John Holton is our host for Writer’s Workshop. Here are the prompts for 10/23/25:

  1. Write a post based on the word moment.
  2. Write a post in exactly eight (8) sentences.
  3. Write a story starting with the line “If only she hadn’t bought the red one.”
  4. Tell us about your plans for the holidays.
  5. Tell us how the real world affects your writing.
  6. What is your least favorite genre of books? Why don’t you like it?

If only she hadn’t bought the red one.

Her mama said red skivvies are the devil’s plaything, that only wanton women wear red bras and panties. As if a color has a chokehold on what is and isn’t acceptable in humanity. As if red is the downfall of decent humans right and left.

Oh. Wait. There’s an argument to be made about the sea of red trucker caps…but I digress.

They had a great sale on underwear and she took advantage of the bargain. If only she’d stuck with neutral or pastel or a nice simple navy…If only she’d decided she wanted the most nondescript, least distinctive underwear on the planet…If only she’d paid better attention while doing her last load of laundry…

Then maybe half her socks wouldn’t be pink right now.

badge by Patty