LACE

My creative writing class tomorrow will get the word lace as a prompt to write in class. When I started them writing in class the first Wednesday of each month, there were some grumbling comments from more than one. Now it is one of their favorite classes of the month.

Last February we wrote using the word hearts; that was fairly easy for all of us. I wrote about the time we were living in a townhouse-type apartment while a new home was being completed. One bedroom was filled with extra furniture and one side of the garage was stacked eight high with boxes. We vowed not to buy each other anything for Valentines, not even a card. So I didn't. He didn't either. But he spent a lot of time secretly cutting out and coloring hearts which I found strewn all oer the living room, dining area and kitchen on Valentine's Day.

This year I thought my students needed something a little tougher. They've progressed quite nicely with their spontaneous writing and I think they can handle this one. The word I'm giving them can be lacy anything: trim on Valentines, a lace-trimmed wedding dress, a favorite piece of heirloom lace from a relatives blouse or bonnet.

Or maybe someone will write about one of their favorite movies, Arsenic and Old Lace."