A New Beginning

This is where i will outline my intentions and ideas for this blog. Hurrah, you will know them.
Any why, This blog is intended to improve my writing skill and I will leave it up to you to read the stories I will write and leave you to make up your minds about them and their contents.
Any and all observations will be kept in mind and if you have any suggestions about the direction I should go or my technique are gladly appreciated.
Also if there are any misspellings or grammar errors in my works, please point them out as I would like to learn as much as I can from this.
Thank you very much for your time and here is the first story I have.


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Clara looked beyond the orchard from the hill on which she sat. The smell of apple blossoms heavy in the air around her and she breathed it in, loving the now afternoon air gusting, tossing her hair gently around her head. The blanket beneath her lumpy from the sparse grass, dirt and roots that were covered by its checkered length white on blue squares, or was it blue on white. Her dress bunched at her knees as she had lifted them as she sat.

The food she had prepared sat around her, all still warm from the basket that she had kept them in, which sat beside her. Now acting as a small table for the drinks she had poured, the china cups matching the dishware that was stacked around basket, having been put in first.
She called out then to the other three that had come with her. And she was joined by them and they sat down to eat.

Their was John, the first up the hill, he wore a white button up shirt, pleated slacks, with back shoes. His short black hair and brown eyes were what had charmed her, and his dazzling white smile that he flashed at her and he sat down delighted her, making her feel warm inside. He took a plate and began filling it.

Next was Billy, who was the spitting image of his father, and was only 11. He sported a button up shirt and blue slacks like his father, but wore brown shoes. His freckled face sported a bit of dirt and Clara quickly scrubbed it off his face even as he squirmed to get away from his mothers touch. Then took a plate, patted the   dog that had laid on the blanket beside John and filled it to eat.

The dog was a border collie and panted happily as the family sat to eat, and did not even sniff at the food until offered some by the youngest member of the Family, Dolly.

Dolly was 6 and fell onto the dog in a fit of giggles, she had been lead to the blanket by her brother and wore a yellow daisy dress  like her mother. She then sat in Johns lap and shared his plate with him, enjoying her time with her daddy as they sat on the hill in the perfect summer afternoon air.

Clara sighed, contented with the day. She was relaxed as she helped Billy to more of the food that was laid around her. Such a perfect day for this, she though, such a perfect day.



Clara opened her eyes. There was no summer sunshine, no John or Billy or Dolly around her on a hill in an orchard. What she saw was the steel side of the sleeping chamber in front of her. She lay on the bed and the dim glow of the auxiliary light showed her that the mechanical clock above her said 13:00. She sighed and unzipped the liner that held her in place.

She floated,  weightless in the gravity free tube that was her sleeping chamber and reach up, disengaging harness that held the sensors to her head. The imprints left by the them would disappear in a few hours but the it still reminded her of the hair she had had in the dream. Her hair had been shoulder length before she had joined the forces but she had kept it short since. Shaving her head as to keep it out of the way. She sighed at the memory of it and then opened the hatch to leave which was located at the head of the bed and closed it behind her.

The sleeping chamber dimmed as the hatch closed and the harness that had been around her head slowly retracted into a chamber for storage which closed. A small light turned from red to green and inside the chamber, the only light that was let off was a small read out that read "Nuclear Family V5.2" and went dark.