#32: The (Cruel) Fates

This week the Cru look forward to a life well-lived; look backward in a vivid memory; and contemplate the meaning of the Curse of the Fire Ants. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: The (Cruel) Fates. The Greeks and Romans supposed there were three Parcae or Fates, who arbitrarily controlled the birth, life, and death of every man.  They were Clotho (who held the distaff), Lachesis (who spun the thread of life), and Atropos (who cut it off when life was ended); called "cruel" because they paid no regard to the wishes of anyone.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.