image link Jean bought a dozen owl pendants and put it on her charge card. It was late morning. She and Lok walked back to the hotel for lunch and to talk about what they had learned. Both of them came from a scientific perspective and so it was difficult to wrap their heads around…
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Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Part 15 Spider
Camel Spider Before they said their lovey-dovey goodnights, they agreed that this thing was bigger than they were able to handle on their own. Jean would speak to Professor Sadek and lay out the hypothesis and share everything they had learned so far and ask what next. Marty would talk with his department head at…
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Part 14 Spooky
image link Marty hopped on the bus and spied a phone store flashing an Abierto/Open sign and hopped off at the corner. He kept forgetting he lived in one of the largest cities in the world, and there would always be open signs for him. Within ninety minutes he was stepping out of the tienda/store…
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Part 13 Cat
image link Luis had been working as a clerk at the warehouse for over thirty years. He had applied for the job as a young man fresh out of community college. It was the first – and last – big structure that was built in his neighborhood, and many of his friends’ fathers had built…
#FF — The dangers of doodling
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot It started with doodling on a long phone conversation. My mind was focused, but my hand took a journey on the paper. It began looping lines, first one color and then another. A form began to take shape. Then something strange happened. Just my finger started drawing white lines on…
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge Part 12 Ghost
image link. Anyone know where this image comes from? BEFORE GETTING INTO TODAY’S CHAPTER, my apologies for being late with it. I was so tired yesterday that I planned on writing it this morning, but only while falling asleep did I remember I had a lunch date today. I’ll try to keep them coming…
Tourmaline’s 2022 Halloween Challenge – Part 11 Frog
A chorus of wake-up service phones rang at 6 a.m. sharp in the north wing of the 3rd floor. The only ones who didn’t wake up refreshed were Jean, as she felt grimy from the long ride in the ATV the day before; and Lok, who had been passed out near his bed for only…
