SOC Saturday: -sty

Written for Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday where this week’s prompt is to find a word that ends in “-sty”. While trying to find the best word, I kept thinking about the pros and cons of each. I would have continued, but the phone rang…

Frosty. Good for the snowman. Bad for the inside of your house.

Rusty. Good name for an old truck or a really old man. Bad name for the fiancé you brought home to meet your parents.

Crusty. Good for the bread you just baked. Bad for the leftovers in your fridge.

Hasty. Good to be when time is of the essence. Bad for decisions.

Nasty. Good when the weather gives you an excuse to stay home. Bad when you taste the crusty leftovers in the fridge.

Toasty. Good when it is a warm bed. Bad when—Wait. there’s nothing bad when it’s toasty, right. It’s the perfect adjective. Stay toasty!

-Leon

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 Here are the rules:
 1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing (typos can be fixed), and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
 2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
 3. I will post the prompt here on my blog every Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The,’” or will simply be a single word to get you started.
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