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Mates

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Michael

Image: Best Mates: DelgrosDesigns My best mate sat and listened Had an opinion as a best mate’s do Said you can’t win them all But you sound a little bored With caves, photos and extraneous images. So go write on … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #11: Who goes there?

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Michael

I hear the all familiar creak of the floor boards as the all too familiar feet make their way towards my door. I know who it is. I know what she wants. It’s her way to creep as if she … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #82: out my kitchen window

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Michael

Outside my kitchen window is a fantastic world where reality and fantasy intersect to lend imagination a helping hand. There are fairies inhabiting various parts of the yard, the old wood heap now long gone left the Wood Fairies homeless … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 23, 2016 – Grandad’s Fob Watch – Part Two

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Michael

Grandma often told stories about her life with Grandad. Their honeymoon, “If you could call it that” she’d say was her introduction into his waywardness. They were walking along the beach front when they came across a group of men … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 23, 2016 – Grandad’s Fob Watch

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Michael

Photo: The Storytellers Abode – Thanks Louise. Whenever I visited Grandma’s house I had to negotiate the front garden with its thick entanglement of plants and weeds forever growing across the pathway. To one side was the fishpond. At the … Continue reading →

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Wordle Special Addition Taste “August 22nd, 2016” – The CWA Ladies Stall

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Fizzy Herb Ginger Delicate Acerbic (sour or astringent in taste) Saftig (juicy in Swedish, I just don’t like the word juicy) Buttery Garlic Honeyed Tangy Umami (a category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Always be on your best behavior”

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Michael

Mum wanted to be on the Church Board and invited the Vicar to dinner. We were all told to be on our best behavior. The vicar was a stodgy man and thought himself superior to us.  My brother John was … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #173 “Collage 28” – I Miss You – Not

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Michael

It was the door slamming Alerting me to your departure. Shallow boy, shallow love. Like a fool I wrote you songs Sang them with passion Thinking you were the one. On long walks you took paper boats Folded in idleness … Continue reading →

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#NoirWednesday: the small house

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Michael

Picture by: Stephen Tanham It was a house like any other house. A little house over a bridge, doing what little houses over bridges did. Only it wasn’t. This house long thought to be a small house in which shelter … Continue reading →

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SoCS Aug. 20/16 – date

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Michael

On my first date she demanded I not stand so close. My after-shave she said was offensive. This was the same after-shave my daughters had given me with the thought that I needed to wear plenty as I needed all … Continue reading →

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