Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
There is an ancient Inuit saying, appropriate to this week’s prompt, “The snow is always here, sometimes we think we can only see it when it returns”
Late with the start/ warm up/ the hand-in-hand-walk/ phase of finding out what words are available to me for this week’s Six Sentence Story. I’ve taken the extra precaution to have an abacus available to me, although, the fact of having such a device is no guarantee that I will actually use it. And, using it should not be taken as an assurance that I will use it correctly. Sometimes we can have all the tools in the world, the very exact same tools that the much admired, never-incorrect-in-execution Master Craftsman and still the result is somehow disappointing, “tools”, as the other old saying would remind us, “are the zippers and buttons and clasps of happiness.”
So today is Six Sentence Story, ‘the gift that keeps on demanding’, made available for those of us who enjoy the thrill of a challenge by Friend of the Doctrine, zoe.
“What a great view, just look at that snow come down,” Stephen Eddington stood, staring past the receptionist’s desk, out through the glass wall that framed the Downtown Chicago skyline like a modern-day Currier and Ives.
“Surely Provo has storms that would put this flurry to shame,” Anya Clarieaux spoke quietly, feeling pleasure at managing to get up from her very formal, business-like receptionist’s desk and be standing close enough to the young engineer to feel the fabric of his off-the-rack suit catch and tug shyly at the sleeve of her blouse as she pointed out towards the slightly snow-whitened skyscrapers.
Stephen looked at the receptionist, now standing very close to his left side, revised his estimate of her age downward, and immediately felt an odd yet pleasurable sense of alarm, which he eagerly ignored.
“Send Mr Eddington in now, Anya,” the voice of the Vice President of the IT Services Division suddenly demanded the attention of both the young Computer Engineer and the attractive woman, shifting the axis of their world from the city beyond to a door marked: ‘Private’.
With a smile, Anya walked ahead and held the door for Stephen Eddington, who hesitated as he approached, straightened his tie and whispered, “How do I look?”
Looking very directly into his eyes, Anya said, “You’ll be fine…” straightened his already very straight tie and slipped a folded piece of paper in the breast pocket of his suit coat.
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Nice teaser for Chapter 11 at Blogdominion :)
Very Good post-ette. thanks for this:
“Sometimes we can have all the tools in the world, the very exact same tools that the much admired, never-incorrect-in-execution Master Craftsman and still the result is somehow disappointing, “tools”, as the other old saying would remind us, “are the zippers and buttons and clasps of happiness.””
yeah… I’m thinking that our boy Steve might be out of his league with a femme mystérieuse like Anya
Nice! Also, great to talk to y’all yesterday. :D
Always a pleasure, yo
best to you and John and them for this Christmas and all
It was great talking with you Cyndi! Have a wonderful Christmas with John, Vinnie and Ralphie (am I missing anyone?!) and of course your entire extended family!
Bbbbbut i havent read 9&10 yet!!!! Merry Christmas!
(I gots Cliff Notes if you want, I can lend ’em to ya)
This is my favorite post of yours that I have read. What a delightful scene you painted.
Thank you
OOOH! Juicy!
yeah, huh?
Damn,,,
that’s a good damn, not a ….er damn right?
It would seem that the receptionist is engineering a plan of her own! This made me smile, and I’m hoping it leads to a wonderful life adventure for the two of them. I like a woman who knows what she wants and goes after it! :-)
wellll! (lol) one of the most interesting (and enjoyable) aspects of my writing the serial (Blogdominion), of which, this Six is a clep from, is how people perceive characters differently than I did when I first wrote them, the fun being that I accept that I simply did not completely understand who (that) character really was!!
Anya!… I think that her adventure will involve computer mysteries, murder and personal redemption (for a certain Chicago Detective)