Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, there is one rule: Six (no more, no less) Sentenceses to the story.
Previously, in our serial story…
Prompt word:
FLAKE
“There’s an old saying…”
The tall, thin man watched as Mimi‘s right eyebrow teased her lips only to have a frown try to head-off the laughter; it was no contest.
A good-natured, if not charitable, concession to anyone nearby who, upon observing one tall man and one not-tall woman in conversation might be tempted to believe they could extrapolate it’s content from non-verbal cues, the man turned to face the growing crowd at the Six Sentence Café & Bistro’s first April Fools Day3 open house.
“Oh…kay, I just made it up?”
Mimi smiled at Rosetta who, ferociously not paying attention to the two Proprietors, backed her way into the Ladies Room with a fresh supply of towels and hand lotion, then looked back at the man who had a green bar rag tucked in a twelve-hundred dollar Hermes reversible belt, “I’m sorry did I break your concentration? I didn’t mean to do that, please, continue…”
“… that no two snowflakes are identical, the blizzard knoweth not’ and how in heaven’s name did you manage that,” a nod towards the restrooms on the lighted end of the hallway, “miracle?”
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Every day is its own special miracle and I’m glad to know Rosetta arrived.
magic (we work in the world) is, to paraphrase Arthur C Clarke is simply to exert an influence from a source not necessarily obvious
“no two snowflakes are identical, the blizzard knoweth not” can be extended to a lyrics. I presume your “slice of life” stories are part of a larger whole.
you might think (and thank you)
So now (according to Mimi’s account) we have Rosetta and Mimi both checking on the facilities and something of possible miracle status happening in there too? I need to know more about this.
Mimi is simply a good influence and has way more faith in (any) inherent goodness in people, I think
A little miracle in the hallway? But, of course!
Plus jazzing up that Bach 🎸🎸🎸(excellent).
yeah was a fun find
It seems like the miracle is that Rosetta is actually helping out. If there were some natural explanation for the change, I wonder what it could be.
I liked how the music balanced the image of the scene. Thank you.
Almost to the end, I hit “play”. Soundtrack affirms. An enjoyable, eclectic group of people making for a most festive gathering, one “… with such a high ratio of the celebrated and the notorious.” What’s not to enjoy!