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50 Word Thursday #5 – Failed Dreams

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Michael

“Peter Gericke loved airplanes as some men love horses, with a deep and unswerving passion.” From Jack Higgins The Eagle Has Landed Pete’s ambition to have an airfield in his backyard never took in the fact it would end in flames. … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Beginnings #writephoto

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Michael

The first hint of the dawn brings a stirring within the trees on the edge of the forest. The rest and slumber of the darkness comes to a timely end as stomachs rumble, and the search for sustenance awakens within … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2018 WEEK #24 – The Shopping Trip

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Michael

Image: Kaique Rocha pexels-photo-125532 escalator Roger, our tour leader, organised for us to have a shopping day. Joyce, my aged companion, was excited, as she loved shopping. The mall Roger took us to was the largest in the southern hemisphere. … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/Fairy Tale – #175 – June 14th – Happy Ever After

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Michael

Princess Linda-Louise the Ungrateful had a huge chip on her shoulder. She was the youngest of three daughters born into a family for whom happy ever after was a desired and in the case of her older sisters achieved outcome. … Continue reading →

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In Other Words, twaddle…

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Michael

The old man sat at his computer and wondered how much twaddle he could produce in one day. For reasons beyond him, his writing generated an audience. Most of his life had been nonsense; so writing about what he knew … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo – relocation

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Michael

Ronny and his wife were sick of the city living, so they bought a block of land up in the mountains and moved their small family there. They spent the first few weeks positioning their old caravan and installing a … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 75 – Parent’s Amazement.

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Michael

We stood in amazement as our son was awarded his degree. To us he’d wasted his years, he did very little work, he attended the bar more than he did lectures and he seemed disinterested in everything academic. Often, he … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tales #88 – 12 June 2018 – Dreamcatcher

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Michael

Photo by Free-Photos at Pixabay I wake in a cold sweat. Breathing heavily, shaking from the nightmare. I heard myself shouting: Get away! I’m disorientated momentarily. A big black dog was on my bed. I pushed it off and it … Continue reading →

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Wordle #200 – The Ducks

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Michael

This week’s words: Tangible Alien Duck Enhance Revert Garnet Possessive Dissolution Objurgate(rebuke severely;) Quickening Possibility Decathect (v)) to withdraw one’s feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss) The Ducks were aliens and lived … Continue reading →

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FOWC with Fandango — Notorious

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Michael

Notorious My Uncle Hugh was the notorious character in our family. He had a notoriety that could be best described as legendary within the family. Where the rest of us had struggled with life, Hugh had made it, and his … Continue reading →

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