I have just discovered a writing prompt blog called The One-Minute Writer. What a wonderful idea! Every day there is a prompt and the blog even has a timer in the corner to keep track of the one minute. I found that with the pressure to write a long, involved entry gone, I was able to write easily – and for longer than a minute. I went all the way back to the first prompt and started there:
Describe your memories of a piece of furniture from your childhood home.
I guess it would actually be two pieces of furniture since it was a couch and chair. They were a 70′s burnt orange with big print flowers on them. Made from some kind of crushed psuedo-velvet stuff. You could run your hand over the fabric the wrong way and it would get all bumpy. Then run your hand over it the right way and it was all soft and smooth. They were big, overstuffed pieces and they were so comfy. I spent a lot of time watching TV from them, reading on them, and playing with my Barbies on them. Also, when I was sick I would lie on that couch all afternoon and sleep off and on. My mom would close the matching orange drapes and the sun would filter in a light orange color. My mom would bring me warm jello to drink and I would hear the muffled sounds from outside of the kids walking past, heading home from school. Thinking of that couch and chair brings back such warm memories of feeling safe at home with my mom.
