Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/02/15/fandangos-provocative-question-202/ Have you ever been sure that you knew something to be true only to find out that what you thought you knew to be true was, in fact, not true? If so, what was it and how did you find out that it wasn’t true? When there were rumours about COVID, IContinue reading “A True Fact”
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Spring Flowers
Written in response for https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/02/15/ronovan-writes-sijo-wednesday-poetry-challenge-49-use-disappointment-as-your-inspiration-this-week/ Disappointment, daffodils pushing towards the sunshine only to find the ground icy, cold, and without sustenance No way back, just wrap their petal round until the sun springs forward.
If I Were a Tree
Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/02/15/rorys-morning-dawdler-02-15-23/ and their questions this fine day is “If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be and why?” I would be a Hornbeam tree, mostly because when I left the primary school I was working at, the headmistress chose this tree to describe me. She said my roots wereContinue reading “If I Were a Tree”
The Colonel
Written for https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2023/02/14/fandangos-story-starter-84/ The colonel said, “Our security has been breached again and I think we may have a human in our midst. It was a hive of activity, the Queen bee in her palace, ordering the drones to their flower duties. ‘Send out the army, we’ll get rid of them once and for all.’Continue reading “The Colonel”
Old Timer
Written in response to https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/02/11/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-old/ ‘I’m not on the scrapheap yet, lad, I can still pull the carts like I used to.’ ‘But your paints all chipped, and your metal is rusty.’ A puff of smoke filled the air, as his engine stuttered into action. It took a while before it started, but once moving,Continue reading “Old Timer”
My Kind of Name
Share your world’s questions https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/share-your-world-13th-february/ If you could rename yourself, what name would you choose and why? I like my name, mainly because it was my big sister who gave me that name. I was meant to be Diane, but my mum couldn’t spell, so I was Diana. She could never spell that, and normallyContinue reading “My Kind of Name”
Please Do More
Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ I couldn’t explain to Giraffa why she was alone, or that a hunter took away her mother just because of the money he could get for her meat, pelts, bones. Even jewellery. With mankind heavy on my shoulders, I stared into her eyes, almost asking for some forgiveness. Not thatContinue reading “Please Do More”
I’m Just Saying
Doctor Tanya from https://saltedcaramel670.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/something-to-say-blogging-insights-3-0-4/asks their fellow bloggers “Writing is always difficult, but easier with something to say. Writing isn’t always difficult, there are days when, after working full time, I struggle to write. Accessing the thoughts, which make everything coherent isn’t there. I do find it easy with questions like this, because I don’t haveContinue reading “I’m Just Saying”
Forgive
https://crushedcaramel.wordpress.com/?s=Love+Is+In+Da+Blog and the prompt word forgiveness. Forgiveness of others, is easy, we draw the line, move on, understanding mistakes are made, apologies Less easy to forgive yourself, but just as important.
It’s A Date
Written this week for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/02/12/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-249/. The prompt word today is date. Sitting at the bar, with a glass of wine, she waited for her date to arrive. She wasn’t sure a Valentine’s meeting would work, and five minutes late, her date thought so too. Emptying the glass, she brought out another five pound note. Expensive,Continue reading “It’s A Date”
