Plots and Shopping Lists

Lori Alden Holuta

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Hey, it happens. Actually, a shopping list is very important to the plot in the upcoming Down the Tubes. Should I share it here? Hmm. Why not? This is one of four letters that end up misdelivered by the pneumatic tube system:

I wish to order for home delivery the following items:

Two dozen fresh, large strawberries
A bottle of a nice wine. Surprise me.
Chocolate for eating and not for baking
One loaf of fresh wheat bread
A bottle of milk with lots of cream floating on top
A dozen eggs, any color, but not any bird. Chicken, please.
One large whole trout, but only if very fresh. Otherwise a tin of tuna.
Two big handfuls of fresh spinach

Please deliver on Tuesday, six o’clock. That’s the P.M. o’clock, not the A.M. o’clock. If it were the A.M. o’clock, I would be ordering lots and lots of coffee beans.

PS: I am not ordering coffee beans this week.

As always, thank you in advance for your usual excellent, professional service!

Chloe Dove
5th Floor Number 515
Wedgeworth Villas
Brassbright City

Written by Lori Alden Holuta

Lori Alden Holuta lives between the cornfields of mid-Michigan, where she grows vegetables, teas and herbs, when she’s not playing games with a cat named Chives. Find her book reviews, recipes, and other surprises at ceejaywriter.com

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