Day: July 14, 2026

WDYS — What Friends Are For

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“We’re taking the kids to Washington, DC for summer vacation,” Nancy told her best friend, Claire. “It’s going to be so educational for them. We’re going to the Smithsonian and the Air and Space Museum. Of course we will visit the National Mall and the Lincoln Memorial.”

Claire laughed. “Hopefully they will have the peeling paint and algae in the Reflecting Pool cleaned up by then. So what other places do you plan on visiting?

“Chuck is researching places for us to see,” Nancy said. “We want to make sure to find a place the kids will enjoy.”

“I read about a place called the National Harbor. It’s on the Potomac River on the Maryland side, just south of DC and it has a giant Ferris wheel they call the Capital Wheel” Claire said. “It’s a huge, 180-foot observation Ferris wheel. It’s not as large as the London Eye Ferris wheel, of course, but it’s pretty damn big. It has fully enclosed glass gondolas, and is supposed to offer spectacular bird’s-eye views of the Washington Monument, the U.S. Capitol, and the Alexandria waterfront. And aside from the Capital Wheel, the National Harbor has a mix of shopping, dining, art, family activities, and water-based fun.”

“That sounds like something kids would like,” Nancy said. “But if that’s the same Ferris wheel as the one Trump had set up on the National Mall last week for the America 250 celebrations, we won’t go there. We don’t want to have anything to do with Donald Trump.”

“Yeah, I get that, Nancy,” Claire said, “but, there’s no relationship between the Capital Wheel at National Harbor and the America 250 Ferris wheel that was a temporary attraction on the National Mall. The Capital Wheel has no connection to Trump. It is a long-running attraction at National Harbor that opened in 2014. The America 250 Ferris wheel was only up for a few weeks. So Chuck should not have an issue with the Capital Wheel.”

“Okay, then,” Nancy said. “I’ll Chuck know and thanks for your suggestion.”

“Hey, that’s what friends are for.”

This post was written for Sadje’s What Do You See prompt. Photo credit: Tim Mossholder @ Unsplash.

Fandango’s Story Starter #255

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It’s once again time for my Story Starter prompt.

Here’s how it works. Every week I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first sentence in your story, and you don’t even have to use it in your post at all if you don’t want to. The purpose of the teaser is to spark your imagination and to get your storytelling juices flowing.

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

She had followed the woman for days and at last her patience was paying off.

If you care to write and post a story built from this story starter teaser, be sure to link back to this post and tag your post with #FSS. I would also encourage you to read and enjoy what your fellow bloggers do with their stories.

And most of all, have fun.

FOWC With Fandango — Mold

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Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).

Today’s word is “mold.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. Show them some love.