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All around her, people flashed off and on like slides on overhead projectors, each time reappearing in a different, fixed position. The grocery store’s aisles weren’t any more or less crowded than a typical day; people spattered the produce section. They had been perusing the stockpiles of Red Delicious apples, Anjou pears, Haas avocados, checking for bruises, when the lights came down.

She had never seen anything like this. A blinding light covered everything as far as she could see, or rather, not see. Time stopped. People began blinking in and out of existence, in the nature of turn signals, each one going at its own rate, but all blinking. She didn’t understand why she was an exception.

She had crouched down next to a giant cardboard cutout of Donald Trump holding a can of mixed nuts in each hand—a new ad campaign for Emerald. She had noticed his hair…

Reena had two picture prompts today and since I have some time left, I decided to take on the picture that looked like a silhouette of a runner to me, but I am really not sure what it is and perhaps it is a dancer.  Anyways, as I drove to the grocery store, I was listening to that Holland–Dozier–Holland song ‘(I’m a) Road Runner’, which was first released by Junior Walker & the Allstars in 1966.  The cover that I herd was on a CD titled Garcia Live Volume Five, anyway it made me think of this picture and it is a cool song.  I read that Walker was a road warrior, constantly touring and performing, and Motown Records had a hard time getting him into the studio to record this, because he was always out on the road.

The road runner is not a bird in this song…

It is entirely your choice to use either one or both of the images as prompts.
I chose the image below.

Prudence became momentarily frantic while searching for her cellphone. She needed to know the time!
How long had she been ambling along the serene, wooded path?
What time IS it?!
“Okay Prudy, breathe…just breathe.”

Moments ago, she’d watched chipmunks scurrying in and out of a tree trunk. But for “How long?” She still grasped a little of a blissful, weightless, freedom. She hadn’t known the time and, for once, didn’t care. But now, Prudence needed to know!
She’d been a slave to time since… well, forever. Forever was indisputably a long time and “NOW” couldn’t work without the anchor of a clock. Everything needed a time stamp- a before and after. It was the lifeline and essential compass that sustained her.

A distant voice came out of nowhere…

On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, Earth rotated once around its axis in 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours, and this was faster than scientists had ever previously recorded since records began in the 1960s.  July 26 neared the newly-set record, at 1.50 milliseconds shorter than usual.  The previous record for the shortest rotation was July 19, 2020, when the Earth’s rotation took 1.4602 milliseconds less than 24 hours.  Ever since its formation around 4.5 billion years ago, our Earth had been gradual slowing down its rotation, and this has resulted in adding about 2.3 milliseconds to the length of each day every 100 years.  The Earth’s rotational speed fluctuates constantly for multiple reasons, the moon and Earth’s gravitational pull on each other, the moon’s effect on the tides on Earth, and changes in the weather and climate on Earth.  Many experts believe that the earth is spinning faster due to…

Time is a created thing

time flies when you’re having fun

fun to be with you

fun to meet friends

friends for life

friends from school

school when we were kids

school of thoughts

thoughts and feelings

thoughts of the way we were

were busy keeping time

were meeting for lunch

lunch in town

lunch chinese food

food and drinks

food we like

like it or not

like travelling

travelling to different places

travelling with my love

love and marriage

love me forever

forever and a day

forever you and me

me simply be

me making something

something important

something that makes sense

sense and sensibility

sense reading books

books about Shakespeare

books on holidays

holidays this year

holidays looking forward to it

it is what it is

it is my favourite one

one and only

one for the world

world of love and patience

world of wisdom

wisdom to…

This week Reena has given us these 2 images to work with;

Setting the alarm every day

I try to overtake the morning hassle

Perhaps getting up earlier would help

Five minutes early, every morning— I try

Sometimes it happens, other days — not

A constant struggle to fit 25 hours natural rhythm

Into the 24 hours given to us for each day

Keeps us on our proverbial toes, always struggling

In trying to overtake this tick-tock, I run ragged

Maybe one day I will win this race against time

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In response to; RXC #282, hosted by Reena

Stamped, sealed
Placed in desk drawer
Not looked for
Silence
Acquisitions
Discarded
Generations

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.