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 […]
Vault – (Six Sentence Story)
Maybe it’s fluke, luck or karma, Kismet, chance, destiny or fate? Perhaps an occult or mystic state, That knocks off kilter our dharma. Excusing every ‘life drama’ As it’s been […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Mob of Kangaroos
I love some of the descriptive nouns we, humans, allocate to a collective or should that be a cluster? Last week, was the final of three, in a land down […]
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