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?”

Problem

Written in response to https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/17/fowc-with-fandango-problem/ I have a problem, and a bit of a rant, about energy companies. They do not listen. My brother-in-law died in May. He left a bit of an electric bill, which had been estimated most of the time he was there. In hospital since July 2022, he wasn’t even inContinue reading “Problem”

The Gift of Sight

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2023/06/16/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-17-2023/ The gift of sight, as a medium was a tough one. Barbara didn’t like the dreams, as they never really told her what was going to happen. Or if that was the whole truth of what was happening. It was a mere glimpse, a few choice images on the screen, changing withContinue reading “The Gift of Sight”

Tall Tales

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/16/fibbing-friday-16th-june/ 1. What is a red admiral – An admiral, who went left instead of right and ended up shipwrecked on a pirate island. 2. What is a doofus – Donald Duck, when he loses his temper. 3. What is a Mars Bar A Mars Bar, is a new chocolate out, shaped asContinue reading “Tall Tales”