Cathy Dalton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“40 Years Later” by Cathy Dalton

Submitted to Contest #61

April 1977 - our high school prom was just around the corner, and I had purchased my dress, ordered his corsage, and made an appointment to get my hair done, an up-do, of course. The committee worked on the details for months—beautiful setting at the Cavalier in Virginia Beach oceanfront. The music had so many good songs to choose from and found a local band that everyone loved. The sounds of Abba, Queen, Hall & Oates, and Barbara Streisand with the love song from the original A Star is Born movie. I had been dating Brad for a few months...

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“A Whole New World” by Cathy Dalton

Submitted to Contest #59

Having lived in the country most of my life, I always loved waking up to the birds singing in the morning, the rooster crowing, and the smell of bacon and eggs mama was cooking. The eggs were always the freshest, typically harvested from the chicken coop when the sun came up. At night I would fall asleep to the chirping crickets and bullfrogs croaking. We had one doctor in the county. He had birthed most of the people that lived in the county and now routinely sees the children and grandchildren of the early days. We could get an appointme...

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