June 2004 Julie stood in the shadows. ‘You coming?’ Laura leant out of the window. ‘Don’t be so loud, Father is out for the count, but you might wake the neighbours.’ A packet of menthol cigarettes grabbed from her draw, she put her pillows down the middle of the bed, stepped back, and hoped inContinue reading “Wednesday Waters – Snippet from It Won’t Happen Again”
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Daily Word Prompt – Hone
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2021/08/18/your-daily-word-prompt-hone-ydwordprompt-august-18-2021/ For the first few days I drift out to sea with nothing more than berries and a canteen of water to tide me over. Salt water will kill you – I think my father told me that as he sang me to sleep. He had deep blue eyes, and a soft singing voice. NotContinue reading “Daily Word Prompt – Hone”
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Eggs Scrambled, poached, fried – Egg’s diversity cannot be denied. On toast, or with chips – taste great upon my lips. Cakes, biscuits, quiche – Egg’s uses never cease, An omelette, with lots of milk, taste as soft as expensive silk.
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The first question from Fandango is what worries you about the future. I’m not sure, but I think I worry about other people more than I worry about myself. COVID has knocked the stuffing out of me. You go out without a mask, and it feels weird not to put one on. I’m fully vaccinated,Continue reading “https://fivedotoh.com/2021/08/11/fandangos-provocative-question-130/”
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”
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