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WRITING PROMPT—REFRESH THE SOUL

Leaving My Pants in Louisiana Because I was in a Hurry

When is the last time you expressed joy?

Wire Editor Newman
4 min readJun 24, 2022

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As the story goes, I left my jeans in louisiana. This is a picture of about five pairs of jeans. Probably about as many as I left in louisiana, when I wen to visit my cousin in St Louis, when I was a senior in high school. Enjoy.
Photo by Eduardo Pastor on Unsplash

Nancy Blackman, writer, editor, and publication owner of Refresh the Soul, asked the following writing prompts:

  • When is the last time you expressed joy?
  • When is the last time you laughed out loud, teeth showing, mouth wide open?

Humor is the best policy, for me anyway.

I have always used humor as a “relief valve” or a way to escape those situations which may bring me stress or fear. So far it has worked quite well.

I also use humor to help others when I can sense that they too are dealing with some emotional or stressful situation.

Humor has always been a big part of my life, and as I look back in time, there have been some pretty humorous situations I have found myself in. Some I have written about on my homepage, Wire Editor Newman.

Just pick a story on my homepage, it will usually be either sad or funny. Such is the case in the following two stories.

Elvis Presley

Elvis and other singers have sung the song, “Memories.” The older I get the more…

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Wire Editor Newman
Wire Editor Newman

Written by Wire Editor Newman

Writer of, Humor, Poetry, Life, Love, Fiction, Automobiles and the Blues. / Writing in Medium.com / https://medium.com/refresh-the-soul

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