Charlie O'Shields

I’m with Philippe on scary movies, though I don’t mind a bit of paranormal. However, I remember being scared senseless by the original ‘Haunting of Hill House’ and I think I’ll skip the series just because of the memory, lol. I’d eat your popcorn anyday, though. It looks scrumptious!

I think you should pop Phineas some popcorn even if it’s just for him. Put on Animal Planet or The Secret Life of Pets, put a few kernels in his bowl and let him have his own movie night.

You’ll be happy you did.

My own Ramses will be reaching his final curtain sooner rather than later now that he is over 14. I’m starting to spoil him rotten and indulge all of his whims because I don’t want to look back and be sorry I didn’t when I no longer have the opportunity.

We don’t do movie night but we do do family naps. Tonight I am going out for a French Dip sandwich. Not because I want it for dinner but because I know he likes my left over au jus in his kibble. Anything for my little man.

Hopefully, you’ve written some of your ‘key’ stories down because I bet they were fascinating!

I love your writing about keys and how they nudge the imagination. Your painting of the old metal is wonderful, too.

I love fluid conversation, and fluid memory. But I especially love fluid writing. My poetry was known for that. I would start the reader with an image, drag him around through all kinds of muck and bears patrolled forests, and finally come back to the point of there was one. Fun to write, fun to read. And fun to unlock with a rusty old skeleton key.

Nice doodlewash of metal keys with your vintage trio. I really like the old fashioned keys than these modern card keys. Your keys did unlock some wisdom hidden behind the closed doors (of our minds ) !!!

Beautiful keys,Charlie! Love the colors you used. The front door of my parents house opened with this type of key…actually, most of the houses in the neighborhood used them….way back when. Have always found the shapes fascinating. Our little, old house here in Florida has doors with glass door knobs and this kind of key.

Something is wrong with the Doodlewash settings again. I am getting inundated with posts. Half a dozen about who Anita Sinha is friends with and posted and the same for Sharon Nolfi plus a lot of other people. Is there any way to control this from my end? If not, I am going to have to unsubscribe my WordPress account and I just can’t have this amount of traffic hiding my other favorites in my WordPress Reader.

Seems to have started yesterday.

I am getting sitewide traffic and I don’t want it. What do I do? Can I do anything?

I have keys like this. They lock the rooms in my house. My house was built almost 100 years ago and the interior doors are original and still have the mortise and tenon locks with keys. The front door used to but had been converted to a more modern lock. Pity, as I think no modern burglar would be able to pick this old style lock whereas I’ve heard “bump keys” can open pretty much any door.

The timing of this post is interesting. Today I got an e-mail from the Met Museum and the subject was also keys. It included a photo of the various antique European key reproductions they are selling in their jewelry collection and the post said “Key Stories.” I guess the Met also has a collection of old keys simply for their aesthetic value.

What a great idea! I never thought of painting keys. And these look like they would open doors for sure. I have always loved old keys.

Thanks so much, Sharon! 😃💕 Yeah, I enjoy writing because it reveals so much about how I feel, not because of any pure facts it brings to mind. I hope, the mix of bits of fact and pure emotional truth combine to make something that is, in the end. probably the truest account there is!

Thanks, Sarah! 😃💕 I did think this title would make a good short story! hehe And love your interpretation of the keys… definitely sounds like the beginning of a story!