Sunday, November 29, 2009

Desert Heat





The sun blazed, searing her eyes, parching her throat.  


He laughed and said, "Your hair is so dry it's sticking to the roof."


She sighed.




This is my first attempt at Microfiction Monday.
I don't tweet.  Maybe I need more practice.

9 comments:

Bill ~ {The Old Fart} said...

Welcome to Microfiction Monday. Nicely done.

SouthLakesMom said...

This reminds me of driving around the desert outside of Las Vegas! Well done!

Barbara H. said...

Great post! I was thinking of the season and didn't even pick up on how hot it looked in the picture until seeing your and Thom's stories.

Peggy said...

Very good, I wouldn't have guessed that it was your first!
I LOL at the end!
Great Job!

Susan at Stony River said...

Oh wow---that's exactly what a man would say, isn't it! I used to have a car with no air conditioning...wow you're bringing back memories LOL

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hi Loran, Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. We really did!!!!!

Don't know much about Microfiction Monday---but your little 'story' is cute...

Hugs,
Betsy

hope said...

If this is your first, you did great!

And Susan's right...sounds just like a man. :)

Granny Sue said...

OK, I'm sweating. I can feel the salt crusting on my skin...

good job!

Anonymous said...

Welcome to MM. Well done. I enjoyed this. I think he speaks the truth myself LOL.

Rabbit, rabbit