30 Pieces of the Past

[DeniseD]

Ants carry up to 50 times their weight, so do unemployed parents.

[kristalynn]

So much poetry to be found in the life of an ant.

[Mittens]

Hi Denise,
Grandma's Light and Grandpa's Dark are back-to-back winners.

Also was not expecting that ending in American Sentence #4 - such a fitting comparison I never would have thought of.

Only a few more!!
~Laura

[Tony Hoffman]

Denise, I love Grandma's Light--beautifully written and evocative. Grandpa's Dark provides a poignant counterpoint to it.
Tony

[DeniseD]

Thanks, Tony.

This is getting ridiculously difficult.

[DeniseD]

I sat on the tire swing
in the back yard,
dragged the new
Keds she bought
me in the dirt.

[DeniseD]

Once I let my little sister
come to the pond
with me and my friends.
I told her big girls
skate until their toes
are numb.

[Dunc]

Denise

The shy girl - that's a sketch that will be recognised anywhere in the world.

Ants carry - would that be 'times' where 'pound' goes? I wouldn't argue with your conclusion.

How I Got Even - not sure whether to say That'll larn 'er or Wicked girl! - that's to say, the same problem N has.

Sister Love - Gosh, I didn't know whether to be frightened or not with your first three lines. Then I was able to relax and think of big girls skating their toes numb. A flavoured snapshot, that one.

And now the boat is nearing the jetty.

Regards / Dunc

[DeniseD]

Lions are not as fierce or relentless as Mom's of cancer patients.

[DeniseD]

Jelly fish depend on currents to take them where they need to go -- faith.

[DeniseD]

Moles can't see but know if they dig they will find food -- believe what you feel.

[DeniseD]

Finished! Didn't think I was going to make it. Congrats to all.