Monthly Archives: July 2017

Mundane Monday Challenge #118 : Learn Photography

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Michael

On my back steps the tiny frog framed himself on the highlight strip. The strips were put there when my dad was alive to help him see the stairs. Taken for: https://trablogger.com/mundane-monday-challenge-118-learn-photography/

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Wordle #164 – Darcy Prattle

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Climb Vague Sadness Perish Pangs  Nepenthe (n.)) A drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble. anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow … Continue reading →

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Manic Monday #2 Challenge – Imagine

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images Labelled for re-use. Imagine if he’d lived, that some lunatic hadn’t wanted a moment of fame. Imagine if he’d lived and the world had become as one. It’s true it was all just a dream, but without … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt: July 16, 2017: Fine Dining – Kitchen Tricks

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Michael

After weeks of cajoling, I’d finally got her to agree to a dinner date. The clincher was my suggestion I would cook for her. She looked surprised at my confidence in my ability to cook anything beyond boiling water. I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #11 – Guardian

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Michael

The Task: Write a fairy tale in 150 words or less that has a guardian-type figure/creature in it. The Fern Fairies, live in my back garden and I have been designated their guardian. As a child growing up, I was … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Mix–15 July 2017 – Character

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images labelled for re-use. She looked at him with an element of surprise. “There’s more to you than meets the eye,” she said looking him up and down, “I thought you were nothing more than a two-dimensional card-board … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #9: “Liability” by Lorde #amwriting #music #musicchallenge

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images labelled for re-use. It was the way she dressed You could have guessed it was a cry For help for attention, who knows what went on in her mind. The little girl in the loud clothes Ever … Continue reading →

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SoCS July 15/17 – ‘book title’

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Michael

I have recently been reading: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife – Meg Elison I don’t remember the names of the midwives who attended the birth of any of my children. I remember the names of the Drs simply because … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – July 14, 2017

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Michael

At the end of Morpeth Road is a train line and all day and all night coal trains cross over delivering coal to the Port of Newcastle or returning to the mines to be filled once again. This was taken … Continue reading →

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July 13: Flash Fiction Challenge – Flying Lessons

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Michael

July 13, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about an unexpected landing. It can be acrobatic, an unplanned move or created into a metaphor. Go where the prompt, or chickens, lead. Chook looked at … Continue reading →

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