Tag: video

Smile, Don’t Speak

Daily Prompt: What do you find more unbearable? Watching a video of yourself or hearing a recording of your voice?

The lie I tell myself:
“Darling,” (that’s my pet name for me),
“Your disembodied voice
Grates. (That’s as polite as I can be.)

“But darling in your favor,
A natural grace and sweet disposition
Compensate for failings
In your whiny intonational exposition.”

“So, what you’re saying,”
I nod to myself, no nicknames embedded,
“Is that the camera loves me
And video is where I should be headed.”

“Darling, no,” I laugh,
“You’re not camera ready, either!
Avoid both at all costs,
And forget we had this conversation.”

The author in conversation with herself.

Call Me Maybe?

https://www.facebook.com/leslie.h.noyes/posts/10206407681125191
I’m not even sure if this will work, but I’ve been giggling over my grandaughter’s video and hoped that you’d giggle along with me.

Her name is Harper, and she is three. She also happens to be a certified nutty kid. I miss her and her family like crazy. It’s a long way from our home in Tallahassee, Florida to their home in eastern Illinois. Videos like this help, though.