Friday, May 16, 2025

Friday Writings #177: Comfort Food

 


Hello, Word Artists and Admirers! Getting sick when the weather outside is gorgeous is a bummer. I'm rarely ever sick, so getting a stomach bug near the beginning of May was a bit of a surprise. Fortunately, it stayed pretty mild. Not enough to make me feverish or spend most of my waking hours in my bathroom, but enough to make me grumpy.


Yeah, about this level of grumpy.

Fortunately I had an ample supply of my favorite comfort food for an out of sorts tummy, oatmeal. Most people find my preferred preparation method to be strange. I like my oatmeal on the watery side, sort of like a melted milkshake, with a generous sprinkle of cinnamon. I know I've gotten some weird looks about it. But when my stomach feels off, that's the first thing I want.


This week's optional prompt is comfort food. You can opt for prose or poetry, fiction or non-fiction. Please be sure to keep it to 369 words or fewer, and one entry per person.

Next week's optional prompt will ask you to find a piece of visual art which inspires you to poetry or prose.

10 comments:

  1. Thank you Rommy - enjoy your tasty food! Jae

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  2. I like my oatmeal thick and salted (must be the Scottish bit of my mixed ancestry) but I do rather fancy the idea of cinnamon.

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    1. I like it that way too, but when my tummy is off, I prefer it much less thick

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  3. Loved to write & enjoyed a lot :)
    This topic is food for thought!
    Thank you for hosting.

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  4. Hi All! I'm going thru a dental issue right now, can't get into see my dentist guy until the 20th! Pain is pretty constant, therefore I am on penicillin to thwart an infection, if indeed there is one. COMFORT FOOD for me.

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    1. Eek! Tooth pain is no joke.

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    2. Oops, sorry Helen! Tried to remove the comment you deleted, which you had evidently rewritten to the effect you are getting further treatment – and managed to delete the rewrite as well, also my best wishes for the forthcoming procedures!

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