1263 - SHAKY

Andrew was about to secretly eat a jam doughnut during the lecture. "I'd sure love to smack my lips and then take a big bite, but I don't want to draw attention", he thought. The lecturer was droning on about the detailed structure of a female gonad and Andrew had already lost the plot. So as not to draw attention to himself, instead of taking big bites he decided to spawn the doughnut into little pieces that he could surreptitiously sneak into his mouth. At the end of the lecture he felt cheated of his doughnut and went back to the doughnut shack to get another one. With two doughnuts in him he was so full of energy that he ran the 3 miles back to his flat in record time. However, by the time he got there the sugar had all been used up and he started to feel a bit shaky. Recognising what was happening, he had some more sensible food and started trying to catch up on the lecture subject matter.

The doughnut shack

1262 - GUILE

Today was her househoLd chorEs day. The best part was the ironing because the smell of the newly ironed items brought back memories of her happy childhood. (She had to take care when ironing the voile to make sure the delicate fabric didn't get damaged.) She was glad to sit down to lunch at the end of a busy morning - today it was a bean chile with rice noodles. When the youngsters got back from school she had to use all the guile she could summon to get them to knuckle down to their homework and music practice before they slumped in front of a screen.

She enjoyed doing the ironing

1261 - MAUVE

The Reverend's wife sAw hEr opportunity when the Reverend was scheduled to be away on a four-day conference. She'd been fed up of the dreary looking manse for years and had secretively arranged for the decorators to move in and transform it inside and out. When the Reverend returned he stopped in his tracks at the sight of the bright blue house. The off-white downstairs rooms dazzled him and he couldn't imagine sleeping in the mauve bedroom. When his wife returned from the bring and buy sale she was grinning from ear to ear at the dumbfounded look on her husband's face. "Whatever will the finance committee say", he kept muttering. Conversation between them was tense for the next couple of weeks as he became accustomed to the transformation.

The transformed Manse

1260 - DOGMA

CArlos had had a happy childhood. His parents loved him despite their humble resources. That's not to say that he didn't have the occasional spank when he was out of line, but these taught him well to differentiate right from wrong. Now he was a late-twenties businessman walking briskly down the street sipping his mocha on his way in to work. His phone pinged and Carlos stopped to read the message from Momma. He dashed off a quick reply, then got going again. His Momma did the same every morning - for her it was almost a part of her dogma. But Carlos didn't mind - he loved his Momma.

Carlos texting his Momma