Summerween

Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/07/05/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-black-white/ Halloween, and the colour of choice is ebony, ivory, and gold. In our local T K Max, we now have Summerween. Pink ghosts, pumpkins, and summer drink cups. We brought my husband, for his birthday, a skeleton having a rest in a paddling pool. We reckon he will love it. He hasContinue reading “Summerween”

Unafraid

Written for https://mymindmappings.com/2025/07/01/fandangos-story-starter-207/ The house wasn’t the same anymore. Amanda stood at the gate, wondering whether she should walk over the threshold. Her therapist’s words hovered in her mind like a swarm of hornets stinging her positive thoughts. Carnations scattered throughout the dirt, unafraid of being seen. Pretty pink petals littered the once perfect path.Continue reading “Unafraid”

A Blur

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I have no sense of direction. When anyone gives me instructions on what way to go, I remember only the first part of the conversation. My husband expects me to understand every single instruction, but after the first sentence, all I get is turn left, and the rest is a blur. ItContinue reading “A Blur”

Plastic

Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/06/28/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-14/ ‘One day at a time, each hour counts,’ Mary thought to herself. Strange to be walking through streets without laws. Crowds pushed past each other, plastic bags mingled with an attempt to save the planet. Why didn’t they stop making them? Oceans would have been less polluted. She slipped inside Costa. TheContinue reading “Plastic”

Planet Wise

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-387/ Mary flicked over the battered pages of her travel journal, hoping to find a less worrying detail. Planet zero, where the air was breathable, was a pipe dream only the rich could afford. Some could pick the ideal period for a holiday. They spent billions just to experience one day without fear.Continue reading “Planet Wise”

Jumping

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Walking on the moon; one giant leap and all that. Although it is more like jumping on the lunar surface because there little gravity there. We weigh less. Even better in space. We all remember the first occasion someone bounded on its dry surface. I wonder why we didn’t go back there?Continue reading “Jumping”

Best Friends

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ I met my bestie when I was twelve; going to the fair, sitting making daisy chains, or chatting about life, I found someone who understood me and never judged. When she was fifteen, her dad moved to America for his job as a pilot. Even with a whole ocean between us, ourContinue reading “Best Friends”