A Portal To.....
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21744)
Canada
February 12, 2016 6:14am CST
This discussion is supposed to resurrect a challenge that I issued on the old Bubblews writing site.
@MarshaMusselman remembered the photograph that started it all. Feel free to use the image I am providing, just please credit the image to me.
There was an old decommissioned school several blocks from my home. During the several years we lived nearby there were numerous attempts by vandals to torch the school, but the video surveillance cameras and the working smoke alarms always brought the fire department before the fire could catch a firm hold.
Eventually the owners decided that tearing the structure down was their best option to prevent serious injury.
Each morning and evening I would drive past to see their progress in the demolition. Finally all that was left were some piles of rubble and the standing entrance to the school. This eerie archway gave me the idea to issue a challenge.
Where does this portal lead? You are limited only by your imagination.
Please use the tag: a portal to, in the tag line of your discussion so it can be easily located.
Be creative. Have fun.
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@LadyDuck (472081)
• Switzerland
12 Feb 16
@Morleyhunt MALUSE wrote about playing in the ruins of demolished houses, this brings back bad memories.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
12 Feb 16
@LadyDuck but with a portal, you could change the setting...going from a warn torn community to a uptopian setting.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
12 Feb 16
Use that to write a discussion. I would love to read it.
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@richjohn07 (641)
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13 Feb 16
This is a portal to the world of narnia. Just joking. :)
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 16
It can be a portal to anywhere you want it to be.
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@richjohn07 (641)
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13 Feb 16
@Morleyhunt i really hope that it will lead to the world of narnia. I want to meet Aslan.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
13 Feb 16
@Morleyhunt It's good that you still have the photos, this one especially.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 16
Maybe you can recreate your response. I don't have any of the posts I wrote concerning the portal. When asked about it I went in search of the photograph. I have most of the photos I set aside for use on Bubblews.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
12 Feb 16
You are welcome to your own interpretation, if you decide to participate. I know on Bubblews we had a few really unique stories centred on this portal.
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@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Feb 16
@Morleyhunt It is a great prompt as there are a hundred avenues you could go down. Maybe I'll have to have a go after all! :)
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
12 Feb 16
Ah, but once you have passed through the portal you would be somewhere else....maybe a tropical island, possibly a mountain top, the past, the future.....there are just so many possibilities.
The arch was gone a few days after the photograph was taken. I believe the stone....Public School is now at the museum.
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@biikiki (197)
• Nyeri, Kenya
12 Feb 16
@Morleyhunt what about a portal to my dream home
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
17 Feb 16
I look forward to reading the creative uses others are inspired to write.
@divalounger (6117)
• United States
12 Feb 16
Ruins and abandoned buildings are fascinating! They have such stories to tell! Let me think on it a bit and see if my imagination stirs!
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 16
I look forward to reading what creative ideas everyone comes up with.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
12 Feb 16
I had done a couple of possibilities when writing on Bubblews. I issued the challenge at the request of another mylotter and thought I would give a brief background before actually submitting a discussion with some of the possibilities. You will need to wait for me to write my next piece.......The earliest will be tomorrow morning.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
13 Feb 16
@Morleyhunt That's great! I can't wait to read more!
@Tampa_girl7 (50526)
• United States
30 Mar 16
It makes me think of the ruins in Greece.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
31 Mar 16
It was the entrance to a decommissioned school a few blocks from our house.
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 16
As long as it is not the gateway to heaven we should be ok!
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 16
In writing it can become a gateway to virtually anywhere.
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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13 Feb 16
well, if i could have a portal of any kind, it would be to visit my son in heaven.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 16
Maybe you could use this portal to write about a visit. The portal could work both ways.
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
13 Feb 16
I am not a story writer but that challenge can really make one come up with a cute story
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
13 Feb 16
I'm still debating where my first trip through the portal will take me.
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