Hey!

Written for http://skepticskaddish.com/2023/06/21/w3-prompt-60-weave-written-weekly/ As we are trying to pigeon proof our solar panels, and they are not taking much notice. We have put up owls, they just sit next to them. Spikes the only thing keeping most of them away. Still a few remain. Hey, what’s going on? With spikes, hedgehogs, and netting. Can’t getContinue reading “Hey!”

Fibs for

Written in response to https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/23/fibbing-friday-23rd-june/ 1. What is rubella? It is a type of massage, named after a woman called Ella – She has the magic touch for stress. 2. What is Winter Fever more commonly known as? Christmas Fever, it is when people buy too many presents. 3. What is Scrofula? It is namedContinue reading “Fibs for”

Dates

Written in response to https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/21/fandangos-provocative-question-219/ How much attention do you pay to the dates stamped on food packaging? Do you find the various labels confusing? Will you toss out any food that has passed whatever date shows up? Or will you go ahead and consume it if it still looks and smells okay? Yesterday, theContinue reading “Dates”

Grandad

‘ Inspiration from https://gmgblog.ca/2023/06/20/four-line-fiction-2325/ ‘Grandad, what’s this called, I mean where are the wires?’ ‘A typewriter – where did you find that old thing?’ ‘In the loft, it ain’t half heavy, Grannie said you wrote your novel on it, but I can’t see how.’ Taking the typewriter, he put two sheets of paper inside, andContinue reading “Grandad”

Sands of Time

Written today for https://carrotranch.com/2023/06/20/june-20-story-challenge-in-99-words-2/ Sands of time, or so they say. I wonder if an alien is holding a capsule, watching the grains trickleslowly when human kind was young, to a roaring sandstorm as we agedisgracefully. Do they tap to get our attention – warn us of a future we need to change? Earth asContinue reading “Sands of Time”

Sandwiches

Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/19/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-224/ A holiday. Do you remember? When we had sandwiches filled with chicken and cucumber. A trip. Do you recollect? where we travelled in a VW, with no seat belts. A day. Can you put a name to? Where me made sandcastles on a beach full of shells. Yes, I remember, with aContinue reading “Sandwiches”

More Confident

Written in response to https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/19/share-your-world-19th-june/ 1. If you could reinvent yourself, how would you like to be? I like who I am; mostly. Although I would love to be more confident. Even when I am around family, I find saying the right things difficult. I look at my daughter, who is so confident in whatContinue reading “More Confident”

Diaries

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/06/19/what-do-you-see-191-june-19-2023/ Old photographs, Shelly loved looking through them, but this box, hidden behind an old hoover, had been unopened since her dad died twenty years ago. She remembered the ornate carvings, but thought it was lost. Grief, or unable to deal with the memories, she wasn’t sure. She thought the box was thrownContinue reading “Diaries”

Posts?

Written today for http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/06/18/sunday-poser-137-blogging-ideas/ Most of my ideas for posts are from word prompts. Sadje, Sunday Poser, Reena, Cyranni, and those are just a few. I love that one word to another blogger can create something completely different from me. Or something similar. From poems to narrative, to short stories. Sometimes I will post somethingContinue reading “Posts?”