I would like to present a word challenge. Thanks to Elusive Trope for encouraging me to get off my lazy ass and actually try to get more readers involved in this weekly game. I would never have attempted it if you had not pushed me, ET!
The premise is simple. I provide one phrase every Thursday, an incomplete string of words, and it is up to you to complete it in your own, inimitable way. However you like, taking it in any direction you want.
If you like the concept, please play along and post the complete challenge on your blog and leave a link in the comments section below.
I love the mental exercise, I hope you do too!
This week’s phrase –
“A shadow flitted across his face……..”
My attempt
“………that told his story in an instant.”
Your turn!
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About hbhatnagar
I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
hbhatnagar 
A shadow flitted across his face……..He frowned; then smiled !
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Posted by williamleeone | 07/03/2016, 2:36 AMThanks for joining in, William!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/03/2016, 6:11 AMThank you for staging the game, friend ! ; )
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Posted by williamleeone | 07/03/2016, 10:19 AM🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/03/2016, 11:00 AMhttps://magykars.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/a-shadow-flitted-across-his-face/
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 07/03/2016, 1:12 AMThanks for linking that here! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/03/2016, 6:09 AMmy pleasure
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 07/03/2016, 6:55 AM“….and, distracted, he swatted at the air as if shushing harmless gnats away.”
http://elusivetrope.com/2016/03/06/stuck-remembering/
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Posted by Elusive Trope | 06/03/2016, 11:26 PMFinished it here http://yourblogcoach.com/2016/03/03/anticipation/ and calling it… anticipation!
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Posted by Alice | 03/03/2016, 11:42 PMThank you for playing along, Alice!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 04/03/2016, 5:54 AMthis time he hides himself behind the shadow.
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Posted by Amy | 03/03/2016, 10:50 PMBeautiful.. Thank you, Amy.
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 10:51 PMThank you, Dr. Hb! I thought this one was tough…
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Posted by Amy | 03/03/2016, 11:06 PM…. and he knew she was back . ( hope it’s not too late)
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Posted by thatmishmash | 03/03/2016, 9:17 PMIt isn’t.
Thanks for joining in TMM. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 9:54 PM“A shadow flitted across his face… but it wasn’t a shadow at all.”
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Posted by Moose and Michelle | 03/03/2016, 1:16 PMNow I’m wondering what it was….
Thanks for joining in, guys!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 1:32 PM“… but which in closer inspection turned out to be a large spider.”
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 9:39 AMAnd it was dee-lish, although one of the legs got caught between my teeth… 😀
Thanks for joining in Victo!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 9:47 AMThose pesky legs really DO stick in your teeth!
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 9:50 AMAnts are better, and tastier!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 9:55 AMI have not eaten ants but if they are anything like spider, I think I’ll pass…
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 9:55 AMThere’s one species found in central India that tastes somewhat like yogurt. My local species don’t though, sadly. I know, I tried.
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 9:56 AMOne spider was enough for me in the edible insect department! You are a brave man.
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 9:58 AMWhere did you eat spiders though?
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 9:57 AMCambodia.
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 9:58 AMMy maternal grandfather was posted there once in the embassy. He was shocked when one rainy evening, his local servant ran out to the verandah and started catching and chomping on insects hovering near the porch light. Rainy day insects were a treat, apparently. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 10:00 AMHow did the spider taste though? Sour, bitter….?
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 10:06 AMIt was seasoned with a spicy powder. Maybe a hint of lime, too? Mainly crunchy….
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 4:50 PMThat almost sounds like a crab. Still, not something you’d want to try again! 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 03/03/2016, 4:51 PMTarantula to be exact. (Shudder)
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 03/03/2016, 4:52 PMThanks for joining in ET! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/03/2016, 5:58 AM