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Tale Weaver #76 July 14th Travel…Bus Journey – Aunty Clovis

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Michael

Image © Mara Eastern (Used with permission) Weave a tale in which you experience an emergency call to go to a friend/family member’s aid and getting there is by coach/bus The phone rang at three minutes after midnight. My eldest … Continue reading →

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#WQWWC – Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – Memories

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Michael

“Fairies do belong – In the magic of our hearts,” It was my grandmother who first alerted me to the fairies in our garden. Grandmother cultivated ferns of all descriptions and amongst them lived the fern fairies. My grandmother was … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of July 12, 2016 – Guts or Teeth

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Michael

The Gutache Toothache Clinic was unique in our town. Here you could have a colonoscophy and tooth pulled out all at the same time for a discounted price. Dr Reg Interya was an unusual practitioner in that he had degrees … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Judge not, lest you be judged”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Michael

I arrived in the town greeted by my immediate boss. He was excited to see me as they needed a new teacher and as I had two legs and a heartbeat I qualified. He proceeded to tell me the layout … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #167 “Collage Special Edition” – The Man I Am

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Michael

Collage by Laura Bloomsbury I don’t think it could ever be said that wisdom was a trait you possessed in any amount that might be considered staggering. You did like honey though. And you buzzed around the place, literally and … Continue reading →

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Wordle #117 “July 11th, 2016” – The Country Fair

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Itch Turnstile Ambisinister (clumsy or unskillful with both hands.) Narrow Ephemerid (an insect of the order Ephemeroptera, comprising the mayflies.) Turnstile Bribe Chamber Plush Shiver Benign Destruct It was going to be a grand grand event. The … Continue reading →

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SoCS July 9/16 – Concentration

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Michael

Miss Linda stands over me watching me through her beady eyes as I struggle with my modified cursive. Suddenly her big twelve inches is rapping on my hand. She refers to it as the Board of Education. We are terrified … Continue reading →

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Microfiction Challenge #4: At the window

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Michael

Image: Edvard Munch When word came there wasn’t much that could be said apart from the choking goodbye. His number and name had come up, he had passed the medical, he was deemed fit, ready to serve King and country. … Continue reading →

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Friday Music Prompt #50: Send in the Clowns

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Michael

It’s a funny old world isn’t it. There is so much we take for granted So much we find to revere and all for what? All around us are good people taking their lives so seriously and not so good … Continue reading →

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#WQWWC Theme for the week is “Beauty”.

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Michael

Beauty is But Skin Deep My mother would say this to us whenever we criticized some else’s looks. She’d say to us that none of us were ‘oil paintings’ which was her way of saying we were not perfect. It’s … Continue reading →

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