One Shiny Red Thing

Daily writing prompt

What are three objects you couldn’t live without?

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I don’t know. It’s such a serious question. Unless the phrase ‘couldn’t live without’ is hyperbole.

I could live without almost any object although I am very attached to our camper van because it is very small and simple and red. Plus, I love driving it and parking it and sliding the side door open and letting the dogs out and doing all the camping things. In the early morning, I like lifting the shade on the window next to my side of the bed and looking at the wind rifting through the trees. I like making coffee in the tiny percolator and drinking it out of a plastic cup. I like not being bothered by dog hair and grime. I like not worrying about how I look. I like wearing a hat and sunglasses and driving down a two-lane road. I also like being a passenger if it’s not time for me to drive.

Still, I could live without our camper van unless it became our only house, which is unlikely but one never knows. Anything can happen.