“Sarah, we need to talk.”
“I know,” Sarah lamented, “I know what you’re going to say.”
“We just can’t afford to keep the shop open any longer. With the winters warming, no one is buying wool hats.”
“I know. You’re right. We can’t afford this storefront any longer, but maybe we could try eCommerce. I hear that some of the Nordic regions still have a season of frosting.”
“We could try that. I’ll set up the website and settle our lease with the landlord to the end of the month.”
“Thanks Josh. I miss winter.”
“Me too, Sarah. Me too.”
~kat
100 words for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction Challenge inspired by the photo above by © Björn Rudberg.




December 21st, 2017 at 4:01 am
…They should diversify / switch to wooly mankinis…
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December 21st, 2017 at 6:34 am
That’s a thought! Haha!
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December 21st, 2017 at 4:15 am
Just one result of global warming.
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December 21st, 2017 at 6:36 am
I have yet to break out my heavy winter coat. There is a chilling lack of chill in the air. 😳
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December 21st, 2017 at 5:09 am
A clever eco-future tale
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December 21st, 2017 at 6:42 am
Thank you Neil.
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December 21st, 2017 at 8:20 am
a (nice) sad futuristic story
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December 21st, 2017 at 10:09 am
Thank you Bryan.
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December 21st, 2017 at 11:55 am
Yes, smart.. there are still areas where they get lots of cold!
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December 21st, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Yep! 😉
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December 21st, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Sweet idea! 😎🥀
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December 21st, 2017 at 4:18 pm
Knitted swimsuits would never work I think… so I think a webshop might work
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December 21st, 2017 at 4:40 pm
That’s kinda what I thought. 😊
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December 21st, 2017 at 4:19 pm
Global warming in the extreme….good story!
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December 21st, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Yes! I hoping it doesn’t come to that! 😳
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December 21st, 2017 at 10:23 pm
They should definitely branch out—but not lose the pattern. Weather is a very fickle thing. If they ever again get extreme cold like some years in the 30s warm wollies will sell like hotcakes.😥
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December 22nd, 2017 at 1:48 am
Yep. So true. 😊
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December 22nd, 2017 at 1:43 am
Awwe, but good that they’re flexible enough to adopt newer modes of distribution.It’s truly an ‘adapt or die’ world.
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December 22nd, 2017 at 8:25 am
…and it’s a world moving fast. Thank you for your comment. 😊
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December 22nd, 2017 at 9:08 am
This has a ring of topicality to it! We haven’t had ‘proper’ snow here for years and the temperature is stuck in double figures which just ‘aint right! I wish their business well!
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December 22nd, 2017 at 12:08 pm
I know Keith. Same here. We have only had a few cold days so far this year. Even for Virginia this is unseasonably warm. 😀
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December 22nd, 2017 at 2:17 pm
Still cold as crap here in Oregon for now, let’s hope the winters stay that way. Fortunately we haven’t had a Snowmaggedon like last year.
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December 22nd, 2017 at 6:38 pm
Ah…the season is still young. It been balm here! 😀
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December 23rd, 2017 at 10:56 am
Cold and wet here, with early snow a week ago. But that can change, and maybe we won’t need our woolen caps 🙂
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