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Be Positive

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/12/03/one-liner-wednesday-i-dont-think-this-is-mathing/ Wake up to a new dawn, with a positive attitude, and see the gorgeous colours light the sky like a smile from heaven.

Written for https://skepticskaddish.com/category/poetry/poetry-prompt/ This is a poem I wrote a few years ago, but it fit the brief of comedy. A picnic to share A horse and a toad, Skipped down the road, Happy clouds cooling the day, With a lump of cheese, And cake if you please, They sang in the month of May.Continue reading “Happy Clouds”

One Day

Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/11/29/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-19/ A child counts the years in quarters and halves. I couldn’t wait until I was ten. Being in double figures felt like I had grown up. Sixteen, and leaving school was my next goal. Another two years until I was eighteen. Although in the drinking stakes, I was glad we didn’t haveContinue reading “One Day”

A Loving Hope

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Charlotte leaned into her reflection. Her silent tears fell, each forgotten wish merged with her scarlet cheeks, as she pressed her palm into the freezing glass. The dark nights, long and relentless, were an endless worry dump. Her mobile rang, and at first, she thought about not answering. On the seventh ring,Continue reading “A Loving Hope”

Happy Accident

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ I always think of myself as a happy accident. My mum was thirty-nine, and my dad was fifty when I was born. My sister was sixteen years older and my brother is ten years my senior. he said that was untrue. He was clearly sixty. That’s okay with me, because that makesContinue reading “Happy Accident”

Keyboard Bopping

Written for https://estherchilton.co.uk/2025/11/24/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-259/ There was a lady who loved shopping, Black Friday deals got her keyboard bopping. she spent all her dough her bank didn’t know and thought that a hacker went robbing

Second Hand

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I don’t mind reading new authors, but rarely buy new books. The last one I brought was by an author called Nicky Peacock, and The 13th Girl. I enjoyed her story about a serial killer and its female protagonist. There are many shops that allow you to buy secondhand books. The lastContinue reading “Second Hand”

Orvieto

This is the last but one chapter from my novella ”Orvieto”. What do you think? Allesandra tapped the steering wheel, as the droplets drummed on the car roof. They ran across the windscreen. Wipers swiped across, as she turned into the hospital carpark. Even though the heater was on the highest setting, damp clung toContinue reading “Orvieto”

Love Wins

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/sundays-six-sentence-story-prompt-word-5/ She twisted her gold wedding ring off her finger. As it rested on her palm, she wondered when it had all changed. It hadn’t even been a year. What would her mum say? Urge her to put the romance back in her marriage or give up at the first terrible Tic Toc?Continue reading “Love Wins”

I’m All of a Fib

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/fibbing-friday-21st-november/ 1. Imbroglio The language of a teenager when talking to their friends. 2, Ish A so, so sort of emotion, when you wrap all your presents, and still need paper. 3, Insouciant When ants get trapped in soup, and their friends have to save them by making a bridge. 4. Inanition Another word for notContinue reading “I’m All of a Fib”