Hanging her coat on the rack, Ellen walked into a wall of heat. It was just what she needed – scraping the car windscreen at four thirty in the afternoon wasn’t what she wanted to do. She was cold, right through to her skin, perhaps to her bones. The heating bill was a worry, butContinue reading “Home”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
In The Dark
Written in response to the story starter from https://fivedotoh.com/2022/12/13/fandangos-story-starter-76/ It was early in the morning, just after the crack of dawn, when I heard the insistent knocking at my door and I immediately knew it was Richard. Him, me, I still wasn’t sure how it would work. I sat in the dark, curtains closed, usedContinue reading “In The Dark”
Love Yourself
Written from the inspirational https://christinebialczak.com/2022/12/13/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-12-13-2022/ the abominable snowman, that’s what they call me. I try not to be offended but their words hurt. What made it worse was the bullies putting snow feet in front of the school. When I was little, I used to love my big feet, making footprints in the snow toContinue reading “Love Yourself”
Memories
Written https://fromcavewalls.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/throwback-thursday-67-class-assignments/ 1. What do you remember as the most interesting required reading assignment you had? What class was it for? I don’t remember a reading assignment, but I do remember reading The Diary of Anne Frank when I was a child. The very fact it was written my a teenager, the same age asContinue reading “Memories”
It’s a Date
Today’s word of the day from https://fivedotoh.com/2022/12/07/fowc-with-fandango-strain/ A strain, to move, her weight had always been something of an issue. Helen tried to diet many times, but they never ended in success. She was determined, this time, to lose the weight. Her daughter was getting married. Nothing fit. She walked into shops, out again, feelingContinue reading “It’s a Date”
Goodbye
Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ Our journey, through choppy seas, and the boat bobbed along the water, with salty air travelling into my lungs. My first trip abroad without him. We had been here, on our honeymoon. I remember pointing to the bridge, in all its glory, now it was only from memory I couldContinue reading “Goodbye”
The Range
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less. https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2022/12/04/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-239/ Their word today is range. A golfing range, where Sarah took her first step in being blind. She always enjoyed golf, as a child, and as an adult, and inspiration gained from the blind football team, she learnt how she could take part in sport. It wasContinue reading “The Range”
Mother’s Love
Written for https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/12/03/weekend-writing-prompt-288-momentous/ Momentous My children, watching them grow, babies in arms, toddlers with opinions, teenagers turning into adults. Another generation having the same hopes, dreams. watching her child grow. My son, daughter, granddaughter, so proud.
Love
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ Love, living, laugher, give us hope.
Answers to Fibbing
Di, from https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/12/02/fibbing-friday-2nd-december/ asks us these interesting questions. 1 Who recorded Mouldy Old Dough? Lad baby, they needed a sequel to their sausage roll song. 2. What colour icing was on the cake in MacArthur Park? Silver, and in the middle was the sword. It was considered unlucky if you took a bite of that.Continue reading “Answers to Fibbing”
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