“You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar
Everyone has a story in them; it is up to each of us to find our story and write it down.
With the long weekend and several late apologies due to health and caring commitments, it was a small class this month. I decided to skip the discussion and challenge and will cover them in April.
Some of our Stories:
The Dawn Ride: an updated version of the Lady Godiva story. This time phone calls brought in several other riders to protect her from view. What they did not predict was someone up a tree with a camera – the film went viral.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: An old man was accused of stealing several hens of different breeds. He pleaded not guilty saying he had gone to the poultry farm for a couple of eggs. The hens like him and had followed him home. He had planned to return them the following day. The magistrate decided there was no value in a custodial sentence, so he walked free. Watching from her window she saw him ride off with the same number and breeds of hens following him.
Henry Looked Guilty: Arriving at an airport in Asia he took a taxi, supposedly to his hotel. When another man got in the taxi, he became concerned. When the driver stopped, he became afraid, but they had stopped to tie the boot closed. He felt guilty about misjudging them…until he saw one of the men had a knife. Was his original judgment of the men correct?
Bill Looked Up: A family story, that included two men caught in fog when out fishing. They headed back to shore in the direction they hoped was right. When the fog lifted, they found they were close to shore, but looking back they saw two large tankers. What if they had been in the way of the tankers?
Chapter 4: this was the closure of an ongoing story where shots heard were actually dynamite explosions as two men were illegally exploring what they hoped was a gold seam. They were arrested for various crimes.
Helena Reined in her Horse: A ride and an escape from a bushfire with good tension as the escape unfolded.
Prompts:
Our prompts for our April class are:
Joy Shirley
Everyone has a story in them; it is up to each of us to find our story and write it down.
With the long weekend and several late apologies due to health and caring commitments, it was a small class this month. I decided to skip the discussion and challenge and will cover them in April.
Some of our Stories:
The Dawn Ride: an updated version of the Lady Godiva story. This time phone calls brought in several other riders to protect her from view. What they did not predict was someone up a tree with a camera – the film went viral.
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: An old man was accused of stealing several hens of different breeds. He pleaded not guilty saying he had gone to the poultry farm for a couple of eggs. The hens like him and had followed him home. He had planned to return them the following day. The magistrate decided there was no value in a custodial sentence, so he walked free. Watching from her window she saw him ride off with the same number and breeds of hens following him.
Henry Looked Guilty: Arriving at an airport in Asia he took a taxi, supposedly to his hotel. When another man got in the taxi, he became concerned. When the driver stopped, he became afraid, but they had stopped to tie the boot closed. He felt guilty about misjudging them…until he saw one of the men had a knife. Was his original judgment of the men correct?
Bill Looked Up: A family story, that included two men caught in fog when out fishing. They headed back to shore in the direction they hoped was right. When the fog lifted, they found they were close to shore, but looking back they saw two large tankers. What if they had been in the way of the tankers?
Chapter 4: this was the closure of an ongoing story where shots heard were actually dynamite explosions as two men were illegally exploring what they hoped was a gold seam. They were arrested for various crimes.
Helena Reined in her Horse: A ride and an escape from a bushfire with good tension as the escape unfolded.
Prompts:
Our prompts for our April class are:
- They were not her people. Helen realized she was lucky to still be alive.
- We didn’t know it would be our last sunset at the lake.
- Yellow leaves crackled underfoot.
Joy Shirley
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