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Love

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ A trickle at first talking about allusions allowing a thirst to repair our emotions.

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I have no sense of direction. When anyone gives me instructions on what way to go, I remember only the first part of the conversation. My husband expects me to understand every single instruction, but after the first sentence, all I get is turn left, and the rest is a blur. ItContinue reading “A Blur”

Plastic

Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/06/28/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-14/ ‘One day at a time, each hour counts,’ Mary thought to herself. Strange to be walking through streets without laws. Crowds pushed past each other, plastic bags mingled with an attempt to save the planet. Why didn’t they stop making them? Oceans would have been less polluted. She slipped inside Costa. TheContinue reading “Plastic”

Orvieto

This is from a novel I am editing. What do you think? Does this prologue work? PROLOGUE Alessandra lifted the ornate, brass handle of her writing desk to reveal a small orange, glass bottle. Tiny in her palm, she wrapped her fingers around its careful curves. Each familiar memory washed through her mind. Her dad’sContinue reading “Orvieto”

Planet Wise

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-387/ Mary flicked over the battered pages of her travel journal, hoping to find a less worrying detail. Planet zero, where the air was breathable, was a pipe dream only the rich could afford. Some could pick the ideal period for a holiday. They spent billions just to experience one day without fear.Continue reading “Planet Wise”

Heat Stroke

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/06/25/one-liner-wednesday-how-hot-is-it/ Heatwave complaints; everyone living in Britain wishing for the sun, but not knowing how to deal with anything over thirty degrees.

Jumping

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Walking on the moon; one giant leap and all that. Although it is more like jumping on the lunar surface because there little gravity there. We weigh less. Even better in space. We all remember the first occasion someone bounded on its dry surface. I wonder why we didn’t go back there?Continue reading “Jumping”

Best Friends

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ I met my bestie when I was twelve; going to the fair, sitting making daisy chains, or chatting about life, I found someone who understood me and never judged. When she was fifteen, her dad moved to America for his job as a pilot. Even with a whole ocean between us, ourContinue reading “Best Friends”

No Wake Up Call

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ I’m on a mission to retire one day where I will have more of a say about what I do each day that will make me smile. No alarm clock to wake me up with my coffee, an extra cup maybe I’ll buy another pup and go for longer walks. From sixteen,Continue reading “No Wake Up Call”

Cheap and Cheerful

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I am definitely not a snob in the coffee, tomato ketchup, or where I shop. Drinking decaffeinated, I purchased the own brand, and discovered it to be just as delicious as Nescafe. Heinze red sauce is so expensive, at nearly four pound for a small bottle. Does the low-cost version taste lessContinue reading “Cheap and Cheerful”