Six Sentence Sunday - 2/6/11

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Another one from Playing For Keeps...

Ryan rinsed off quickly, then grabbed a towel from the shelf, and wrapped it around his waist.
After wiping away the steam on the mirror with a sweep of his hand, he took a long hard look at himself. He rubbed his fingers across the stubble on his chin. God, he needed a shave or maybe he needed a new face. Man, I’m getting old. Where was the young rookie that used to gaze back at him? Not that he’d trade places with him - that kid didn’t know shit.

Who wrote - "Till then, a thousand kisses, mio dolce amor! but give me none back for they set my blood on fire."

Napoleon did! Who knew the fearless emperor had it in him? I guess he was passionate about love as he was about war. Here is a love letter he sent to his future wife Josephine...

Paris, December 1795



I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! Are you angry? Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried?... My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for you lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully realized how false an image of you your portrait gives!

There must be millions of people all over the world who never get any love letters... I could be their leader. ~Charlie Brown

It's February and as Valentine's Day approaches I started thinking about love letters. I did a search and came across one from Mark Twain (Samuel Clemons) that I - well - fell in love with. Here it is....

Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my life-long keeping.

You cannot see its intangible waves as they flow towards you, darling, but in these lines you will hear, as it were, the distant beating of the surf.



Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), American writer, to Olivia Langdon, his future wife.


Sigh....

Writing love letters is sadly a lost art.

Six Sentence Sunday - 1/30/11

Good news....Ellora's Cave has requested a full on Playing For Keeps - keep your fingers crossed for me! Here is my six for this week....

Even though the shower could fit four easily, she backed up as he got in. “Um...” Having never showered with someone before, Samantha instinctively crossed her arms over her breasts.
“Stop hogging the water,” complained Ryan.
Feeling foolish, she dropped her arms and moved over so he could get wet. And so she could enjoy the view. With the water cascading over his rippling muscles, he looked like a fountain created by Michelangelo.
Then he ruined the effect by sweeping his hand along the top of his head, smattering Samantha with water.
“Thanks a lot,” she sputtered.

Kiss You All Over - Exile

Part 3 of my favorite love songs.

This is Kiss You All Over by Exile - yes a 70's song.

I've posted this video before when I wrote about kissing scenes and I'm posting it again because it one of my favorite songs (and I heart Keanu Reeves)

I wish all men were like dogs. Halle Berry

But Halle the men you pick out are dogs but not the loyal kind....

Possibly the most beautiful woman on the Earth - why she can't she keep a man - I mean what hope to the rest of us have? I know beauty isn't everything but it's pretty well known that she's a terrific person as well.

Obviously she has poor taste in men. I think I will scour the Earth for a male counterpart for her.

Here are some more quotes -

I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage.
Halle Berry

I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
Halle Berry

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
Halle Berry

The times may have changed, but the people are still the same. We're still looking for love, and that will always be our struggle as human beings.
Halle Berry

The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.
Halle Berry

Have to disagree with you there Halle - best know what kind of kisser he is upfront - as the song goes "It's in his kiss."

Six Sentence Sunday - 1/23/11

Fun and games are put on hold in Playing For Keeps when Ryan visits a children’s hospital. He doesn’t do it for the publicity but reporter Samantha Jameson finds out and is there to witness it and it’s a scene where she sees another side of him (other than the cocky football player). Anyway now we are in his POV - this happened outside his Humvee in the underground parking garage of the hospital.

As he held the door open for her she touched his face with her delicate hand. Their gazes met and something inside him broke. He pulled her into his arms, held on and tried not to cry. God, she felt so good.
With the smell of sickness and death left behind, Ryan wanted to lose himself in Samantha’s flowery scent…her scent of life. “Thanks, I needed that.”
He really needed so much more for her, but the hug was a good start.

(P.S. - and being a good heroine – Samantha will pull him into the back of that Humvee and give him what he needs)