Midnight bells echoed in the birth of 2021, a new year of creating a better life than we’d had. 2020 hadn’t been a good year. A virus had spread from day one.
The government issued a stay-at-home quarantine. Masks and sanitizers were mandated. People changed, angry from isolation, rules, and restrictions.
Old hobbies such-as board games, art projects, and cooking together helped relieve tensions. Families grew closer in isolation; some didn’t.
Life was becoming art, brushstrokes creating paintings.
Each painting different; your family, your life.
Splashes of artful color bringing out something unique from inside of us.
2020©Isadora DeLaVega
Genre: HistoricFlashFiction😎
Word Count: 100
Photo Prompt:©Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
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July 28, 2020 at 5:46 am
So timely and true, Isadora. Sometimes it feels like a painting, but it’s real and we have to make the best of it.
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July 28, 2020 at 1:45 pm
I was channeling my thoughts from the picture of Dorian Grey and hoping for the same good results. Perfect paintings of a wholesome lives. Thanks for popping by and commeting.
Isadora 😎
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July 28, 2020 at 5:27 pm
You are welcome 🙂
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July 28, 2020 at 5:03 am
That was a beautiful take, Isadora!
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July 28, 2020 at 1:47 pm
Thanks, Dale. I had another poem on rainbows but too many words. When editing it lost a lot. I appreciate your popping by and commenting. Isadora 😎
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July 28, 2020 at 1:52 pm
Some things cannot be cut back!
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July 27, 2020 at 3:02 pm
Nice blog
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July 28, 2020 at 2:50 am
Thanks 👍😎
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July 26, 2020 at 6:52 pm
Life becoming art, or art life? Either way, good story well told.
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July 28, 2020 at 2:50 am
I appreciate the great comment. Thanks 😎
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July 28, 2020 at 2:55 am
My pleasure, Isadora.
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July 26, 2020 at 11:44 am
2021 can’t come quick enough, but you’re right, the lockdown has seen certain old pasttimes revisited. Nice piece, Isadora
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July 28, 2020 at 2:54 am
Simple things from days gone by are what our hurried society might need.
I appreciate your comment. Thanks.😎
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July 25, 2020 at 9:21 pm
I’m looking forward to 2020 being over as well, but there’s still time for more to go wrong. Timely piece.
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July 28, 2020 at 2:59 am
I hope things start looking up. So many things that are changing day by day.
Thanks, Iian. I appreciate your great comment. Isador a 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 9:01 pm
Lovely take on the photo prompt, Isadora!
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July 28, 2020 at 3:01 am
Thank you,Susan.
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July 25, 2020 at 6:06 pm
such a timely post. well done.
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July 25, 2020 at 6:08 pm
I appreciate your wonderful comment, Plaridel. Thank you … Isadora 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 11:48 am
No matter how bad things are, a few good things emerge along the way.
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July 25, 2020 at 4:54 pm
I think so too, Keith. It’s better to look at the bright side. Isadora 😎 😄
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July 25, 2020 at 9:55 am
You certainly captured the wide span of pandemic life. Hi Isadora.
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July 25, 2020 at 4:38 pm
I hope people can learn to adjust without anger and unpleasantries. Change can be a good thing. Life is a journey, there will be bumpy roads along the way. This is just a pothole in life we need to fill in.
All is well, aFrank. I am back in the 50’s & 60’s when women wore cotton gloves. Yes, I use a face maks too whenever I go out to an emergency appiontment. Such as: MD, Dentist, Eyecare. Life needs to be lived just cautiously. And, I am. Hope you are too. I will miss ‘Dancin’ with the Stars’. The new format isn’t looking interesting, nor is the new host. I know … always with the dancing. LOL
Miss your blog but understand your thoughts on it. I have feelings like that from time to time with mine too. Have a super weekend …
Isadora 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 9:52 am
Querida Isadora,
Bien escrito y con mucha esperanza en el futuro. May 2021 be a better year.
Salúd y shalom,
Rochelle
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July 25, 2020 at 4:22 pm
Querida Rochelle,
We have one thing we can control in all of this chaos and that is how we view it. There’s plenty of negative thinking. It’s hopeful to think there’s a better year ahead. After all, some of us have less years to look forward to than others. Gracias, mi amiga por leer mi cuento. Siempre un placer verla aqui.
Abrazos y Carino,
Isadora 😎 😍
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July 25, 2020 at 9:05 am
Perhaps 2020 wasn’t entirely a bad year, then. I love the way you see the seeds of change in the situation
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July 25, 2020 at 4:26 pm
Just like a tree, if we don’t bend in the wind, we may break if we’re too rigid. I want to believe that all of this will have a positive reason for happening. It may well bring families back to being present with each other. If only I had a crystal ball … 😄 Thanks, Neil. Have a relaxing weekend.
Isadora 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 2:35 am
Love this, Isadora… the past from a future perspective! Hopefully more of that unique side in all of us will shine brighter… it’s that which makes us special!
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July 25, 2020 at 4:30 pm
Without hope for a better future, we’re left in a swamp of negativity. Lots of banter and finger pointing and anger isn’t good. Let’s hope by the end of the year we can all shine our colors brightly. Thanks, Tom. You comment are always perfect. Have a relaxing weekend … Isadora 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 4:43 pm
Let’s just focus on the positives and move forward. This will pass. We will weather this storm with a smile. 🙂
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July 25, 2020 at 4:50 pm
Yes … we will. 😄 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 1:15 am
Well done Isadora, yes, I think I’ve become more creative too…. some wood work, and a few pieces of artwork… along with more and more poems….and lots of submissions….
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July 25, 2020 at 1:30 am
Thank you, Ivor. It’s been a bit of a struggle without inetenet service for a wekk. In a way, it was good. I wrote more, read more and even did nothing more. 😁 Have we forgottem what it’s like to be without internet? I did. Now, I have mixed feelings. Perhaps, time limits.
Now, you’ll have to post some of that artwork and wood your working. I love the earthy scent of wood when it’s being cut. Have a fantastic weekend. Be safe … but … Mostly be Happy … Isadora 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 1:38 am
At the moment it’s ok for me to be at home… it’s the middle of winter here…Zero’C this morning…..😀😊
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July 25, 2020 at 1:49 am
On no … BBrrrrr … but it can be nice to have a nice cup of hot tea and relax with a lap blanket and a book. Happy rest time … 😎
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July 25, 2020 at 2:19 am
Maybe a bit of winter sun this afternoon…😎
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