Monthly Archives: June 2016

Wordle #114 “June 20th, 2016” Elderberry Wine

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Elderberry Climate Atrabilious (gloomy; morose; melancholy; morbid.irritable; bad-tempered; splenetic.) .License Singe Dream Obstruct Cerise (moderate to deep red) Fugitive Hesitation Random Length ‘I have been a fugitive from love for so long. My atrabilious sense of self … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: Lessons from Dad

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Michael

No kissing on the first date My dad would have been the last person to give you lessons on dating. He was shier than me around girls. In later life he told me about a date where he was a … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt: June 19 2016: Tarot Card “Temperance” – Mrs Allcock

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Michael

Mrs. Allcock looked down her nose for the tenth time that night. It was chilly night and she was feeling the cold. It was 10pm, the night was coming to a close and she was glad to be packing up … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 18/16 – “Class”

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

The class in question had the reputation of being the worst class in the school. They were rowdy, rude, repugnant, never interested in any lesson and every teacher cringed at the thought of taking the class last lesson on a … Continue reading →

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On Popular Demand – Rest is the sweet sauce of labor

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

My neighbor works in her garden Bent over many hours Pulling weeds, fighting snails and slugs It’s an all-day battle One she knows will never end But a small victory is better than none. When I offer help she refuses … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #1: Childhood – Maise and Peter

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

Image: Alvin Arnegger Maise was pretty fed up with the whole portrait thing. To make it worse her brother Peter was not making it easy by running around the studio every time the artist, Mr. Turnbull, looked at his canvas … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt #writephoto – pale

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Michael

They did it as a warning. The three pale skulls placed on the ledge, seeming to have been there for so long but we knew they were recent. It’s how they worked. What you saw wasn’t always what was. I … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt #72: June 16 2016: Passiflora caerulea – Part 2 – Agnes MyKiss

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Michael

Agnes Mykiss stood at her stove checking the red wine casserole she was making a dinner to be shared this evening with George Burrows a man she had acquainted in recent times. On the shelf above her was her bottle … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt #72: June 16 2016: Passiflora caerulea – The Sixty Plus Love Potion

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Michael

Miss Marble looked at the letter she had found under her front door that morning. The contents perplexed her as she had not received a latter with its request for many a long year. Miss Marble was a witch and … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #117 – Precious

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Michael

Image: Anna O Photography   She grew hydrangeas, Exquisite miniatures Showers of purple and pink bathing my soul. I love to watch Her hands tend the soil with love and care Each plant nurtured as if precious beyond words. Her … Continue reading →

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