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Prompt for SoCS May 24/14 – With/without – My Meds!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Michael

I can’t remember which part of the journey it was that the thought occurred to me. You know that nagging thought that you’ve left the iron on, the stove on high, the cat inside without food those hundred and one … Continue reading →

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Wordle #9 – The Wordle Murder

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Michael

The phone rang and it was Lester. Lester Peabody my sidekick of fifteen years. Lester sounded excited, I liked it when he was as it meant a case, another baffling case I was hoping but it turned out to be … Continue reading →

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SoCS May 17/14 – Smell

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Michael

Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt! The 5 senses. I walk into the room and the pungent aroma of something not quite right confronts me. It attacks and repels me at the same time. My nose recoils at the smell, which … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt#8 – Strawberries – My Story

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Michael

In my part of the bush it was common to find wild strawberries growing beside the tracks we followed as we went about our travels to and from the village. My mother was always telling me to stop and pick … Continue reading →

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Wordle #8 – Tackas Saves His Girl

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Michael

I hadn’t see Tackas for some months but I heard him before I saw him. It was clear he was agitated and as he made his way to the bar I could sense a change in him. Clancy ya young … Continue reading →

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SoCS May 10/14 – Aunt May

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Michael

‘entrance.’   My Aunt May loved nothing more than a grand entrance. She had this uncanny ability to turn up to family gatherings ‘fashionably’ late as she called it. She would often waltz in as the entrees were being served, … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #7 – Grandmother’s Mirror

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Michael

My grandmothers house was an old worldly place with many dark spaces, many old things that stood in hallways and corners and to me as a child seemed to lurk about with far too much familiarity. In the centre room, … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver’s Prompt #7 – A Piece of History – The Myall Creek Massacre 1838

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Michael

They’re a bloody nuisance. They wander about, through our flocks They steal our crops What I don’t get is they have this connection with the land and yet I don’t see any evidence of them owning anything. There are no … Continue reading →

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Student versus Teacher – Memories of the Classroom

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Michael

I spend twelve years at school and I have to say that I never really had a teacher who set me alight as a student. Sad isn’t it when you think that I went on to be a teacher myself … Continue reading →

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Wordle #7 – The Family Dinner

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Michael

It wasn’t hard to imagine that his latest money making idea had fallen on deaf ears. We were sitting around the dinner table discussing what ever the daily news was when he made his announcement. My father had a way … Continue reading →

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