


Weekly Smile – (3TC #447)
On this spot in January 2021 – nothing amazing happened, it was a week of crossing off a whole load of little easy peasy jobs that so needed doing. Like […]

Tenacious – (Weekly Writing Prompt #190)
Be tenacious, doubt the sceptics, That say that your aim is worth nix – They don’t know how vital your role … In the context of your end goal. […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #447)
I’ve been planning it, pretty much since August … when I say planning I probably mean ‘worrying’ about it. As usual, I finished honing the script on Wednesday – just […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #468)
Having started a huge project at the beginning of 2020 in the back garden, we are pleased that the end is almost in sight. Most of the work we have […]

Golden Years – (Song Lyric Sunday)
I have gone with another Bowie track, with tongue slightly in my cheek, given our current global position – however, there is always room for hope don’t you think? Musically, […]

Marginal – (Weekly Writing Prompt #190)
The difference between marvellous and brilliant was marginal but brilliant alliterated with the name of the product and that worked for her. It was all about putting bright ideas into […]

Mentors – (SSS & Rispetto Challenge)
Do not take notice of what’s making the rounds. If you really want to go the whole distance, Listen to how your heart sings, and how that sounds. Then, there’s […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #461)
We had a family get together on Boxing Day to bring Christmas joy to eight homes on both sides of the world. Five, here, in the UK at 10 in […]

Troglodyte – (Weekly Writing Prompt #189)
I love living here on the outskirts of Weymouth. I think, it is creeping into the 21st century but not without some creaking and groaning. I’m not saying that we are […]

Beyond the Horizon (Six-Sentence Story #139)
Beyond the horizon? Who knows what’s there? Every step towards, ne’r brings it more near, Even though the end seems really quite clear. So much endeavour feels not very fair, […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #454)
It’s been a week of myriad smiles. Yay! Although I do have to confess to having sobbed over a soppy film on Saturday called “About Time”. I have subsequently bought […]

Delete – (6WSP #69)
If only delete was an option … (Six-Word Story) Post inspired by Swheta’s Six Word Story Prompt #69 – please do click through for the rules if you too would […]

Languid – (Weekly Writing Prompt #188)
Her languid persona was something that really irritated her. It wasn’t so much that she thought her lazy; more that, her sister seemed to keep her figure without having to […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #447)
Awe! I got to have a get together with my Mum this week. The last time I saw her in real life was 20th September. She’ll be 90 next month, […]

Menu – (Six-Sentence Story)
The Christmas menu will be a little odd this year, there will be just the two of us and one has a shift on Christmas morning. We have planned a […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #440)
I have always chosen the first weekend of December to sort out the Christmas decorations. Every twinkling light, goes a long way to help ease the dark Winter nights that […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #433)
This week has been full of smiles. I can’t believe how many times we have had to move the lounge furniture this year. In out, in out; shake it all […]

Dire – (Weekend Writing Prompt #185)
The muted muffle coming from the old record player was just dire. We cleared off the dust inches, changed the stylus, rewired the speakers, to no avail; Pink Floyd still […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #426)
Our Christmas Cactus that sits in the middle of the bay window sill, in the lounge had bloomed with a wonderful cerise cascade of flowers. It was truly a centre […]

Paradox – (Weekend Writing Prompt #184)
“He said, he thought you were cocky.” “Mmm” I replied with a straight face … “I’d prefer to think it is pure hubris.” My boss looked at me in disbelief, […]

Clip – (Six-Sentence Story #133)
The old clothes we had donned to clear out the loft were now stiff with blood, sweat and tears; any more grime would have had them running off by themselves, […]

Bequeath – (Weekend Writing Prompt #182)
Sadly, Dad’s bequest to Alec. the Asimov’s Foundation Series, was a challenging find. The old clothes we’d donned to clear out the loft were now stiff with blood, sweat and […]

Love You Till Tuesday – (Song Lyric Sunday)
The critics of Record Retailer, Record Mirror and Melody Maker all praised the single. In a column reviewing recently released singles, Bowie influence Syd Barrett told Melody Maker in May 1967, “Yeah, it’s a joke number. Jokes are good […]

Outcome – (Six-Sentence Story #132)
Whilst we needed to ascend the loft, to see what we could locate of Dad’s treasures left in his will, both my sister and I were daunted; Dad had always […]

Weekly Smile – (3TC #407)
I have been randomly blogging for many years, and had the remarkable readership of 38 ‘avid’ followers! As a Toastmaster, I’d often thought blogging would help me build confidence in […]

Occult Vault – (Weekly Decima Prompt)
Kismet, fluke, chance, luck or karma, Maybe it’s destiny or fate? On the occult or mystic state, To excuse all of life’s drama, That knocks off kilter, our dharma. Tis […]

Three Legged Stool – (MMA Rispetto Challenge #16)
There is a business theory model, The three legged sustainability stool, Sadly, some folk do believe that it’s twaddle, This balancing planet | people | profit tool. Temptations rise; as […]

Finagle – (Six Sentence Story #130)
It wasn’t that Dad’s handwritten will had no date; it did … Friday February 2011. Hells bells and various other words to that effect. It had been witnessed by Dad’s next door neighbours, […]

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 […]