Thursday, December 29, 2011

FLASH FICTION FRIDAY!!

Welcome and thanks for stopping by. Flash Fiction Friday is 100 words written to a picture prompt every week.



"THE CONTEST"
               
                "Carlos, I'm gonna kick your sister's ass in five seconds, then I'm gonna beat the shit outta you, just like in high school."
                "Yeah, Al? You loser..." Angela spit back.
                "Loser? We'll see. After I beat you and mess him up, then I'm gonna take you on this picnic table like you've never had it before, baby."
                "Think so?"
                "Wait 'til you see the tool I'm packin'. Nothing like your brother's pin dick, sweet cakes."
                "Ready, set..." Carlos began, "Angela, take off your shirt."
                "She can't do that!"
                "Hell I can't Mr. Big Dick."
                "No fair!"
                "Losing your concentration? Pinned!"
                 
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Clint and Nina's Christmas in New York!


The Origami tree in the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. Nina took Cory to see this in "Champagne for Christmas". All the ornaments are made from folded paper, "Origami".
Close-up of the Origami tree.
More Origami Ornaments

THE WINDOWS AT LORD & TAYLOR

Next stop the windows at Lord & Taylor. They tell a story and this year it's a modern tale of a 'tween at Christmas time, instead of their old fashioned windows showing Christmas in olden times.

 







Last of the Lord & Taylor Windows


The Angels in Rockefeller Center

Strange building on Fifth Avenue

Window at Bergdorf Goodman's
Atlas in Rockefeller Center on 5th Ave.
















Monday, December 19, 2011

TUESDAY TALES - GREY AND CARRIE'S CHRISTMAS

This is a continuation of my popular book, "The Marriage List". I couldn't leave the characters or they refused to leave me!
           
7:30am, December 24       
          Carrie sat back against the fine black leather passenger seat of the Jaguar XK as Grey maneuvered it skillfully along the curves of the Palisades Parkway. Although it was Christmas Eve, it was only seven o’clock in the morning. There was almost no traffic so Grey depressed the gas pedal, pushing the limits of the sports car on the winding road. Carrie looked out at the stark scenery thick with bare trees and bushes. She slipped a Christmas CD in the slot and turned the sound up. “White Christmas” was the first song to play.
            The ground had a slight dusting of snow clinging to frozen grass. Carrie expected there would be more snow in Pine Grove and she smiled at the idea of an old-fashioned white Christmas with Grey’s family.
            “About last night…” he ventured, glancing quickly at her then back at the road.
            “I thought we covered that.”
            “One more thing. I had a difficult week, aggravating, stupid dumbass accountant and I thought when I got home…I was envisioning your Boeuf Bourguinon and hot sex…”
            “At the same time?” She laughed.
            “You know what I mean. So when everything was a mess and I was disappointed…”
            “What are you trying to say?”
            “I had expectations you had no idea about. It wasn’t fair for me to get mad when my fantasy didn’t come true. I never even told you what I wanted.”
            “Glad you see it that way.”
            “Guess I’m apologizing again.”
            “No need, sweetheart. I get it,” she reached over, rested her palm on his shoulder and smiled up at him.
            “Good. Wanted to clear the air.”
            “Thought we did that on the sofa,” she murmured.
            “I guess we did,” he snickered, stealing a glance at her.
            “I’m a little concerned about Christmas…” She shifted in her seat and crossed and uncrossed her legs.
            “Why?”
            “I bought all these gifts for your sibs without any help from you.”
            “I always gave them gift cards. I’m not good at shopping for people, knowing their size and all.”
            “So what if they hate what we got them? It’ll be my fault.”
            “They won’t hate anything. You have great taste. They’ll love the stuff you bought. Relax. My family likes you. I like you…that’s all that counts, honey,” he took his hand from the wheel for a moment to pat hers, then went back to concentrating on the road.
            “I bought a little something special for you…”
            “You did?” She sat up in her seat and turned to face him.
            “I happened to be in Bergdorf’s yesterday and…”
            “Bergdorf Goodman’s?”
            “And I saw…well, it’s a surprise. Can we have our own ‘private’ gift exchange tonight?”
            “I have something for you, too.” Her cheeks color slightly.
            “Let’s go up early, like eight o’clock?”
            “Isn’t that a little early? Won’t it look like we’re…uh…going to have sex?”
            “So what if we are?”  He checked his side view mirror, signaled, then depressed the accelerator and moved into the passing lane.
            “It’s so…so…obvious.”
            “I don’t care. I want some private time with you. You don’t have a big family, it can get pretty crazy. We’ll have little time to ourselves.”
            “Okay. Eight o’clock. It’s a date.”
            Carrie sighed, pushed the thought of the gifts she bought out of her mind and focused on the music. When “Jingle Bell Rock” came on, she turned it up and burst into song, bobbing up and down in her seat. Grey laughed and joined in.
            Once they crossed over the mountain and settled into growing traffic on Route 17, her eyelids grew heavy and before they had gone ten miles, Carrie was fast asleep. 

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

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UNSCRAMBLE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SCRAMBLED WORDS TAKEN FROM SOME FAVORITE LINES FROM MY BOOKS, LEAVE A COMMENT WITH THE UNSCRAMBLED WORD AND YOUR EMAIL ADDY AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED! 10 PEOPLE WILL WIN!!!!!
1. Sunny Days, Moonlit Nights
Favorite line: She felt his stare as if it was a warm hand moving gently down her body, making her slightly uncomfortable.
Scrambled word:  Nelgyt
2. April's Kiss in the Moonlight
Favorite line: Gavin’s gaze took in her glossy brown hair, lovely face, black-and-blue marks and all, then traveled down her towel-clad body slowly, stopping to rest on the swell of her breasts above the towel before sliding down to examine her lovely legs.
Scrambled word: Slogsy
 
3. Moonlight and Roses
Favorite line: “Pin a sign on my back, ‘Daughter for Sale’,” Caroline said, efilling her coffee.
Scrambled word: Gins
4. Now and Forever 1, a Love Story
Favorite line: She dreamed of getting lost in his embrace,
tumbling down into the soft safety of his heart and wrapping the strength from his arms around her body, protecting her from heartbreak forever.
Scrambled word: Revorfe
 
5. Now and Forever 2, the Book of Danny
Favorite line:
He moved his free hand to her inner thigh, rubbing
his thumb lightly over her smooth skin, creating a strong desire…heat she hadn’t felt in years.
Scrambled word: Bumth
 
 6. Now and Forever, Callie's Story
Favorite line: Though Kyle set Callie’s eighteenth birthday as the date for them to make love, they got carried away on a warm evening a few months before.
Scrambled word: Vole
7. The Marriage List
Favorite line: Gently his lips coaxed hers open and his tongue dipped in just far enough to share the taste of chicken on hers.
Scrambled word: Noutge
8. Champagne for Christmas
Favorite Line: His ice cream fell onto her chest, causing her to gasp at the shock of cold against her skin.
Scrambled word: Stech

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