Philip Keaton

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

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“THE DAY HIKE” by Philip Keaton

Submitted to Contest #279

I am one of those people who loved to read about a lot of different things, whether Egyptology or military history, I liked to learn different things. Of the recent things I have read about is spelunking. It seems so exciting to go exploring underground! The book had plenty of pictures of stalactites and stalagmites, quartz and just beautiful rooms with such splendor. I couldn't wait to get into my first cave. I asked a few people I knew in the neighborhood, and no one knew of any local caves. One neighbor said to g...

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“Peanut butter ” by Philip Keaton

Submitted to Contest #260

I was in boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. We were in about the 3rd week of training and marching to the mess hall for lunch Chow. We were used to scarfing chow down, but today, the Drill Instructor told us we had to burn some time. We were told to take our time and eat. Could this be true? Actually, taste your food? This was going to be an interesting Chow! While marching through the Chow line, I could not help but remember the industrial-sized can of peanut butter that teased me every day. I loved peanut butter. I craved peanut butter so ba...

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