Saturday, April 30, 2011

Le Mont


Today is the first year anniversary of Matlock's best meme ever...Saturday Centus. The following prompt is in keeping with the occasion, and this time, we are even allowed to use a photo. Will wonders never cease? Happy anniversary to Jenny...and to all my fellow Centusians!

As is my custom, I have added 100 words to make a mini-story, and the prompt is in red.

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Le Mont
©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson

Although the traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper, hers to him was a Mont Blanc pen…the flowy kind that feels like something in your hand…and a journal with lines across each page because she never could seem to chart a straight course without them. What had her mother said? When your words slant up, it means you are optimistic.

Maybe it was optimistic to think he would share himself better with her in writing, but some days the spaces yawned wide between them. Smiling, she penned her first love note inside the gilt-edged anniversary gift, laying it gently on the pillow, Mont Blanc on top. Would he meet her halfway? Was this a way to scale le mont between them?

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PS. Le mont (Fr.) means the mountain.
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33 comments:

  1. 4 Lettre WordsApril 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    So, so amazing, Sue! Sure hope y'all have had an amazing Saturday.

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  2. Laura LynnApril 30, 2011 at 11:06 AM

    I love it!

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  3. Dazee DreamerApril 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    wow. that was truly beautiful, yet somewhat sad.

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  4. CBApril 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    That was great!! It has been a year for the Centus? That is cool too.

    I need to get back into it now that all my craziness is over!

    Loved yours today.

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  5. LynnApril 30, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Great story, some how I don't think it will help their situation though... That pic takes my breath away:@)

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  6. JudieApril 30, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Sue, a wonderful idea she had! I hope it works out for her.

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  7. larainydaysApril 30, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    As elegant as a mont blanc pen line.

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  8. Nonna BeachApril 30, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    Wonderful Sue !
    I am feeling and seeing those mountain ranges in front of me, separating me from my loved ones who sometimes think this writing thing is all so frivolous !

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  9. karenApril 30, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I love this little story, Sue! Gets you thinking...

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  10. BookieApril 30, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    Such longing and hope in these few lines!

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  11. Grandma HoneyApril 30, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    ohhh sounds like there's a little tiff going on in that marriage. A love note can't hurt.

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  12. Brian MillerApril 30, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    maybe it was...as a hopeful romantic, i hope so...nice play on le mont...happy saturday!

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  13. AnnesphamilyApril 30, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    Just wonderful! I must visit Jenny today too! Have a god weekend. Anne

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  14. cj SchlottmanApril 30, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Wonderful anniversary centus, Sue! Those firsts few years are indeed a challenge for all married couples. I love the hopeful ending.

    Namaste..........cj

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  15. AmesApril 30, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    One can only hope. Men aren't usually the journaling type! Great one Sue!~Ames

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  16. MadgeApril 30, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Great post, I really feel the void that the writing creates.

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  17. Rawknrobyn.blogspot.comMay 1, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    I really like your use of the mountain. Very profound. That's a great photo too.
    Be well, Sue.
    xoRobyn

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  18. BootMay 1, 2011 at 12:51 AM

    Very good... http://vkpro.in

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  19. People Who Know Me Would Say:May 1, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    If I lived near you, I would grab you by the shoulders and shake you while admonishing, "Why aren't you writing for a while every single day of your life??!!!"

    You are such a wordsmith, Sue! This and all your other centuses (centi?) should be in a separate blurb book. Then you should build on them.

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  20. PorkyMay 1, 2011 at 3:41 AM

    It gets very well into that space, the thinking behind an act, and the optimism spills out. The pic is a very apt choice.

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  21. TerraMay 1, 2011 at 4:30 AM

    Sue this was beautiful. Truly. I was touched.

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  22. DonnaMay 1, 2011 at 5:29 AM

    Sue, I always admire the way you write and never more than now. You are so descriptive in a marvelous way. Keep doing what you are doing...you always leave me wanting more!

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  23. DarleneMay 1, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    How nice is that? Very very nice indeed. I really love reading your centus every Saturday(or Sunday as the case may be). Your talent really kicks in for these prompts and what comes out is always super original and always interesting to read. No boredom here.........ever!

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  24. 21 WitsMay 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    and their life together will survive any and all distances between them! Rock on!

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  25. JoMay 1, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    oh ... sometimes it's hard to climb that climb ... wonderfully written Sue!

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  26. Myrna FosterMay 1, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    I love this, but it made me sad in a heart-achy kind of way.

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  27. JennyMay 2, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    All I can say is "Thank heavens she didn't give him a gc to a year WW's". I can only imagine what he would have written in the journal about THAT particular gift.

    This was beautiful.

    I love PJ's comment to you.

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  28. CarolineMay 2, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    This is great! You stories always "take me there". I love the way you write.

    :)

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  29. CarolineMay 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    "Your" stories, I meant. :)

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  30. BECKYMay 2, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    Sue, yours was one of the first Centus' I read, and I was positive I left a comment...but it appears that I didn't! Glad I came back to double check! Loved this! Wonderful story, as always, when it's written by YOU! :)

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  31. jabblogMay 3, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Sweet! My husband loves his Mont Blanc . . .

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  32. Patti May 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Thank you for welcoming me to this lovely meme. I just discovered it, and I already know that I intend to be involved EVERY Saturday. (except when I go on vacation the end of May/early June.)

    I love your story!! And I simply must tell you, I DID do something like that with my husband and both of my kids. I called it a "love journal" and I would write love notes to them in it, then put it on their pillow or someplace where they would discover it. Then, they would write back to me in the same journal. So, the journals are filled with love letters back and forth.

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  33. UnknownMay 5, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    Thanks for visiting my post.

    Your SC-text is a very sweet story. Is it really only 100 words? Well-chosen words to describe a marriage, and two individuals with very different attitudes to writing.

    Very clever. Fits the prompt well.

    Best wishes,
    Anna

    For the benefit of other readers:
    Anna's SC-52-Sanna's novel

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