RDP Saturday: Gourmand
Photo Credit — Danny James
Pictured above is a Steamed Shrimp & Wasabi Ball Sushi dish that I made on a home visit in Kyoto Japan.
Gourmand
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Eyebrow
RDP Friday: Eyebrow
Photo Credit — Danny James
Reading in the public square.
Heavily hooded in the warm weather.
I didn’t mind the looks of people passing by.
One thing always stood out on a few.
It was the look of those damn eyebrows.
Waiting For The End
This post is submitted to Friday Fictioneers.
PHOTO PROMPT © Jean L. Hays
It was a cold March day. Patches of snow still remained from the harsh winter. That was nothing new here in the desolate southwest desert. Living conditions were hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation had exposed the the ground to extreme denudation.
Dirk had made this his home for the past three years. Existing on trash thrown from passing vehicles on the nearby highway or occasional forays four miles away at the interstate exit where the giant green dumpsters were like dining at five star restaurants for him. The end was near and he knew it.
The Water Can Kill You
This post is submitted to Sunday Photo Fiction.
Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding
It was four years ago this month that the horror began. She began to smell a foul odor when she turned the water on in her dirty apartment on Flint’s east side. Her two small children began to show red rashes on their faces.
In September city officials warned her to begin boiling water before using it. E-coli and coliform bacteria were found in the city’s water supply. Those were new words to Rhonda. They soon became part of her daily vocabulary.
In October, the city’s largest employer, General Motors, stopped using Flint’s water because it corroded engine parts. At times Rhonda thought the state was more concerned about GM’s water than they were for the residents of the city.
By January 2015, residents were being told that the water contained high levels of byproducts from water-disinfectant chemicals—chemicals known to cause kidney, liver and nervous system damage.
Today Rhonda sometimes waits for four hours to get two free cases of water at a time. But mostly she buys water — five cases on Monday, five more cases on Thursday — so she and her kids can cook and bathe and brush their teeth like any other American family.
Guten Morgen
This post is submitted to Friday Fictioneers.
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot
German class started at 8 a.m. I hated it! The old building seemed an appropriate place to learn this old European guttural language. Even the architecture suggested a dark and troubled time.
It took two years of German classes to receive my degree. It was that or take the equivalent number of hours in mathematics. My instructor for the entire two years was Herr Blumenthal. He stood an unimpressive five foot one, always smoked a pipe, and wore had the same tweed jacket for the entire two years.
My days started with the same words “Guten Morgen Herr James!”
Philosophical Fridays
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau
Photo Credit === Danny James
Woodland Pools
This post is submitted to Crimson’s Creative Challenge #21.
woodland pools nearby
deep shades of emerald aqua
final days rest here
