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Tuesday Trust – Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again

As they hugged, Martha looked out of the front room window. Curtains fully open, the sun had nearly reached its peak.  She arrived home at exactly twelve o’clock. Martha carefully placed her presents alongside her diary, teddy, and some homemade cards, which were made by Laura when she was just six, inside her underwear drawer.Continue reading “Tuesday Trust – Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again”

Word challenges – Daily Word Prompt – Fandango

https://fivedotoh.com/2021/08/17/fowc-with-fandango-glut/ https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/your-daily-word-prompt-portend-ydwordprompt-august-17-2021/ A glut of trees barricaded the land from the sea. Had they always been there? I wasn’t sure. I stopped at the edge, stared back at the way I had travelled. Blackness descended early tonight. In its effort to portend, predict, and show my future. Turn back it almost whispered. Turn back andContinue reading “Word challenges – Daily Word Prompt – Fandango”

Fandango and Word of the day – Gusto and Conduit

https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/daily-prompt-links-for-august-2021/ The sea was a conduit of knowledge – Bethany’s father used to say. Not that she remembered much about him. At the age of two, her mother dragged her back to land. A pirates life was not for a small child. Especially since she learnt to swear in several different languages. As she gazedContinue reading “Fandango and Word of the day – Gusto and Conduit”

Monday Milestone – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again

‘Don’t worry.’ ‘I can’t stay all day,’ Martha insisted. ‘Just the morning and then I’ll have to go home.’ ‘Forget Thomas, for the next few hours at least.’ An explosion of festivity, Theresa’s front room shone. An array of decorations hung everywhere. Merry Christmas Everybody blared out from the record player. Tinsel was entwined aroundContinue reading “Monday Milestone – A Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again”

#95 – Word Prompt – What do you see

I see a world of possibilities by opening a book to a certain page and being able to journey to a distant land and be a pirate on the seven seas. You don’t have to leave your room to find treasure. I have loved reading since I was five years old and read about aContinue reading “#95 – Word Prompt – What do you see”

Word Prompt Trio

Am I risk taker? I would have to say I’m not much of a risk taker, compared to most. I try and keep within the safety of my limits when I can. However, when we moved from the town I was born in, I took risks alongside my family. With them by my side IContinue reading “Word Prompt Trio”

Sunday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again

The only cash she was given was for food and essentials. Thomas didn’t let her have any extra, which would tempt her to go elsewhere. Even so, Martha went without, managed to save a few pounds, so she could buy some presents. However meagre they may be, at least they were something. She managed toContinue reading “Sunday Snippet – It Won’t Happen Again”

Stream of Consciousness – luck

Okay, here goes. My stream of consciousness for luck. Some people may think luck is winning on the lottery, or getting some good news. For me luck is having my family around me and getting their support. Luck is something you can give to others in the way you treat them. Luck is walking inContinue reading “Stream of Consciousness – luck”