Author Archives: Michael

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #150 – Illusions

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Michael

Everyone in the street is doing their bit. At least I think they are. We are all staying at home. We are limiting our going out to the necessary times, and when we do, we say we are wearing our … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #290 – Campfire – 27th August – The New Fire Pit

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Michael

With the installation of the fire pit in the back yard, the opportunity to sit around it and enjoy the atmosphere created was something we had all looked forward to. Along with the tidying up of the yard and the … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt –23rd August – Choosing your Context – Supermarket

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Michael

The strangest thing happened as I went into the supermarket. Past me ran a man in mask pursued by a woman in a flowing gold sequined cape brandishing a pack of frozen peas and screaming: “You just wait till I … Continue reading →

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What do you see # 43- 17 August 2020 – Love Notes

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Michael

They were spread around the house as well as on the kitchen noticeboard. They had an amazing relationship that never grew old in their professions of love for each other. You’d find notes stuck on cupboards, on wardrobes, on the … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #289 – Masks – 20th August The Thin Eye Mask

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Michael

There was something different about the thin eye mask I found in the attic. I felt drawn to it. I held it in my hands and when I put it up against my eyes the mask fixed itself to my … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: 162 – Country Kids in the City.

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Michael

You could always tell a country kid from a city kid as the country kids tended to walk around the city with their heads permanently bent looking up. Most of us country kids lived in places where a three-storey place … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #93 – The Café Sumptuous.

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Michael

You could never say that Crisp, my aged companion, was a person who was backward in coming forward. She spoke her mind and her acerbic wit was something you had to understand and not be easily offended by. We had … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #92 – Crisp and the Sea.

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Michael

 Crisp, my aged companion, had a thing about boats, the sea and water. She didn’t like any of them and in no particular order. It was from an incident as a child when her father took her fishing, and she … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #288 – Fairy Tale – The Unpleasant Fairy – August 13th – George

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Michael

George was a most unpleasant fairy. Fate had dealt her a dreadful blow. She had been lumbered with a name she hated and was forever jealous of every other fairy she knew. It was no doubt why she was unpleasant … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt –9th August – Choosing your Context – Chucklesome

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Michael

He noted the situation had become grim/concerning/chucklesome.  He had spent the last half hour arguing the point, which by now had become obscured in the miasma of words being uttered by our old friend Crust. Crust whose name was Eleanor … Continue reading →

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