100 words…

Keith's Ramblings

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…for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt.

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”What are you doing?”, asked Anne.

George was carefully drawing squares, circles and squiggles on a sheet of paper. He slowly breathed in, held his breath … then slowly breathed out again. 

“I’m creating a zentangle, let me concentrate”.

“”Why?” she asked.

“Because it reduces stress and anxiety whilst promoting a sense of calm and well-being, now please, shut up”.

“You don’t look very relaxed”, she said. 

“That’s because …ahhh, now look what I’ve done!”

“That line’s wonky”.

“I know Anne, you don’t need to tell me!”.

“So much for reducing stress”, she said, as George flung his zentangle across the room.

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Click Froggie to visit the squares!

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PHOTO PROMPT © Kent Bonham

44 thoughts on “100 words…”

  1. rochellewisoff's avatar rochellewisoff Feb 19, 2025 / 15:54

    Dear Keith,

    Oh what zentangles we weave. 😉 Love the story. I’ll see myself out now.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  8. GHLearner's avatar GHLearner Feb 20, 2025 / 15:43

    That was fun. All hail to the wonky line. I do something like zentangle sometimes, but I’m too messy for nice and clean lines.

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  10. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li Feb 20, 2025 / 17:23

    LOL! I really wonder what the source of George’s stress is? Where’s the duct tape when you need it.

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  11. Lisa or Li's avatar Lisa or Li Feb 20, 2025 / 17:23

    p.s. Keith, I had to try 3 times before the comment would stick.

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  12. James McEwan's avatar James McEwan Feb 20, 2025 / 19:29

    I’ve heard about people colouring picture books to reduce stress. Clearly, it has the opposite effect here.

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  15. Dale's avatar Dale Feb 21, 2025 / 16:00

    Methinks Anne is one of many factors causing him stress!

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  16. Sadje's avatar Sadje Feb 21, 2025 / 16:58

    Oh no! More stress created 😱

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  17. Brenda's Thoughts's avatar Brenda's Thoughts Feb 22, 2025 / 01:33

    I felt for George, as his stress soared. My son used to do something like this a long time ago to relax, but I had never heard it called “zentangles.” Creative story as always, Keith!

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  18. Will's avatar Will Feb 22, 2025 / 03:54

    Ha. That was a funny story. Amazing how life seems to stand the way of calm sometimes.

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  19. Sandra's avatar Sandra Feb 23, 2025 / 10:28

    Zentangles sound like something I might not want to engage with.

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  20. Laurie Bell's avatar Laurie Bell Feb 25, 2025 / 19:33

    I think I can work out what is causing George’s stress levels to spike.

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