I have been a bit busy (’tis the season!), so this is my first Friday Fictioneers post in a while. For those who don’t know, every week Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a photo prompt on her blog “Addicted to Purple“. The rules are: no more than 100 words! If you’re feeling like a storyteller and want to join us, go to her blog and check out the latest photo. Let your ideas flow, then write your own 100-word story (all experience-levels welcome). Post it on your own website or blog. Then click on the froggie below and add the link to your story to the others posted that week. Be sure to credit the owner of the photo (in this case it’s our own Rochelle). And be sure to read everyone else’s story to see all the different ways people see the photo. Comment and join the group! Or just scroll down and enjoy my attempt:
“Your grandfather kept all this wine down here? There must be thousands of bottles! Didn’t anyone ever want to drink it?”
“No, these are too valuable. It would be like wearing the Crown Jewels to a picnic.”
“But the Crown Jewels are worn on special occasions, aren’t they? He’s had this stuff hidden away for decades.”
“Not hidden. Cared for. This is a controlled environment. It would take a nuclear war to disrupt it.”
“And after a war or a pandemic destroys civilization? Will anyone care about thousands of bottles of priceless wine?”
“Not if they drank enough of it.”
Genie in a Box: Words and thoughts from Eugenia Parrish, Author 
The last line gave me a chuckle. Like so many others, I say go ahead and drink it. But, there are those who may disagree and that’s okay too. We all have our “things” we find important. Well written dialogue, Eugenia. It tells a whole story. (I’m not good at dialogue.) Happy holidays!
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Thank you for your encouraging words, Brenda. Sometimes I think I rely too much on dialogue, but I can hear it in my head so clearly that it’s hard to ignore.
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I would never open old wine – it would destroy the dream of what it might be like!
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Now, that’s an interesting way to look at it! I think you’re right, sometimes the potential of something is more enjoyable than what’s inside.
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Dear Genia,
I’m glad you were able to participate this week. Busy times.
I’m of the mind if it’s too precious to drink, the wine’s not worth having. Well written piece.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Most everyone seems to agree — carpe vino.
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End of the world, Let’s drink the good stuff. Vintage wine never appealed to me, but should someone hand me a glass…
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Yes, sometimes I think I’d like to see what the hoopla is all about. But I sure wouldn’t pay that much to find out.
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I think now is as good a time as any. It would be a pity of something happened and she wasn’t able to enjoy any of it.
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My thoughts exactly! And most everyone seems to agree. I’m glad that point got through.
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We’ve got ‘old wine’ as a present, stuff that was kept in people’s basements for decades (but not the ‘named, supposed to be valuable’ stuff, just old). When we opened it we had to pour it down the drain because it had turned. Drink it while it’s good and be merry, I say. 🙂
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I definitely approve of that sentiment! Thanks for your comment.
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I don’t think I’d know the difference myself! I hear that some of the oldest, most valuable, isn’t any good after all, it’s vinegary? I say, it was made to drink, drink it.
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I absolutely agree! When I started hearing those rumors, I decided there was no way I’d pay that much for wine–actually just for the bottle–even if I won the biggest lottery. Carpe diem. Or carpe vino. Thanks, Lisa!
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I recently inherited a few bottles of vintage wine and I have a constant “shall I, shan’t I” debate going on my head! Your delightful tale hasn’t helped a jot!
Here’s mine!
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Thanks, Keith! I myself have come to a philosophy of “Seize the wine!”
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Well, there’s ‘prepping’ and then there’s ‘prepping’ … 😉
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You’re right! Thanks for reading.
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😀
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I can see both sides of this discussion.
Makes me think about folks who put cheap box wine into empty bottles of a finer wines before going to the byob party. 🙂
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😀 I always wondered how they got away with it. For one thing, I’d look guilty as heck. For another, hello? The cork is already out? Thank you for a smile!
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I don’t think I could drink wine that was too valuable or expensive. But, I am willing to try.
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I like your sense of adventure! Thanks for reading.
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Not to be drunk until there is a national catastrophe, huh? Nice idea
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Well, we can always warm up. Just not with $5,000.00 bottles of wine. 😀 Of course, that might be the only thing that survives.
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There is always a challenge with old and expensivel wine. Do you keep it safe and increase its value or do you have a glass and be disappointed by the taste?
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Too true! Thanks for commenting.
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