Tag Archives: Family

Writing Prompt: July 3 2016: The Devil is in the Details

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Michael

This card represents: the representative elements of excess, indulgence, over-indulgence, ambition, ego, enslavement, power, control. It was never easy The ambition, the mind over decency, Relentless drive to succeed Whatever it took, You were there peddling your worth. Always needing … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Empire of Scents – Family Dinner

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Michael

Dive into the world of scents. I hear the crash of the door Young Jack enters, exuberant as always His younger brothers follow Wide eyed wondering what’s on the menu. Daughters arrive, sons rush in It’s a family dinner Two … Continue reading →

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JackieP’s Random Tuesday Flash Fiction Challenge.

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Michael

The Haunted Attic Bang! Crash! Every night as we sat to dinner, the same terrible sounds from above. Dad would leap up and run up the attic stairs and return shaking his head having found nothing. Grandma would sit cutting … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 25/16 – drink

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Michael

Do you ever stop and think how good it could be to own a winery? I ask this as after watching a lot of DVD TV drama and observing that numerous bottles of wine are consumed in each and every … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of June 21, 2016 – Great Uncle Mortimer

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Michael

Image: TJ Paris Great Uncle Mortimer had a reading room in his house. As kids we were forbidden to go in there as Great Uncle considered us uncultured and sullied children incapable of appreciating such a room. What Great Uncle … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: Lessons from Dad

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Michael

No kissing on the first date My dad would have been the last person to give you lessons on dating. He was shier than me around girls. In later life he told me about a date where he was a … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt: June 19 2016: Tarot Card “Temperance” – Mrs Allcock

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Michael

Mrs. Allcock looked down her nose for the tenth time that night. It was chilly night and she was feeling the cold. It was 10pm, the night was coming to a close and she was glad to be packing up … Continue reading →

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FFfAW – Week of 06-14-2016 – Wake Up!

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Michael

Standing desolately staring at the wheel on its last spin I was filled with dread at the possible consequences. My last pennies were on number six black and I needed to win just to afford a bus home. Around me … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Isolated… #writephoto

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Michael

Across the field there is movement as shadowy figures creep towards the house. Dusk affords them the cover they need. Its perfect for their purpose. Enough light to see by and not enough to be seen by. They have longed … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Spare the rod, spoil the child”

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Michael

Mr Carson believed in not sparing the rod. Every night you’d hear him dishing it out to his sons Paul and Steve. He’d been brought up the same way and thought himself an ok sort of guy and he wanted … Continue reading →

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