Tag Archives: Family

Sunday Writing Prompt #218 – Night Sounds

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Michael

What do you hear and how does it influence you? Does it make you content or does it disturb you? As I live in my family home and for near on 100 years now someone in the family has lived … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Sight #writephoto – Foresight.

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Michael

He wished he had the gift of foresight. Hindsight he had in bucket fulls. As he stood and watched her walk away, he was filled with that sense of dread that he may never see her again. If only he’d … Continue reading →

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August 24: Flash Fiction Challenge – Family’s Sake

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Michael

August 24, 2017, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about an escape artist. It can even be you, the writer, escaping into a different realm or space in imagination. It can be any genre, including BOTS (based … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #16 – Colours

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Michael

My Uncle Bill was one of those men best described as a colourful character. He lived alone, most of the time, though there was one woman who seemed to answer his call when needed. Most of the time Uncle Bill … Continue reading →

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SoCS July 29/17 – limb

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Michael

“Paddy, you haven’t a leg to stand on,” she said, “you were seen there, identified as the one there is no point denying it.” I stood and listened wondering what I could say that might get me out of this … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 29 – An Idyllic Spot

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Michael

It was a day when nothing much happened. The tents were positioned for maximum shelter against the hot sun. The water lapped happily at the edge of the sand bank, the children frolicked and splashed in the cool waters, mothers … Continue reading →

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Mundane Monday Challenge #119 : Learn Photography

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Michael

My father and brother were both builders and so I have inherited a builders yard. Some things remain like this old cement mixer, its cover over the years subject to the whims of nature, mainly the wind. Taken for: https://trablogger.com/mundane-monday-challenge-119-learn-photography/

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Wordle #164 – Darcy Prattle

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Climb Vague Sadness Perish Pangs  Nepenthe (n.)) A drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble. anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, especially of sorrow … Continue reading →

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Writespiration #124 52 Weeks in 52 Words Week 28 – Holiday

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Michael

The challenge this week is to write about:  The Holiday Early morning, packed, lunches made, excitement mounting. After weeks of planning, we are off. Toilet stops and games in the car. Mum and dad singing. Thank goodness for headphones. The … Continue reading →

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Wordle #163 – Harriet Bird

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Bird Cassette Trail Bohemian Warrant Nascence (adj.)) Beginning to exist, develop.) Chide Illusory Everywhere Topple Clinch Insouciant (free from worry, concern, anxiety) When Harriet Bird woke and looked around, she found she was in the hospital. Still … Continue reading →

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