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Sunday Writing Prompt –23rd August – Choosing your Context – Supermarket

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Michael

The strangest thing happened as I went into the supermarket. Past me ran a man in mask pursued by a woman in a flowing gold sequined cape brandishing a pack of frozen peas and screaming: “You just wait till I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt – 2nd August – Choosing your Context – Kitchen

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Michael

What should have been a mundane Sunday morning turned into something entirely different. It was a funny thing that happened on the way to the kitchen. Though at the time it wasn’t funny, disaster never is. My brother and I … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #68 – Normal

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Michael

What is normal was the question? Each ‘expert’ offered his or her explanation One, which of course suited themselves. “It’s all to do with context,” said another, “It depends upon the place and time in which you live. My normal … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 58 – To be Loved or To Love.

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Michael

Photo by Elijah Macleod On our walk, we spied the writing on the overpass. She thought it a piece of graffiti but I thought it a message of longing. It was Valentine’s Day, and I wondered what had been the … Continue reading →

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Wordle #167 – Rudy Gnossienne

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Figment Finery Hidden Gain Reactive Gnossienne n. a moment of awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private and mysterious inner life, and somewhere in the hallways of their personality is a door locked from the … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER: WEEK #9 – 2016 – Language

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Michael

Image: http://publicdomainarchive.com/public-domain-images-vintage-kids-toys-books-fisherprice/ The opening sentence:  “Nothing is ever as easy as it looks.” It was those words that echoed in my mind from day one. Understanding their language didn’t seem all that hard. After all it was a series of grunts … Continue reading →

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