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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #200 – Carson’s Pond

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Michael

The stories about Carson’s Pond had been around for years. It was stinky, dangerous and harboured evil creatures that if they caught you would eat out your eyes. It was all part of the myth of the pond. Crazy Colin … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge – #199 – Boat Parking

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Michael

There was a rumour going around that a killer tide was coming in. So everyone at the marina moved their boats to higher ground. No one knew what a killer tide actually was, but the rumour was laced with enough … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #182 – Self-Isolation

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Michael

I’m locked inside at the moment. It’s called self-isolation as I have tested positive for Covid. Last week I was in Tasmania on a touring holiday with two friends. This week I’m holed up at home. It was a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge – #178 – A Brick in the Wall

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Michael

As I’ve wandered through life I’ve become more and more aware that if life was a wall then I’m just another brick in the wall. We are all part of a whole. Life is a myriad of components multitudinous in … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #176 – Crisp and the Greenhouse

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Michael

My aged companion Crisp, whose mind was not as it used to be, had observed the old greenhouse on our Sunday afternoon walk. “They’re not doing it right,” she announced as we looked across at it. Clearly, it was overgrown … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge # 173 – It’s a Duck.

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Michael

It’s a duck. No, it isn’t. It can’t be it hasn’t got a duck’s bill. Well, I think it is. Its face is pointy. Ducks don’t have pointy faces, they have duck faces. From where I come from it’s a … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge 3 #172 – The Full Moon

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Michael

The full moon gave a sense of expectation. In the mouth. In the stomach. In the head it made him want to howl. But he didn’t as his mother had said to him time and time again it was so … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #171 – Lunch

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Michael

Will I or won’t I was the question? The catch looked so scrumptiously delicious. To gobble it up or savour it a tad longer? It had after all been a while between feeds. It wasn’t every day you came across … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #170 – The Branks

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Michael

It was the only way to shut her up. It looked cruel but sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. She got the message. She stopped her aimless banter, taught her brain to think before she gushed forth … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #168 – The Attack.

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Michael

When it happened it happened so swiftly there wasn’t much time to think about it. It was our first decent Sunday afternoon, no rain, the sun shining, disturbed only by the rumble of the approaching warplane. It cruised above us … Continue reading →

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