<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Roses on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/roses/</link><description>Recent content in Roses on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/roses/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Audition</title><link>/stories/2017/05/06/the-audition/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/05/06/the-audition/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;(Author’s note: Hi, this is something I have written as a stand alone story. For those of you who have read “&lt;a href="../storiesek/ingrid.html"&gt;Ingrid’s Proposal&lt;/a&gt;” I am continuing that story and will be posting more in a few weeks. You can contact me at maid2btied at gmail dot com if you would like to comment on either story. Enjoy, Gabriella.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I check the address on the invitation again as the cab pulls away leaving me standing alone on a deserted street. The invitation was elegant; like one you would get for a wedding, black cursive script on a white card. It read;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Caught in the Dog Pen</title><link>/stories/2011/08/27/caught-in-the-dog-pen/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2011/08/27/caught-in-the-dog-pen/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Let me set this up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I used to have two dogs. They barked at everything they saw. So I ended up putting a 7 foot tall privacy fence around their pen. Got rid of the dogs-kept the pen. It&amp;rsquo;s a 10 x 12 foot area with a tree in one corner. The dogs had pretty much worn down the ground surrounding the tree, so it has a natural slope from the dirt up to the tree trunk. Almost like a recliner. The base of the tree is almost two feet from the dirt ground.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>