Tag Archives: childhood

TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS – My Earliest Memories

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Michael

May 4  Today’s prompt is:  Your earliest memory It’s all snippets of memory. My young brother aged about three going missing and finding him hours later in bed asleep after mum had everyone in the street looking for him. Being … Continue reading →

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TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS – The Dentist

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  A vignette from your childhood   My mother looked in horror the day the dentist slapped me. I was about five years old and my first visit to the dentist. I wasn’t co-operative, squirming and moving all … Continue reading →

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Haibun Monday #28 – “Childhood Experiences”

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Michael

The theme this week  is “Childhood Experiences”   My aging neighbours are moving out. I’m standing in front of their house remembering the family who lived there when I was a kid. Its long ago now and my memory is clouded … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of December 27, 2016 – Horse-Riding

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Michael

Photo: thanks to Iain Kelly. She announced that this Christmas/New Year she’d give him a gift that was a part of her childhood. She was going to take him horse-riding. Her glee was obvious. His apprehension equally so. The big … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #6:The child – Marcus

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Michael

Image: Else Berg “Don’t you ever think he might be lonely sitting there all day?” asked Ellie to her friend May. May looked across at her son Marcus sitting in his play pen pulling on the ears of his fluffy … Continue reading →

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#SoCS May 21/16 – “brake/break.”

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Michael

I’m reminded of the days when I was a kid and riding a billycart down the hill was an exciting prospect. Brakes were what your shoes were for. We never gave such things as risk assessments a thought. There was … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Teddy Time

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt it’s teddy bear time. It was lights out time and Ted looked at me with an expression of bewilderment. ‘I’m not sleeping with you any more,’ he said. ‘I’ve come to the end of my tether and you … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 34: a painting in search of a story – With a Bat and Ball

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Michael

Image: Children’s Games; Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Elder; Source: wikiart.org The opportunity for game was limited in our village. What with the day to day efforts to survive, to provide the labour needed in the fields and the help needed … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 28: art & artist – Street Cricket

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Michael

Artist: M.C. Escher; Completion Date: 1948; wikiart.org; The Drawing Hands One afternoon, you become more than usual lost in the art. You wander into a gallery tucked away at the end of a long hallway. Hanging on the room’s beige … Continue reading →

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Līgo Haibun Challenge – Word Prompt – Childhood

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Michael

This week’s prompts: childhood or deluded. Childhood The 7am news blasts out from the old Bakelite wireless, our way of staying touch with the outside world. Mum has it playing loud for two reasons, so she can hear it and … Continue reading →

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