Julie Ainger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“The light bulb may glow dim but the light in us grows brighter” by Julie Ainger

Who turned the lights off?Why is it so dark in here?Shuffle. Shuffle…..to check the light switch😵‍💫Exactly.We foolish humans.Always thinking that we must defer control of all things bright and light toSomebody else.We forget to yield.We forget to stop.We forget to look.We forget to lend a helping hand.We forget to remember.To pull up our boot straps and start lighting up the lives of others.Oftentimes.With those we hold near and dear.We fumble the words to say.Thank you.We become so enmeshed in our own fears. We break down.We do all the righ...

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“The Muckrake Mountebank” by Julie Ainger

“I forgot.”Two of the most disconcerting words in the English language. So much at stake in the muck and the rake…….Frozen.In the midst of the competition. Any which way and loose.Competition makes strange bedfellows.Provided one stays out of another’sBed.Bedroom.That is.A pre-requisite.Otherwise feelings, nothing more than feelings eek their way,”In.”Insidious really.But not for the alert. The awakened.At this time of year, fairies and elves become ever present in our holiday worlds……The elf on the shelf moves at another’s whim.To the fear ...

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“Diabolically Divisive and Diabetes Divine” by Julie Ainger

Sugar highs.Sugar lows.Artificially.Pure cane.The Diabolical Sweet Tooth.Throw caution to the wind.Just dig in.This time of year, especially, can be a time of great indulgence. Great indulgences.Great highs.Great lows.And through it all.Sugar is there.To make it all better…Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.Present and unaccounted for.Sugar can wreak a havoc.On the system.Systemically.Too much sugar in the blood can lead to serious health problems. (mc)The mysterious way in which some folks can down a box of dots or juju bee...

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“Under the Weather and Other Manipulative Functional Phenomena” by Julie Ainger

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the back, or in some cases, side of your local “drug” store?What goes on in that cordoned off room with persons in white coats hustling and bustling around. Counting pills. Measuring potions. The room in the back behind the other potions, lotions, and pads. Way in the back, neatly sits the higher power. The higher powered “stuff.” The powerful stuff designed throughout the years of experience and under the table deals. Shelved as the higher power. Stuff.Functional gains got us to this point, although th...

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“Endless” by Julie Ainger

Some days seem like they will never end.New possibilities.Old hurts.Cling.Clingons.ClingClingons.Shake it off.Deep breaths.Do not work.The same old picture, pictures return to the mind’s eye in the blink of an eye. Stopping us in our tracks. Snow capped tracks. Leaving behind ragged footsteps of dis array leading no body anywhere good. Or helpful.Knee capped.Again. By our own thoughts, words and actions.Oftentimes.We do it to ourselves.Other times.We do not.Because it sticks, it is sticky, like glue.Why is it.The negative usually lasts longe...

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“The Vigilante Servant” by Julie Ainger

There is an old fashioned saying.”Everything old is new again.”Could the saying also mean,”Everything new is old again”, too🙂A heart that stays awake, alert.(pf)One of the prerequisites of a servant’s heart.Another prerequisite:To know: Who the boss is🙂🙏🏻.As young children, when we become frustrated with authority, we stop and stomp and say to our parents, guardians, the elders,”You are not the boss of me.”😠😤😡😭Even as adults, we can do the same, act the same childish way.When we do not get our own way. When our expectations are not to our, w...

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“Moral Authority” by Julie Ainger

O.k.Let’s first admit.We, at this beautiful, snow capped time of year.Don’t want to be cold.Don’t care to be cold.Cold and clammy……..The brrrrrrrrrr….kind of existence that does not alone come from the atmospheric temperature. The days are shorter. The light is, too.We slumber either quickly or slower into slumberland depending upon who holds the keys.Caughtcha.Diving over to your new ikea age night stand just to make certain your light was still on…🎲💡💡⌛️⏳Why not ask yourself, first, if your light is still on. Completely understandable the d...

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“Aphoristic Sententiousness. Egoism or Theoism. Your choice.” by Julie Ainger

Unbridled.Blunt.Direct.Un sugar coated.Un blanketed.De brided.Cats beware.Of.Other cats.(Disclaimer: Thus author is a true lover. Of all furry and not so furry animals.)Even turtles, the animals who breathe out of their butts.Really. It is true. They do. I love them nonetheless.If you doubt, do not believe, look it up!My source of the yummy (albeit gross) information is completely trustworthy. (AWA)What more is there to do?Well.Not make a deal with the devil is a good start.A deal with the devil. (gb)Terrifying terror.Pay close attention. (g...

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“Crossing the Bar” by Julie Ainger

“Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And May there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea,But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless deepTurns again home.Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And May there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;For though from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face-to-faceWhen I have cross’d the bar.(AT)Temptation does not take a back seat.To patience.Forbearan...

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“Drool or Drawl? The Light at the Gas Station Coffee Machine” by Julie Ainger

To swipe or not to swipe.That is the question.How do you take a swipe?At another.Without ‘em lookin’Tap.Tap.Tap.Send….What or WHO shows up in your “inbox”. The inbox of your life. Do you like it? Are you tempted to act upon it? Take a swipe at another, another’s family because it is too (fill in the blank) tempting, not to?Just to get ahead.Do you have a set of personally held and healed beliefs that may prevent the child in you from just acting, reacting? Stomp. Stomp.Worse yet.Do you seek out another because you have tired of the same old ...

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“The Intrepid Intransigent ” by Julie Ainger

Revolving doors.Turnstiles.Doggy doors.(🙂)Slammed doors.Knocked on doors.Open doors.On this day of Thanksgiving.🦃We should all take a minute and be thankful.For the food trucks!🙏🏻Life can be a dicey world, unfair world even. Take a moment to ponder life’s great difficulties. A wonder of its own. Why is it cats are allowed to roam free, hunting for another’s food supply. Any way possible. Any way “do able.”Flirtatiously leading on another in an attempt to grab their cookies and run.☺️ Yum. Yum.Ya coulda just asked.what gets in the way?The tur...

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“Vociferously mulct” by Julie Ainger

Burning down the house =Burning a hole in someone’s pocket.Same difference.The difference is the same.Is it what you value?It is what you value?For creature comforts.Creature comforts pay top dollar?How comfortable are you.How comfortable would you like to cause another to be.And. Why? For what purpose.To be. Or. Not to be.That is the question.(Hopefully the kind folks who sit in the death panels of others have mercy on their fellow man.) Time will tell. It usually does.But.Time. A good time.It needs to be earned.Trust.Faith.Interaction.Othe...

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“Trust. Risk. Repeat.” by Julie Ainger

Tidey-up.🙂Tidy up.Admit it. Who loves to do the laundry?Sorting.It all out.Lugging it here and there.Watching the sudsy circles go round and round.Dizzyingly so.Never ending.Lugging it further.To dry out.Without the wrinkles😊 The wrinkles that prove we are sometimes hiding behind ours, our lack of desire to take action. We tousle around.Our dirty laundry🙃.The same can be said for Ginger. Ginger the Gossip Monger. Front and center with the phone on speed dial—to spread the most and auspicious stories about the next person she may know who is ...

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“Inside Voices and Selective and Receptive Hearing.” by Julie Ainger

Shout it from the mountain tops.Scream it from the other side.Modern day ear plugs are here to stay.Clogging the pathways along the way.Some voices are like nails on a chalk board.Rambling replaces indecision. Decisions are an incapable task of never ending do overs.Talking to one’s self become a daily ritual of habitual happenstance.What should I wear.What should I not wear.How do I look?How do I not look—(like haven’t slept in years…..)The memories often return when life is at its quietest. Only to amplify when life is its busiest.A quick ...

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“The Shift. The Rift. The vicissitudes and rhythm of the night.” by Julie Ainger

Hot Potato.Hot Potatoes.Necromancer to the rescue.Although he cannot be trusted.One must start somewhere.And with the cacophony of spirits available.Give it a whirl.Give is a swirl.Necromancer waits in the wings.For you.To become more refined. More sophisticated.Necromancers have not only 20/20 vision. They are able to see at 360 degree angles too.😳Just try to put one over on them.They will eat you alive with a dash of salt and saliva.Death magic as it is called, by some. Who believe in the spirits.🥃🍸🍹🥂🍷🧉. Imbibing has its challenges. The wa...

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