Team Spirit – (Rispetto Challenge #15)
Twas a year ago, when ‘Hagibis’ typhoon, Battered Yokohama City in Japan. The end of our rugby tour was cruelly hewn, This ticket was the last for this England fan, […]
Elastic – Six-Sentence Story #126
175 years ago, Stephen Perry patented the ‘elastic’ band, for the improvement to the rubber band through vulcanisation. The heating of the rubber with sulphur made the band more durable […]
The House that Jack Built – (You are in control FPQ#88)
When I saw Fandango’s Provocative Question – you are in control? I thought it was worth sharing what I am reading at the moment plus an old blog post of […]
Wonder! Ch#15: (Just one thing)
We loved the wonders Of nature, when we were young. Revive that magic, As we seek ways to conserve Our beautiful Blue Planet. (Tanka) Photo by Caleb Oquendo from Pexels Chapter 15 – […]
Finger Pointing – (Weekly Haiku Prompt#314)
Don’t point your finger, When the planet turns brown as – Three, point back at you! (Haiku) Photo by Rodolpho Zanardo from Pexels Inspired by Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge 314 […]
National Kitten Day – 10th July (#Just for Fun)
Loving the day of the kitten Good karma beckons, tis written We do have to treat A thing that’s too sweet To show that we are quite smitten (Limerick) Photo […]
Syzygy (Weekend Writing Prompt #164)
When Mercury is in retrograde, I blame the celeste for everything that’s gone awry. Shame it only happens thrice yearly. However, a syzygy occurs twice a month, – so why […]
Unwelcome – (Weekend Writing Prompt #163)
It wasn’t long before Bournemouths’ beaches nearest the two piers had filled with bodies of all shapes and sizes. It was bound to happen, wasn’t it? It’d been forecasted the […]
It’s Neverending (3TC #279)
Tis unusual – To scoop a restful pause in A garden much loved (Haiku) Photo from Pexels Post inspired by Pensitivity 101 Three Things Challenge #279 Unusual, Restful, Loved
Gallivant – (Weekend Writing Prompt #162)
Oh to be free once more to gallivant with friends; laughing, hugging, pursuing pure pleasure. Just for fun, a county show would be good, a concert or theatre perhaps? How […]
World Goth Day – 22nd May (#Just for Fun)
Image by 272447 from Pixabay There is a cult called Goth, you see They like the morbid mostly Celebrate tonight For fun not for fright With The Addams Family (Limerick)
My Golden Nectar (Discover Prompts #24 – ELIXIR)
I am taking some poetic license on elixir, in that it is a pill or potion that is taken by mouth. My elixir was developed not quite a hundred years […]
Rosemary, Thyme & Basil (Discover Prompts #15 – SCENT)
It is a joy, now that Spring has brought with it some well-needed sunshine to get out into the garden. The bottom end of the garden where the quality of […]
Earworms? (Discover Prompts #3 – SONG)
EARWORMS? And what are they … exactly? They are those songs that you just cannot get out of your head. Last year, Kylie did it again to me. This time […]
The Water Boatman’s Willy
The things you learn, listening to podcasts on a Sunday morning. The Blue Whale the largest mammal is the loudest creature on earth, no great surprise there. But this little […]
Sowing Seeds for Impromptu Speaking
The level three Pathways ‘Active Listening’ project asks the Table Topics Master to really ‘listen’ to the table topic responses. Then to make an appropriate comment on the talk as […]
Petrol Heads – thanks Mark
There are people that like their cars and there are people that lurve their cars. These are the so called petrol heads. At first glance at tonight’s meeting theme, I thought […]
Sage, Age & Perspective
As a lady of a certain age, I have a vested interest in ‘Sageism’ – I thought it might be worth confessing this at the start! The thing is there […]
Ouch! Email?
I’m sure my specialist will be happy to see hand propped up by pillows as he insisted earlier before discharge. Me? I’m glad to be home and I’m quickly adapting […]
Learning from Honks & Hinks
Don’t you think it’s a wonderful sound when a flock of geese fly into Weymouth? Theirs is not the most attractive sound but it is very distinctive. For me, it […]
A little R&R goes a long way
I went to Crete this year. It was extremely warm for September, bright blue cloudless skies and myriad mosquitos. Boyfriend and I decided that we needed to rest and recuperate […]
Much Ado About Nothing!
Last weekend, Dave and I went to the open air Globe Theatre for our biennial visit. We always go in July and … it always rains! To date, we have […]
Summer Solstice
It has been the hottest day on record, previously registered in 1976. I was 14 that year. I don’t remember that day – in 1976 it was hot – all […]
a Muster of Minis
It just so happened that I left Hythe a little bit earlier than planned this Sunday, the sun was peeping out from behind a puff of wispy clouds. I was […]
