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Help

This daily word prompt from Fandango, and today his word is ”closed.” ‘Sorry love, we’re closed,’ Betty said. ‘All I want is a pint of milk.’ Betty smiled, another minute wouldn’t harm. She watched as the young woman took a pint of milk from the fridge. She scanned her card, but it wasn’t approved. RiflingContinue reading “Help”

Friendship

Written in response to https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/category/ragtag-daily-prompt/ TOY. A toy, forgotten on a shelf, watches the world go by. It has been years since someone took the time to say hello, and amongst all the second hand junk, he found many friends. An old spinning top, a rag doll, with one arm missing, and Toby, a teddyContinue reading “Friendship”

Childhood Memories

https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com/ gives us these Throwback Thursday questions. Think about your first haircut. We’re you the kid that cut your own hair? Did you go to a salon or did your parents cut your hair? Did your parents save a lock of your hair? My mum used to cut my fringe, and I hated it. HavingContinue reading “Childhood Memories”

Friday Fibs

Friday Fibs this week from https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/fibbing-friday-19th-august/ fromhttps://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/ What is a broom? It is the noise a child makes when they are pretending to drive a car. 2. What is a doughnut? Homer’s device for keeping his stress about Bart to a minimum. 3. What is a penny farthing? It is what you use when youContinue reading “Friday Fibs”

Home

Written for Welcome to the whirl https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/author/undercaws/ A hollow crack, an owl hooted out its warning. The air was heavy with gunpowder, and sacred grounds were being desecrated by bulldozers. Man was in the jungle once more, taking more than they gave. Patches of dry earth, and it tries to regain the power, but itContinue reading “Home”

In The Dark

This week I have been working on my new project ”In The Dark” A novel about Sarah, a journalist investigating her husband’s death, while losing her sight. This is the prologue, and a rough first draft. It is set when she is only thirteen (twenty years before the present) PROLOGUE ‘Joe, can I borrow yourContinue reading “In The Dark”

Time

When did time actually begin? https://fivedotoh.com/2022/08/17/fandangos-provocative-question-178/ and my answer is that, I’m not sure, but does that mean time for human beings, or just time? Billions of years have passed, so the experts tell us. They say the earth was created, but I’m not sure how they can measure time in that way. Obviously, weContinue reading “Time”

Writing

I am a writer, and have been since I was old enough to hold a pen. As a child I used to write stories for fun. I loved being able to create worlds out of nothing but my imagination. At the age of twelve, I wrote Starsky and Hutch stories, which I was going toContinue reading “Writing”

Floppy

August 15: Story Challenge in 99-words from Carrot Ranch this week and floppy ears, whether dogs or puppies are used in the story or poem. ‘You’re as floppy as puppies ears after a long run,’ Lorna said, as her husband fell asleep in front of the the television again. ‘Didn’t get a lot of sleep lastContinue reading “Floppy”

Don’t Fall Foul

For the word prompt https://ronovanwrites.com/author/ronovan/ has given us two words Fowl, and weather. A Haiku is a poem with five, seven, five syllables, in a three line form. Change in the weather Fowl fall foul of Christmas cheer Don’t eat, hide away.