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The Gift of Flight

This year for Christmas I asked for a tandem parachute jump. I’ve always wanted to do it, and there wasn’t anything else I really wanted. When my grown up children found out the price, (£300) they said it was too expensive. I wouldn’t have wanted them to spend that much on me. Instead, I gotContinue reading “The Gift of Flight”

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Truthfully, how much faith do you have in the new versions of Covid that keep appearing? I think COVID is here for years to come, and we need to live with it. So many other diseases are being put to second best because of COVID. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes and many others need to beContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/28/truthful-tuesday-substitute-teacher/”

Monday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again

CHAPTER TWENTY MARTHA No longer afraid to close her eyes, Martha found a strength she didn’t know was possible. From the officers to the other prisoners, she had seen a bigger part of the world around her. When new inmates arrived, she found herself drawn to the helpless. She guided them through their first tentativeContinue reading “Monday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again”

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Integral An integral part of blogging, is interacting with other bloggers, reading their posts, a comment to say, they are blogging in an interesting way. An integral part of blogging, is writing a story or three, giving other bloggers, something amazing to see. An integral part of blogging, is always making sure, your inspiration strikesContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/28/fowc-with-fandango-integral/”

There’s Been a Murder

At first, I thought it was only the dog making noise, but it was something else. I was about to tell my dog to be quiet, but it was the cats I should have been worried about. I crept down the stairs, and into my front room. I was almost afraid to turn on theContinue reading “There’s Been a Murder”

Photo Challenge #396 – Home

I’m unsteady at the edge and the only thing I can visualise are the flowers. Weeds actually. Grown in any crevice they can. Around them nothing but jagged rocks. They are unlikely friends, but co-exist to create a balance in their tiny little world. The salt is abrasive on my tongue, as I take oneContinue reading “Photo Challenge #396 – Home”

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At 12 a.m. on December 31st/Jan 1st, what will you be doing? (Use your own time zone please.) I’ll see the new year in and then go home and watch some old movies. Is there a tradition you have for New Year’s Eve? Normally I go round my daughters and see the New Year inContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/27/share-your-world-12-27-2021/”

Monday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again

CHAPTER NINETEEN LAURA ‘I’m going back to college.’ Laura passed over a college prospectus to Martin. ‘But I wanted to tell you first.’ ‘So, what course did you want to do?’ ‘Business.’ ‘Okay, that wasn’t quite what I expected.’ ‘Just something another visitor mentioned.’ ‘Brilliant.’ Martin looked at the prospectus and back to Laura, whoseContinue reading “Monday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again”

When I Grow Up

For #flashbackfriday Green, yellow, with tiny black dots invisible to the eye, and each little particle of this creature infused with the lens. She had never been afraid of bugs, and wasn’t going to start being squeamish now. After all, when she grew up she was going to be a surgeon. Be part of aContinue reading “When I Grow Up”

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‘Brilliant work, but stupendous, isn’t a word,’ the teacher said. His jaw clenched, as his work got handed back. Stupendous was a word, in fact it was a great word. His mum used it all the time. When his dad used to forget to take the rubbish out, or when she had to rush outContinue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/12/27/fowc-with-fandango-stupendous/”