Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Dusk Dusk

PHOTO PROMPT © Renee Heath

He is transfixed by changing colours of sky as daylight seeps into dusk.  Hints of a lilac remain high above the fading light of the sunset.   Moments like this offer plenty for quiet contemplation and he remains lost in his thoughts.

This was supposed to be his time with the teens.  He knew their nickname for him was ‘stable parental’, something not encouraged by him but it still persisted.  

‘Having fun?’ he inquired as they waved their mobiles in the air.

‘Awesome dad, but the network is down.  What’s the point of a great sunset if you can’t Instagram it?’

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100 words.

Here we go on another round of  Friday Fictioneer.  I am a bit stumped by this week's photo but I didn't want a late submission.  I hope it is not 'tepeeid' prose ;-)

To read the other writers this week, click here





I'd love to read what you think about this post....

30 comments :

  1. Love it. Not to experience the thing but to capture the experience of it

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    1. Thanks Neil, that is exactly what I wanted to convey.

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  2. Haha. We're on the same wavelength this week.

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    1. Thanks Alice, we must have had good reception :-)

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  3. Ah, the modern world! :-)

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    1. Indeed! Thanks for reading Jennifer.

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  4. If it's not on instagram, it didn't happen.

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    1. Absolutely and food tastes better on Instagram ;-)

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  5. Oh dear! And sadly probably very true to life. Nicely done.

    Susan A Eames at
    Travel, Fiction and Photos

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    1. Plays out every day :-) Thanks for your comments Susan.

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  6. I think they will remember it ... but a moment like this is for life not insta...

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    1. Unfortunately the new norm is to look at life through the social media lens. Thanks for reading and commenting Björn.

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  7. A sad reality... and not just with the teens...

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    1. The new normal now. Thanks for your comments Dale.

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  8. He's in the moment and they're wanting to share it. Who's to say which of them has got it right? Love the nickname he's been given - very cute.

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    1. To each their own and different for each generation. Thanks for your comments Margaret.

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  9. Well captured gap in thought processes of generations. One contemplates another wants to capture present on his digital memory.

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    1. It is a generational thing, though people are catching up. Thanks for commenting Abhijit.

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  10. Bring back the Kodak Brownie I say...no young lady, it's not a cake!

    Click to read my FriFic tale!

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    1. Those cameras can make you focus ;-) Thanks for reading Keith.

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  11. People who always have a camera in front of their eyes---- seems to me it creates a rather narrow perspective. Sometimes on Facebook I will get 15 different shots of the same sunset--from 15 different people. I wonder what our descendants are going to think we did all day long :)

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    1. Totally agree with you Linda. But our descendants will have evolved to have longer arms for taking better selfies ;-)

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  12. Dear Subroto,

    You've captured a fact of today's society and done it well. Bravo!

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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    1. Thanks Rochelle. I should share this on Facebook ;-)

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  13. Right observation.
    In this age of social media, what else can one expect?
    At least the teens can capture the beautiful pictures and share later after they have network!

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    1. Thanks for your comments Anita. Sometimes I feel the focus is so much on capturing the moment that the whole experience is missed.

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  14. There has been a paradigm shift in the consciousness of humans manifest in pseudo-existence of the forthcoming generations —their inability to lose themselves in the elements, their joy at secondhand accolades. Your tiny piece captures it to the core.

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    1. Thanks Uma. It’s about capturing the moment and not experiencing it.

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