Porthole

Meeting friends... losing friends

Sum1 will be meeting up with a couple of fellow WDC writers in Virginia. I'm jealous.

Yes, I've met a few. There was a gathering in Minneapolis when scarlett_o_h and her husband traveled to the USA from England. Was that 2009? I forget. Ten years is an age ago. And in 2011 I wen to England and visted them and other members of WDC. Had a grand time. Best vacation ever.

I've met WDC writers in California, Iowa, Sweden, Romania and Australia. I wish I could meet more.

India, Zimbabwe and New Zealand are still on my list. I swear... I think of you-all all the time.

It's time to travel again... My friends and family aren't getting younger. I'm getting stiffer.

And at times, I feel very lonely.

Wish I had a magic wand to bring them all together for a week... somewhere...

Anyhoo, feeling anxious and scattered tonight. I want to go to Morocco. Almost bought tickets. Even got out the travel guide book from library. Then thought... March may be better.

So if not there... where?

Must decide soon. Very soon.

That may be why I wrote a disturbed flash fiction as I remembered Jonas who drowned in Costa Rica years ago (totally fictionalized but he entered my mind and I had to write.)

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Riptide (298 words)  (18+) Prompt: Boat, Cloud, Sand. Every day, you visit the same moment from your past. #2207536 by Kåre Enga in Montana

It's sad to lose friends and potential friends and ... well ... good people. Sadder when they are young.

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