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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#164 – The Temple.

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: …and then I smiled…   The temple was on top of a mountain and there were only ten thousand steps to climb. A voice inside said to me, “How hard could it be, they are only steps.” … Continue reading →

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Creative Expressions #6: Light and Dark – The Rehearsal

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Michael

This week’s challenge: to write a piece about contrasting concepts. Light and dark The budding actress was rehearsing her lines for the upcoming production of ‘Macbeth’ and as Lady Macbeth I had been asked to assist her in learning her … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – January 19th, 2015 – A Weekend Away

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with: “They finally made their escape.”   It was go go go. Pedal to the metal. Looking back there was no sign their departure had been noticed. What had begun, as a pleasant weekend had not … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #55 – Liniment

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Michael

You rub it on said the brochure. Dad bought it as a liniment he rubbed into his aching calf muscles. Best stuff ever he said. Dad never paid any attention to the glow that appeared on his sheets each night … Continue reading →

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Challenge 2015 Week 3: 15 January Mr Manygold

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Michael

Prompt title: ‘Things we cannot control’ Mr Manygold was a man of habit. Routine sat well with him. He liked his life, he always knew where everything was, he was in control of how things were done. He liked his … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – Jan. 12th, 2015 – The Green Blobs

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “Racing down into the atmosphere, the unidentified object crashed, leaving behind one heck of a huge crater and a plume of smoke that could be seen from miles around.” The two green blobs looked around, … Continue reading →

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Challenge 2015 Week 2: 8 January 2015 Not a Feather to My Name

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Michael

Image: Peacock Show-off by Karsun Designs Photography Chewing gum again came the cry behind me. I turned to see Roz standing there hands on hips her beady eyes looking down her nose at me. Shoosh I say to her intimating … Continue reading →

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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#162 – Christmas Fairy

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Michael

This weeks prompt is: … As I put the decorations away I…   My first thought was that the decorations were not as I remembered them. In my hands I held tinsel and baubles I had never seen before, I … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – Jan. 5th, 2015 – Mum

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:   “Silently as the people watched, the black hawk helicopter lifted into the air.”   I looked at my sister, she at me. Together we mouthed the word: Mum? Our mum was flying the black hawk? … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #54 – Me Bits

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt is entitled Obstetric Phantom, a rather crude looking 17th century apparatus for explaining childbirth. Ethel you have to spread your legs. But Harry they’ll see me bits and ya know how I am about me bits. Ethel he’s … Continue reading →

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