Posted a day after today, but my Flashback Friday post https://fivedotoh.com/2022/10/14/fandangos-flashback-friday-october-14th/ He set sail on his epic journey of personal discovery. He wanted to be an actor and wanted to learn from other cultures. They are a month behind, it’s because the snow has stopped the clocks. In honour of Jack Lantern, a magician ofContinue reading “Thanks to Fibbing Friday”
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Scrambled, boiled or fried
I don’t want to go Halloweening, The egg at the back boiled dry. I’ll only end up scrambled, my brains will all be fried. I don’t want to go Halloweening, I don’t want to miss my show, I have just brought a new Stetson. As flat as an omelette it will go. I don’t wantContinue reading “Scrambled, boiled or fried”
Thursday Trials – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again
Laura Masters Witness for the Defence The witness box barely contained the volcano rumbling in Laura’s stomach. ‘Can you tell me a little part of your home life when you were a child?’ ‘I was always put to bed early and told to be a quiet little mouse.’ ‘Why was that?’ ‘If I weren’t inContinue reading “Thursday Trials – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again”
Halloween – Wendy Witch and the Halloween Party
Last year, for my birthday she brought me a unique piano, and lessons to go with it. She always gives such great gifts. Personalised, this was haunted by Ludwig Van Beethoven, and every time I play it is like he is there with me. Upstairs in my office, I think of what I can doContinue reading “Halloween – Wendy Witch and the Halloween Party”
#Throwback Thursday – My Collections
I remember when I collected comics, and kept them in an ottoman in my bedroom. I liked a varied selection. There was a comic, a little bit like the Beano. My favourite comic was called Misty. I brought this comic from edition one, and it was full of horror stories, which is weird because IContinue reading “#Throwback Thursday – My Collections”
Wednesday Worries – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again
‘I have worked at Reading Prison for over ten years and have seen countless women with violent partners.’ ‘How does long-term domestic abuse affect the victim?’ ‘They feel they have no choice but to believe their abuser will change. They are in constant fear of their lives and little by little they feel like theyContinue reading “Wednesday Worries – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again”
For One Liner Wednesday
Spring, summer, autumn and winter – a year of many seasons.
A New World -From Picture Prompt
Cars, wander below, from street to street – It is as though I am sitting at the edge, but it is only make believe. I am wearing a VR360 headset and really standing in an office trying out the latest technology in gaming. When I saw the advertisement in the paper for gamers, I didn’tContinue reading “A New World -From Picture Prompt”
Matching
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/ This word prompt got me thinking about socks and the way we always lose one of the pair. My daughter has given up on matching socks, and wears odd ones all the time. Where do all those lost socks go to – is there a lost and found for matching socks. Or does itContinue reading “Matching”
A Word Prompt or Three
# 74 Groovy One by one groovy guests walk through the door, and I am so pleased my fog lights are working. I was worried they wouldn’t work. I spend all afternoon twisting the bulbs until I found where the problem was. I shouldn’t have been worried, all my neighbours drift, stomp and hop through myContinue reading “A Word Prompt or Three”
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