Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/07/fandangos-provocative-question-217/ How do you feel about Salman Rushdie’s assertion that without the freedom to offend, freedom of expression ceases to exist? Do you agree or disagree, and why do you feel that way? I think there are many freedom we have to offend, but the word offend has its own meaning. The saying,Continue reading “Freedom of Speech”
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Loud and Noisy
My response for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/06/fandangos-story-starter-100/ Dan’s new next door neighbors were so loud and noisy that he could neither work nor sleep, so he decided that he needed to take action. The problem was he was too nice. The last time he knocked on their door, their swearing got out of control. If he didn’t wantContinue reading “Loud and Noisy”
No More Pictures
This week from https://christinebialczak.com/category/simply-6-minutes/ Look, I get you think I look cool in this woolly contraption, but enough of the pictures already. I mean, all that time taking perfect pictures, when all I want to do is go outside. A run in the park. Is that too much to ask for all this performance? DoesContinue reading “No More Pictures”
Sunbathe?
My answer to https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/06/05/share-your-world-5th-june-2023/ I am grateful for the support within my family and friends. Even with the worst of times, they are always there.
Blue
Written for https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/06/05/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-465-pop-and-blue/ Popping Blue Posy gentle colour blending through to the earth’s beauty.
Power of Women
Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/05/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-222/ ‘Mum, can you not see your projection for our holiday agreement will not work. For a start, what is this pottery painting you are so excited about. Maybe when I was three, but I’m sixteen this year.’ ‘Well, what do you suggest? I see nightclubbing is on your list. I am gettingContinue reading “Power of Women”
Time
In response to https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/reenas-xploration-challenge-282/ Time, why so slow? As a child, the torture of months, Seven, seven and a quarter, My next milestone, years away. Each day, an adventure. Wanting to be an adult, Eighteen, independence, to live my own life. Now, another milestone. Thirty, forty, fifty. Now, nearly sixty. Time, going quickly. Rushing fromContinue reading “Time”
A Slim Chance
Written today, for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/04/fowc-with-fandango-slim/ A slim chance, but it was better than no chance at all. She wanted to run the marathon, in just a year. In a month she had lost nearly a stone. Her trainer told her to take it easy – some stretches, the treadmill for ten minutes. It was like takingContinue reading “A Slim Chance”
Blue
Written in response to https://weeklyprompts.wordpress.com/?p=12990&preview=true ‘You look so blue.’ Sally sat on the school bench, staring up at the stranger in front of her. She wondered what he just meant? Blue, it was a beautiful colour. Oceans, skies, and Snorlax. This wasn’t how she was feeling at all. ‘I think, I am feeling more green,Continue reading “Blue”
Alone Time
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2023/06/02/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-3-2023/ June just wanted to be left alone, an hour’s peace was all that she wanted. If she were in the front room, her husband would be moaning about his computer not working. If she were in the kitchen, there would be toddlers under her feet. Either hungry, or wanting to go toContinue reading “Alone Time”
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