Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/12/25/share-your-world-25th-december/ 1. What will you be eating today? This is a late answer, as I wasn’t blogging on the day. We have turkey, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, mash, carrots and parsnips in honey, sprouts with chestnuts, all covered in gravy. For desert, we had a pecan and maple roulade, with whipped cream.Continue reading “Sharing”
Author Archives: writerravenclaw
Twas the Night
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house all the keyboards were silent, not even a mouse. All the messages were place Merry Christmas declared Bloggers were resting no posts did they share Before they all settled with spirits or three they wished a Happy Christmas to you and to me.
A Tiff
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ When I have a tiff, or an argument with my husband, I normally apologise first. I hate any disagreements. Although, if I think I am right, I tell him. I have been married for thirty-six years. Sometimes I have got it wrong, and others, it is my other half. We both understandContinue reading “A Tiff”
Merry Christmas Blues
Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Going on a shopping spree all with a dodgy knee lots of presents I can see in every shop window. Packages put in my sack there is pain in my back I’ll need to go on a rack to get rid of the ache. Home again, it is so sweet there isContinue reading “Merry Christmas Blues”
A Summer’s Fling – Book Review
Colleagues at a bakery department, all women, are destined to be friends, are the main protagonists in A Summer Fling by Milly Johnson. They work alongside each other, in the bakery section in a superstore, rarely interacting. When they move their manager Malcolm to join the cheese department Christie replaces him. He spends the restContinue reading “A Summer’s Fling – Book Review”
Christmas
Written for https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/12/20/ovi-poetry-challenge-27-new-is-your-inspiration/ School holidays are near bringing with it Christmas cheer, sparkly jumpers we will wear on the last day. School holidays are near, bringing with it a constant fear, a pasted on smile we will wear on the last day. What presents will Santa bring? presents fit for a king, Festive cheer theyContinue reading “Christmas”
Work In Progress
This is from my novel ”In The Dark”. I am editing it through pro writing aid. Putting it on repeats, I am scared of how much I use the same phrase. CHAPTER THREE Clawing at the scab on his arm, causing crimson droplets to trickle down, the pain doesn’t bother him. Needle marks scratch, trackingContinue reading “Work In Progress”
Festive Season
My response for https://lindaghill.com/2023/12/20/one-liner-wednesday-a-more-honest-version/ In a world where you drag your feet from one venture to another; it is possible to fall asleep standing up. Written because it is the end of the school term, and the ultimate is the most tiring. We are ready for festive season; family, presents, and lots of yuletide cheer.Continue reading “Festive Season”
Blogging
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ I don’t tend to blog on the day because I spend it with my family. If I do post, it is to wish other bloggers a happy Christmas. If there is a prompt, I might take part, but only in the evening, when I get home. I used to post every day,Continue reading “Blogging”
Family Fun
Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/12/18/share-your-world-18th-december/ 1. Do you enjoy or get frustrated with the run up to the festive holidays? I look forward to the holiday season, and finding something special to make my loved one’s smile. I brought them with the person in mind. Although, as they get older, it is more difficult. I am told notContinue reading “Family Fun”