Should Fireworks be Restricted

This week’s https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/01/03/truthful-tuesday-3rd-january-2023/ asks ”Do you think fireworks should be restricted?” Yes, and not just the age limit. You need to be eighteen plus to be able to buy fireworks. What is stopping some older children buying them for younger friends. I remember a Catherine Wheel, in my back garden, not being on the fenceContinue reading “Should Fireworks be Restricted”

First Day

This week, forhttps://sillyfrogsusan.com/2023/01/03/dverse-haibun-monday-1-2-23-birth/ about your feelings towards this New Year and/or what you do in the first few days of January. 2023 feels like I am part of a film set in a distant future. Born in the 1960’s, I remember the book 1984, and the film back to the future. We all think aboutContinue reading “First Day”

Home Again

Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/01/02/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-200/ Sailor’s stories, that’s just what they were, but today, here he was, bobbing across the waves on his little trawler. The fish weren’t biting today, not unusual, in the grand scheme of things. Yet, that glow, orange, yellow curtains. He could almost see the other side, the more the wind whispered inContinue reading “Home Again”

Beth’s Books

Today’s word prompt from https://emkingston.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/e-m-s-weekly-word-january-1-2023/ is empower. ‘You can do this!’ Laura’s mum said. It was the first of January, and the idea of owning the little book shop was just an idea, but since her mum had been so positive in her life, she wanted to do the same. She went inside, empowered withContinue reading “Beth’s Books”

New Year Resolutions

Her Sunday Poser, from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ One thing I want to do in 2023, is to make my garden fit for my granddaughter to play in. My decking needs replacing, and the garden has more weeds than plants. I am getting older, and cannot put the effort in myself. My husband isn’t much of a gardenerContinue reading “New Year Resolutions”

Paperless

Written in response to https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-243/ PROMPT WORD:  VISA The rules of the prompt are to write six sentences and use the prompt word. Paperless, her visa bill loomed large on her screen. It seemed a good idea to buy all the presents from the credit card, pay it back later, however, the gas bill also gotContinue reading “Paperless”

In Review

Written in response to https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com/2022/12/29/throwback-thursday-70-a-year-in-review/ 2022 has been a year like other years. I had my fair share of good times and bad. Whatever the year, I am proud of my family. I’ve watched my children grow up to adults, with kind, caring, thoughtful hearts. I know, whatever happens in 2023, they are my strength.Continue reading “In Review”