Think back about …
Stuff
People produce and purchase piles of stuff: pots and pans, papers and paraphernalia. Some stuff we use daily. Other stuff loses its novelty or utility. Day by day, year by year, stuff circulates through our lives. What do you do with all your stuff? Do you hang on to it? Hide it away? Do you sort, organize, and store it? Or do you eject it in a desperate attempt to simplify your life? Think back about Stuff and share forward!Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
Almost Home
by
Jim Willis
We get reminders about hanging onto the past from ballads as well as memoirs.
The Others at Myristica
by
Zeque
Because I’m an animist (one of the reasons I was so enthusiastic about Dana’s Shinto post) I don’t collect “stuff” so much as [...]
Stuff – The Tyranny of Things: A Treatise on Material Malaise
Right, let’s talk about stuff. You know, that ever-expanding collection of… well, stuff. It’s the creeping [...]
An Embarrassment of Stuff
by
Khati Hendry
Another friend had a bumper sticker—“Live simply that others may simply live”—that still seems like good advice.
Ashes and Stashes
Ashes and Stashes When I retired after my long career as a librarian, I embarked on a new venture – helping people [...]
New Stories on Old Prompts
Swimming Routine
In the 1950s high school swimming was neither competitive nor popular. For the macho man, the game was gymnastics on the [...]
Prompted By Swimming
March 17, 2024
A daycare workers union, a bad back, and some prophetic words
“My ex-husband thought of himself as a ‘breast man.’” She paused. “What have I gotten myself tangled up with here? A ‘floor man?’”
Prompted By Turning Points
February 29, 2024
Past Stories You May Have Missed
GOAT (still)
by
Betsy Pfau
Haters gonna hate, but I gotta tell you, it is fun to root for a winning team. Over the last couple of years, I have become [...]
Prompted By Sports
March 30, 2017
Let There Be Rock
by
Lutz Braum
How two rock concerts, 30 years apart, illustrate the Circle of Life.
Prompted By Concerts
July 10, 2017
Think back about …
Stuff
People produce and purchase piles of stuff: pots and pans, papers and paraphernalia. Some stuff we use daily. Other stuff loses its novelty or utility. Day by day, year by year, stuff circulates through our lives. What do you do with all your stuff? Do you hang on to it? Hide it away? Do you sort, organize, and store it? Or do you eject it in a desperate attempt to simplify your life? Think back about Stuff and share forward!Upcoming Prompts
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