Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/share-your-world-30th-september-2024/ 1. Did your parental home have a ‘parlour’ or front room reserved only for when you had visitors? We only had one front room (parlour) and when we had visitors, we would put the food on a table there, and move the furniture so we could play cards, or celebrate a birthday.2.Continue reading “Relatives”
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Busy
Written for https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2024/10/01/photo-challenge-535/ We jostled together like tourists. Our summer long gone, we take a well-deserved break from our busy season. A beautiful sun sets in the west, granting our wood a respite from the midday heat. My stern dips into the worried waters. It used to be an adventure, but now it feels tainted.Continue reading “Busy”
Math
Written for https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2024/09/28/weekend-writing-prompt-383-calculate/ When I started working in a school, I was faced with a year eleven class, I figured it was time to take an English GCSE, so I could understand what they were learning. In 2020 I passed, with a level of seven This year, I did an assessment for a GCSE Math’s,Continue reading “Math”
Friends and Family
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ Is there anything missing from my life? I don’t consider myself rich, in money, or have multiple holidays, but I have something far more special. My family is more important than having cash in the bank. When my children were born, I got to see the recognition on their faces. I grewContinue reading “Friends and Family”
Talk
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/09/28/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-6/ One day, I will see Dad sitting in his red chair. His crosswords are by his side and he will be waiting there. I could talk to him, tell him about my life; how I become a mum, grandma and also a wife. As the hours filter by, I shall sit uponContinue reading “Talk”
Isn’t It?
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2024/09/27/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-sept-28-2024/ Isn’t it weird? that the plural of mouse is mice and not mouses, but a duo of house is houses not hice.
Assure
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2024/09/25/one-liner-wednesday-flowers/ Red rose, not just for love, your beautiful colours assure me of my childhood.
Lucky
Written for https://trentsworld.blog/2024/09/23/the-weekly-smile-for-the-23rd-of-september-2024-weeklysmile/ My weekly smile is being lucky enough to spend time with my family. My husband looks after me, and cooks my dinner. My granddaughter has a brilliant sense of humour, and when she calls my husband Grumpy duck, and describes him as bald, with the biggest grin on her face, you haveContinue reading “Lucky”
Cost of Living
Written for ‘For example, we can no longer afford to drive to work because our vehicle drinks too much diesel. We have to cut back. A ten-minute walk, that’s all.’ ‘That’s true, but if it is raining or snowing …’ Stan stared at his figures again, and said, ‘Yea, but we need to make someContinue reading “Cost of Living”
Superstition
A question from the lovely https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ is about superstitions. There were many superstitions in my childhood; never walk under a ladder, don’t break a mirror (seven years’ bad luck) dropping salt, and throwing it over my right shoulder, avoiding cracks in the pavement, one Magpie, Friday the 13th and letting a black cat cross yourContinue reading “Superstition”
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