Trifextra: Week Eighty

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Michael

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Again he climbed the steps.

Responsibility outweighing the pain of his labour.

Forty years, sunset to sunrise.

Maybe he thought I’m a bit long in the tooth to continue any longer.

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34 Responses to Trifextra: Week Eighty

  1. freyathewriter's avatar freyathewriter says:
    August 9, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    Urgh. Having just moved upstairs in my building, from ground to second floor, I feel his pain! I love the image you chose to go with this, too.

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    • Michael's avatar summerstommy2 says:
      August 9, 2013 at 11:33 pm

      Thanks Freya for your comment and congrats on having 100 blog followers, we beginners can only imagine such wonderment.

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      • freyathewriter's avatar freyathewriter says:
        August 10, 2013 at 9:27 am

        Eek! Thank you! I’m only a beginner myself, at least in blogging in the writing sphere. And as I’m sure you now realise, the more we write, the better we get. I really like your style 🙂

  2. The Ink Slinger's avatar dailyshorts says:
    August 10, 2013 at 12:08 am

    Ha, I almost wrote something using the phrase ‘long in the tooth’. 🙂 It’s interesting how we start virtually thinking alike.

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  3. jannatwrites's avatar jannatwrites says:
    August 10, 2013 at 4:26 am

    I could feel his weariness. Nicely done 🙂

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  4. Jo-Anne Teal (@jtvancouver)'s avatar Jo-Anne Teal (@jtvancouver) says:
    August 10, 2013 at 4:42 am

    A true sense of melancholy as he trudges up the stairs yet again. Great job with the prompt. Lovely!

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  5. Gabriella's avatar Gabriella says:
    August 10, 2013 at 10:16 am

    I had missed your post somehow. A nice offering for this weekend using an expression I learnt very recently. I too love the painting.

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  6. Michael's avatar summerstommy2 says:
    August 10, 2013 at 11:07 am

    I am very fortunate in that I work in an academically selective high school, great kids, great place to go each day, lots of wonderful things happen. Plus I think they like me!

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  7. Draug419's avatar Draug419 says:
    August 10, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    His diligence is to be admired.

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  8. Björn Rudberg (brudberg)'s avatar Björn Rudberg (brudberg) says:
    August 10, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    Lighthouses can be a pain.. I really like your take here.

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  9. Steve's avatar unevenstevencu says:
    August 10, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    the picture of the lighthouse adds a lot to it very nice take on the prompt

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    • Michael's avatar summerstommy2 says:
      August 10, 2013 at 8:40 pm

      Thanks for your comment, when you only have 33 words the picture adds a hundred more.hanks for reading my work.

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  10. Michael's avatar summerstommy2 says:
    August 10, 2013 at 8:29 pm

    Thank you Bjorn I appreciate you reading my work.

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  11. Linda Vernon's avatar Linda Vernon says:
    August 10, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    I love the phrase “responsibility outweighing the pain of his labor” It says everything about him. I really liked your take and I bet it won’t be long before you have 100 followers and more! 😀

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  12. Christine Hanolsy's avatar Christine says:
    August 11, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    There’s a bleakness in his voice that complements the lighthouse painting perfectly. Nicely done!

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    • Michael's avatar summerstommy2 says:
      August 11, 2013 at 9:40 pm

      Thank you Christine for your comment and for reading my post. The lighthouse image seemed a fitting image.

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  13. Let's CUT the Crap!'s avatar Let's CUT the Crap! says:
    August 11, 2013 at 9:35 pm

    Marvelous take on the challenge.
    I used ‘long in the tooth’ too.

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    • Michael's avatar summerstommy2 says:
      August 11, 2013 at 9:44 pm

      Thank you for your comment (how do I address you? ‘Cut’ doesn’t seem appropriate and ‘crap’ is a bit rude). As for using the same expression as me, well great minds they say.

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