Floating on the surfboard, my legs dragging through the waves, and the cool water feels good on bare legs. Not just cold, it brings life back, where there is none. I stand, my stance wobbly at first, but my body remembers. The wood feels solid beneath my feet, the only solid thing in my lifeContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2022/03/13/fowc-with-fandango-float/”
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Make Your Toes Curl
Word of the day – Curl ‘The things I’ve seen would make your toes curl,’ Granddad says. ‘You politicians think you know it all!’ It is one of his funny sayings, but Toby was never quite sure what he meant. How can something make your toes curl? He looked to his toes every day, butContinue reading “Make Your Toes Curl”
Car Boot
All once loved items stored in a boot Our car carrying all of our loot A box of Lego, in all sorts of colours Old children’s clothes, ornaments, books Once loved items deserve a second look. When my mother-in-law was alive we went to many a car boot, and have carried on tradition. There isContinue reading “Car Boot”
A Trip to Remember
LindaGHill is hear again to give us this week’s prompt. : “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “trip.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!” I remember many trips, or holidays as a child. My mum never wanted to go anywhere she had to cook, so we mostly stayed in guest houses.Continue reading “A Trip to Remember”
Night Light
”Mummy, can I have a glass of water?” Shelly peeked her head around the door frame. ”You should be in bed.” ”But I’m Thirsty.” Eleven o’clock, it was too late for her daughter to be up, but since moving into her own room, there were more and more nights like this. She was going toContinue reading “Night Light”
Friday Fibs
What is Mick Jagger known for? He was the first person to make a music video. He thought it would be a great way to get more sales for his album. What do Ronnie Milsap and Stevie Wonder have in common? They were part of the extras for the music video. They were backing singersContinue reading “Friday Fibs”
I Remember When
This week we are asked about our Sports and Extracurricular Activities by Maggie. Did you belong to any clubs? At school I didn’t belong to any clubs, but then there weren’t any clubs as such. I remember going to something run by the church. A sort of after school club, but I don’t remember muchContinue reading “I Remember When”
And All That Jazz
‘Life is way too complicated at the moment, and all that jazz,’ Stephanie said, trying to fill in her tax return. She surfed from one form to another and nothing was helping. If she called the tax office, there would be a queue of other people. Had she missed the deadline? There was nothing toContinue reading “And All That Jazz”
The Domino
In reality, glass dominoes never work. When one goes down the rest will fall and shatter. That’s why they were kept on a high shelf, away from her two little girls. Although, when their cat walked past them, one fell forward and the rest followed.
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‘You’re infatuated with the lies,’ Stella said, thumping her fist on to the table. Her plastic cup knocked over and she grabbed it before it drenched her notes. The day started badly, and it was getting worse as the morning went on. The only woman on the board, it was difficult to get her pointContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2022/03/10/fowc-with-fandango-infatuated/”
