So many possibilities. So many things that might be. The picture shifts and everything changes – or does it? The same pieces are there, but the pattern is different. They overlap in different ways, sometimes dominant and sometimes in the background; sometimes together and sometimes apart. Some patterns are beautiful and others ordinary. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder…
“How long do you think it will take them to notice?” Brian wondered.
Diana smiled, then kissed him. “Three weeks.”
“I don’t want to be sensible!” Trixie declared to Jim. “I want you right now!”
And then she kissed him.
“I think we’ll make a good couple,” Mart suggested to Honey. “You love to cook and I love to eat.”
“Are you up for a life of adventure?” Dan asked Trixie.
She took his outstretched hand. “You bet I am!”
“Farmer’s wife?” Joeanne Darnell raised an eyebrow at Mart. “No, I think you could be a farmer’s husband.”
He agreed.
“A motorbike?” Honey bit her lip. “That looks… exciting.”
“Would you like a ride?” Dan asked.
“Oh, yes,” she purred.
“Does this look okay?” Diana wondered.
Mart scrambled for a word meaning ‘yes.’ Failing to find one, he nodded mutely.
“Fancy meeting you here.” Barbara Hubbell smiled at Brian.
“Graveyard shift has one advantage: I get to see you play.”
“I didn’t expect this,” Jim admitted to Diana, “but now that we’ve begun, I can’t imagine my life without you.”
“Of course I’m prepared to wait for you, Brian,” Honey declared. “I’ve loved you for so long. I’m not quitting.”
“I’m not delicate,” Diana complained to Dan. “Don’t treat me like a fragile flower.”
He nodded and kissed her hard.
Peter Kimball looked up in surprise. “Honey?”
She nodded. “I’ve made my choice. I’m living here, now.”
He kissed her.
So many possibilities, all of them swirling around together, the elements twisting and turning, making new connections and then discarding them again. Turn the kaleidoscope and see something new… or patterns like the ones you’ve seen before. Because, even when a few elements are the same, the overall result can be different. And with every twist, a new idea is born.