woman...

;); October 2, 2011 at 11:49 AM
Viki said...: Oh boy, I can't wait to see what happens next. I'm on the edge of my seat, ha!; October 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Dazee Dreamer said...: I am so impressed how week after week you can use the prompts to continue this story. By the time you are done, you will be able to publish it in book for. good job.; October 2, 2011 at 8:26 PM
Jenny said...: Oh no! Where's Wally?

This was a great continuation of an already wonderful tale!

Love this ongoing saga!; October 15, 2011 at 6:44 PM

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