1. My dad, now passed, traveled a bit for business trips and we got to go along; probably the best was once when he worked for several months in Hawaii and we visited him twice. Good times.
2. I've never gotten lost, that I can remember, but I got left behind by accident on a church youth group trip. Funny story.
3. Red Lobster's cheddar bay biscuits. We used to have a restaurant near us that had a thing called Cheese Boulders, and those were just awesome, but that restaurant has closed and you can't get them now. Very sad.
My dad had a couple work trips that I tagged along on. One of them went to Vegas every year - I only got to go to that one a couple times, and wasn't old enough to do anything other than visit the bowling alley in one of the hotels. I do remember watching acrobats swing above the slot machines for a few minutes, until one of the hotel staff reminded us that children weren't allowed to stop on the casino floor. I seethed for hours and repeatedly asked my mom why they put the acrobats there if I couldn't stop to watch them.
LOL I have definitely had similar experiences as a child. "What's the point if i'm not allowed to see!" There's an unspoken agreement among everyone in the casino that no one may look at any of the acrobats...
I'm waiting until after baseball season ends (as I've made it a rule to not write on days I'm working games), but I'm thinking of doing a daily 100 words a day thing for at least October. Mainly just to challenge myself.
You should! Short fiction really opens up the mind, and when you turn your attention to longer fiction you've also trained yourself to self-edit a bit. Let me know when you start!
1. No, my parents don't have jobs requiring business trips (both are in various forms of teaching).
2. Not completely. In Britain we have OS Maps which are a series of maps for walkers/hikers to navigate the country. I have quite a few and they have, touch wood, not failed me yet, though sometimes it has been a little difficult to locate myself on the map. I did almost get lost, with my family, in the markets of Marrakesh. They go on for, what feels like, miles, are covered, and very twisting and cramped.
3. There's a brilliant tapas place in Lynton, North Devon called The Oak Room that is worth travelling for.
This was an intriguing snippet of the world you're/you've created. Can see a lot of potential already and get the feeling the elves are... err... bad/evil/at least unkind.
Does OS map stand for something or is it “oh S**** im lost”. Marrakesh would be a scary place to get lost--another country, unfamiliar language!
I wanted to present common tropes in a different way! Elves are so often tolkeinesque, what if they have similar properties in a different direction?? More to come i am sure! Thank you for reading Redd!
Lol, certainly did during my Duke of Edinburgh award (a British award that involves hiking in the countryside, camping, etc over multiple days). Originally OS, Ordnance Survey, was set up to map Scotland in 1791 due to potential Jacobite uprisings, stemming from the Duke of Cumberlands maps from 1747. It was then crucial in mapping the country (and parts of the continent) in the Napleonic era and then again in the World Wars.
1. Nope. My dad went on a few business trips, but we never got to tag along.
2. No again. I've never lived near a thick enough forest to get lost in! Plus I don't hike much 😆
3. Great question that I don't have an answer for! Maybe I'd say a smoked pulled pork sandwich from a local food truck. Not too far to travel, but sometimes hard to find where the truck is going to be!
Great story in this world! The dream was such a good way to end this story! Leave us wanting more in this world and to see if the dream had any truth to it.
1. My single mother did not travel for work so business trips for me! But the company she worked for sponsored a minor league baseball team for a while which got my brother and I into some games so that was fun! It also got us the mascot’s costume when they retired it. Imagine two teenaged boys running around a small southern town dressed as a giant phone book… good times!
2. Never been lost in the woods. I’ve somehow always had a pretty good sense of direction and can generally get back where I came from. Also as teens, Daniel and I and some cousins used to follow creeks to joining rivers and then find nearby roads to walk back to where we’d come from. Thank God we didn’t have smartphones to mess that up.
3. I would travel to AJ’s Dockside on Tybee Island, Ga. for the Crawdad Jambalaya. Or to The Cotton Exchange in Savannah for the Alligator Hoagie.
Also: https://indianamichael.substack.com/p/an-unexpected-meeting
Thanks for writing your takes on these! Loving 'em!
1. My dad, now passed, traveled a bit for business trips and we got to go along; probably the best was once when he worked for several months in Hawaii and we visited him twice. Good times.
2. I've never gotten lost, that I can remember, but I got left behind by accident on a church youth group trip. Funny story.
3. Red Lobster's cheddar bay biscuits. We used to have a restaurant near us that had a thing called Cheese Boulders, and those were just awesome, but that restaurant has closed and you can't get them now. Very sad.
That sounds like a good memory! I don't think I've been to Hawaii so that's definitely on the bucket list.
That does sound like a funny story. I'll wait! 😂
CHEESE BOULDERS you say? man now i'm hungry!
Oh, those things were GLORIOUS. (I found a picture on tripadvisor).
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/13/ef/95/ea/cheese-boulders.jpg
My dad had a couple work trips that I tagged along on. One of them went to Vegas every year - I only got to go to that one a couple times, and wasn't old enough to do anything other than visit the bowling alley in one of the hotels. I do remember watching acrobats swing above the slot machines for a few minutes, until one of the hotel staff reminded us that children weren't allowed to stop on the casino floor. I seethed for hours and repeatedly asked my mom why they put the acrobats there if I couldn't stop to watch them.
LOL I have definitely had similar experiences as a child. "What's the point if i'm not allowed to see!" There's an unspoken agreement among everyone in the casino that no one may look at any of the acrobats...
I'm waiting until after baseball season ends (as I've made it a rule to not write on days I'm working games), but I'm thinking of doing a daily 100 words a day thing for at least October. Mainly just to challenge myself.
You should! Short fiction really opens up the mind, and when you turn your attention to longer fiction you've also trained yourself to self-edit a bit. Let me know when you start!
1. No, my parents don't have jobs requiring business trips (both are in various forms of teaching).
2. Not completely. In Britain we have OS Maps which are a series of maps for walkers/hikers to navigate the country. I have quite a few and they have, touch wood, not failed me yet, though sometimes it has been a little difficult to locate myself on the map. I did almost get lost, with my family, in the markets of Marrakesh. They go on for, what feels like, miles, are covered, and very twisting and cramped.
3. There's a brilliant tapas place in Lynton, North Devon called The Oak Room that is worth travelling for.
This was an intriguing snippet of the world you're/you've created. Can see a lot of potential already and get the feeling the elves are... err... bad/evil/at least unkind.
Does OS map stand for something or is it “oh S**** im lost”. Marrakesh would be a scary place to get lost--another country, unfamiliar language!
I wanted to present common tropes in a different way! Elves are so often tolkeinesque, what if they have similar properties in a different direction?? More to come i am sure! Thank you for reading Redd!
Lol, certainly did during my Duke of Edinburgh award (a British award that involves hiking in the countryside, camping, etc over multiple days). Originally OS, Ordnance Survey, was set up to map Scotland in 1791 due to potential Jacobite uprisings, stemming from the Duke of Cumberlands maps from 1747. It was then crucial in mapping the country (and parts of the continent) in the Napleonic era and then again in the World Wars.
I look forward to more!
1. Nope. My dad went on a few business trips, but we never got to tag along.
2. No again. I've never lived near a thick enough forest to get lost in! Plus I don't hike much 😆
3. Great question that I don't have an answer for! Maybe I'd say a smoked pulled pork sandwich from a local food truck. Not too far to travel, but sometimes hard to find where the truck is going to be!
Great story in this world! The dream was such a good way to end this story! Leave us wanting more in this world and to see if the dream had any truth to it.
1. My single mother did not travel for work so business trips for me! But the company she worked for sponsored a minor league baseball team for a while which got my brother and I into some games so that was fun! It also got us the mascot’s costume when they retired it. Imagine two teenaged boys running around a small southern town dressed as a giant phone book… good times!
2. Never been lost in the woods. I’ve somehow always had a pretty good sense of direction and can generally get back where I came from. Also as teens, Daniel and I and some cousins used to follow creeks to joining rivers and then find nearby roads to walk back to where we’d come from. Thank God we didn’t have smartphones to mess that up.
3. I would travel to AJ’s Dockside on Tybee Island, Ga. for the Crawdad Jambalaya. Or to The Cotton Exchange in Savannah for the Alligator Hoagie.