story

this is a short story that i wrote quite a while ago; sometime in my teen years. it was all folded up in a rusted tin box. i found it the other day when i was feeling nostalgic for the past.


her silent days.
Her lips are pursed together, forcing her to exhale out of her nostrils, shaking the hairs inside them with each rhythmic breath.


Not only does her sealed mouth forbid the release of breath; for many years she has pressed her lips together in the same way to withhold words. many words weren't spoken that should have been and they are now wedged in the web of wrinkles that have grown from the contours that her lips form.


The children of the town laugh and poke fun at her lips which they claim have been glued together. They watch her in awe waiting for them to part...but they don't and they wonder how she eats.


"Through her nose!" teases one boy. They laugh and scatter. The old woman is in fact old, but certainly not deaf and shoots a razor sharp glare at them and equally sharp thoughts circle inside her head, but of course they are not voiced. She does not know why they tease her or why their mother's talk and gossip and hush one another as she walks by. You see she doesn't understand that her pursed lips, her silence provokes curiosity.


go to these places for other story posts fruenswerk, aimee, trinsch, anairam, elisabeth, veja cecilia, hanna, aris and b. oh and catherine will be posting something shortly. 


thanks to all the new lovely people i've met, so glad so many of you were up for interpreting my word. 


next wordweek word is going to be announced by aris. go to her blog on monday if you are interested in playing. all welcome.


happy friday!!
rachel xx

word of the week and under the weather

hello! feeling a bit under the weather today. sorry my wordweek word is a bit late. 


i've been thinking about the word story lately. i've been hearing it everywhere. i think the world has swung back to recognising the value of a great story. 


so if you would like to interpret/ represent the word 'story' in anyway just leave me a comment and i will show a link to your blog on friday when we can all have a bit of a show and tell xx


rachel.

here is my picture of sorrow

so, here is my picture of sorrow. 

it was really interesting thinking about how to represent the word sorrow. i like the floppy shape of the letters and i was thinking of a voice recorded on a tape singing out their sorrows. tape reel has a mind of it's own! i had to summon the steadiness of a surgeon!

the word 'sorrow' was chosen by hanna. go to her blog to find links to everyone else who has interpreted the word. 

hanna asked me to choose the next wordweek word and announce it on monday. anyone can play! if your interested just pop over to my blog on monday. i will have announced the word. if you want to play let me know in a comment so that i can link back to your blog on the friday when you can show what you've made. 

now, to think of a word!

happy friday...thanks for visiting me

rachel xx