Tag: country
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What Are You Up To?
Drive down country roads With the windows wide open Falling in sweet love
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Change of Scenery
Photo Prompt © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields As soon as I stopped and looked over my shoulder at the house I had just left, I knew I was finally home. Finally where I belonged. After spending way too many years in the hustle and bustle of the city, I was finally surrounded by the peace and quiet…
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College Life
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Plan Your Visit
The only way I knew how to survive was to be able to plan my visit. If I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do, things would go awry. I knew what I wanted and I knew how to get there. I was a creature of habit and wanted to know ahead of time…
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Shadows
I knew I would love the house the second I saw it. When my mom told my brother and I we were moving to the country, I knew we were in for a treat. I grew up loving the story of Anne of Green Gables and knew this was my chance to become Anne. Growing…
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Bonfire
The warmth of the fire did not lessen the ice forming in the pit of my stomach. I knew to get what I wanted, I would have to temporarily abandon the woods and the bonfires I dearly loved. I knew following my dreams required me to be in the city for a few short months…
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After Life
“Why are you up so early?” I whispered to Jake the morning that would change the course of my life. I just didn’t know it yet. Instead of answering, Jake just shook his head and took his cereal bowl to the sink. I knew he didn’t like to talk in the mornings, which was why I was hoping he would…
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The Chef’s Request
“The chef has requested macaroni and cheese. With ketchup. And peas.” My husband came in wearing his apron and rubbing his right temple. I knew that meant he had a headache coming on, but wouldn’t say a word about it. “This is one of those times I am happy her birthday only comes around once a year. Because ketchup…
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Spinning
The sun spins around me as I try to make it through another day. I knew Eddie wouldn’t wait through another day of me daydreaming about what our life could be, but I knew this wasn’t my life. The constant emails and meetings were driving me insane for eight hours a day. Eddie was a workaholic where I didn’t think about work the moment I stepped out of the staff door…
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Life that Slowly Burns
All I wanted was a quiet life full of yearning. A life full of desire. A life that slowly burns. In a family full of mathematicians, I was constantly referred to as the ‘dreamer’. I preferred to read books and go on walks rather than solve complicated math problems. I just could never get worked up about…
