100 Words – Week 317
2013
Sitting in front of a waning fire, too cold, tired, and sore to bother with tending it. We spent the weekend preparing for the Super Bowl, watching the Super Bowl, and recovering from the Super Bowl.
I made a simple but hearty lasagna soup that was a runaway hit with our guests. I found the recipe earlier in the Fall and immediately fell in love with how easy it is to prep, how quickly it gets to the table, and how warming and filling it is.
Lately I’ve been having vivid and strange anxiety dreams. Last night I dreamt a mother with a highly successful and important career, living in an overly large house with her children. Overwhelmed and strung out she hired me to help her manage. Yet everything I tried, failed. There seemed to be no stopping the momentum of karmic repercussion, though it all seemed rather muddy what she could be being punished for. The lights – all the fixtures and bulbs – kept busting in odd ways, throwing room after room into darkness, and I couldn’t keep up with caring for the children and fixing the busted lights.
I’m sure there are several websites where I could look up the meaning of this dream (and someday I’ll tell you my story about dream interpretation adventures with a schoolbus driving, Richard Simmons look-alike), but I’ve learned that the meaning of dreams make themselves pretty clear if you pay attention. I don’t see how there can be universal meanings when the unconscious is so personal. If there are archetypes, surely they are of the cultural consciousness.
Either way, your word this week, should you choose to accept the 100 word challenge, is:
Busted
9 comments
Trackback e pingback
No trackback or pingback available for this article
That is a very odd dream, can’t begin to imagine what it all means. I hope the interpretation is less ominous than it seems.
Tara R. recently posted..B as in Blue
The meanings are usually much less ominous.
Wow, your dreams are as strange as mine!
This is my very first attempt at 100 word fiction. What I learned is that when I typically write “five-sentence fiction” I must write really long sentences, as I struggled to pare the word count down for this. I hope the essence of my story still came through. I enjoyed the challenge and will definitely be back for more. Thanks for hosting!!
Josie Two Shoes recently posted..Shattered Dreams
Great first go! The essence definitely came through. Looking forward to seeing you around these parts.
So the first link needs to be fixed… it leads to a main page and not a post. I couldn’t figure out which post it was supposed to point to, either.
David Blackstone (@DavidWriting) recently posted..Zombie Drabble #399 “Last To Know”
I noticed. I’m trying to figure out if the person is intentionally spamming but I don’t want to jump to that conclusion yet so I was going to remove the link and leave a comment for the blogger. Thanks for pointing it out though!
Yeah, and now the 4th entry is definite spam (at least that’s what I get when I click on it).
I guess it’s the price of doing business.
David Blackstone (@DavidWriting) recently posted..Zombie Drabble #399 “Last To Know”
sorry to hear about the linky tools woes.
Silly spammers.
I did just write a post for this – it’s in my url.
barbara recently posted..Busted!
and oh my goodness! that soup sounds yummo!!! May have to make it this week.
barbara recently posted..Busted!