A Rainy Day in July - Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus - Week 61
Photo Copyright Christina Wigren Happy Fourth of July to Ever y one in America! Welcome to Week 61 of Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus, a writing meme where participants are asked to write a text to a given prompt, using only 100 words or less . This week's prompt is " Oh say can you see... " (which, for those of you who are not familiar with American patriotic songs, is a line from the American National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner .) But since I'm living in Sweden, I'll just try to use this prompt any way that I can. This is my text: ------ Sanna and her friend John were riding their bicycles home from the library. It had been unusually hot for Sweden, even for July. Thunder rumbled overhead from the gathering dark clouds. Then the sky opened up and drenched them. When they finally arrived at Sanna's apartment it was dark inside, as the power was out. It was dim but light enough to see where they were going. Sanna was rummaging through a clos...