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Beverley Green Finds True North by Andrea C. Neil

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Mar 23

29/100 of #the100dayproject. Here's today's 100-word story. Photo from 2011, when I used to work at @knitstars (used to be Loops). And yes, I did untangle all that for a customer. #ocdhappyplace
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Knot Knitting
“Dammit Jim, the videos don’t work!” Diane threw down her yarn in disgust.
“What videos?” asked Jim from the other room. He knew better than to hang around when his wife was trying to learn something new.
“I’m trying to knit, Jim. Two sticks and some string. How hard can it be?”
Jim didn’t say anything.
“I’m asking, Jim. How hard can it be?”
Jim took a deep breath and left the sanctuary of his office for the living room, where he found his wife tangled in what looked like twelve different kinds of yarn.
“These videos are terrible!”
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Mar 22

Day 28/100 of #the100dayproject. Here's today's 100-word story. Diego is back. Do you like him?
Photo of @morisolivineyard 2019.
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Vernal Equinox
It was week three, and still no word from his superiors so Diego drove into San Francisco that Tuesday and bought oil painting supplies. But even learning to paint in the soft, springtime light of the Napa Valley couldn’t take his mind off the dark-haired woman who lived next door.
She lived alone and kept to herself, and her ambivalence to his presence was intoxicating. She was beautiful.
By Thursday he couldn’t take it anymore, and when she went past his door on her way to walk in the hills, he silently fell into step next to her.
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Mar 21

27/100 of #the100dayproject. Here's today's cranky-ass 100-word story.
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Full Bloom
Once there was a little girl who lived in a beautiful summer flower. The flower was vibrant and full of life, a perfect environment in which a little girl could grow into her life and become the person she was meant to be. The girl was little because she fit in a flower, not because she was young. She was seventeen, had a partially shaved head, and cursed like a trucker.
“Good morning, little one,” said a friendly bee as it came to drink from the flower one beautiful summer morning.
“Oy, p*ss off, wanker!” yelled the girl.
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Mar 19

Dog day 26/100 of #the100dayproject. Here's today's 100-word story.
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Black Friday
Otis knew it was risky but still. Yeah, it was ballsy to go all-in on a single position, but he knew in his gut it was a good play. With a confident paw, Otis, a smart yet impulsive beagle, hit BUY in the E-Trade app and bought 50,000 shares of Chew On This Dog Treats.
He’d make millions and his wife Bitsy would call him a hero.
But the following day MSNBC reported that COT Treats was a ponzi scheme masterminded by a shady Pomeranian somewhere in the BVIs. Otis was devastated; Bitsy left him for a poodle.
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Mar 18

Double posting today to catch up. This is 25/100 of #the100dayproject, a fun-filled 100-word story for your reading pleasure. For your viewing pleasure, please enjoy this squirrel trying to be a bird. I'm not sure why I'm on such an anti tech kick lately, but there you have it.
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Great Strides
I was a little wary about it at first, but now I’m used to it and I’ll never go back. Last week I had that procedure you see on PikMok where they upload your phone into your brain and you can just use your brain and you don’t have to carry your phone anymore.
It’s cool bc I can scroll for hours without anyone knowing. Also now with AI advancements I just ask ChatGPT to have my conversations for me. It was a little weird at first but now I have lots of time for more important things.
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Mar 18

I missed yesterday. Oh well. It happens. Here is 24/100 of #the100dayproject - today's 100-word story. (Photo from 2015)
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Bad Thoughts
Simon the poodle walked into his neighborhood bar for a beer.
“Simo, buddy! You’re hairless and you only have three legs!” yelled one of the regulars.
“Yeah,” said Simon, who had to get a bit of a running start to make it onto his barstool.
Mel the bartender slid a frosty bottle over to him. “Trouble?”
“I got mad at Laverne about her leaving oil paint supplies all over the house, and my hair fell out. Then after a couple days of worrying about finances, my leg fell off.”
Mel shook his head. “Worrying causes nothing but trouble.”
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