Tag Archives: Family

Tale Weaver # 25 – When the Wicked Witch Visits – Miss Marble

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Michael

Image © Rose’s Garden, used with permission This week’s task is to weave a tale in which the wicked witch comes to visit. The knock on the door was one of those that intimated immediately a sense of urgency in … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – July 27th, 2015 – Pauly

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “He thought he found the perfect hiding spot.” Pauly had celebrated his fourth birthday will his new bunyip* onesie. He loved it and could not be parted from it. Around lunchtime he disappeared. At least … Continue reading →

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SoCS July 25/15 – Vision

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Michael

Badge: Doobster @ Mindful Digressions This week’s word/prompt: vis in any form/s you feel fit…. I had a vision. It all started when I went on a trip to a friend’s birthday party. Revelation is such a wonderful thing when … Continue reading →

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Literary Saturday Prompt #13 – Careless Child

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” —The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde   She was just here a second ago. I was collecting … Continue reading →

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Tuesday’s Photo Prompt #6 – The Wife

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Michael

You don’t believe me do you? Nope. No a word. I’m telling you I saw her standing over there by the tomatoes. Impossible. Why Cause she’s been dead three years. Your wife? Yes. Dead three years? Yes, March 5th, 2012. … Continue reading →

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“Words to Write By” Prompt #10 – Pistillates

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: vulture rubble bleached resound pistillate overindulge ghostwritten sienna washed-out stepchild My uncle Rex grew pistillates. He had hundreds of them in his greenhouse and around his yard. He tended them daily and said they were the only … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 13/15 – onomatopoeia.

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Michael

Badge by Doobster@ Mindfull Digressions Crash! Damm those kids. Its 3am and they are just getting home. Another night out clubbing and they arrive home at this late hour and bang and crash their way through the house. Later when … Continue reading →

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Fiction Friday Prompt #9 – A Grandchild

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt is to write a scene. Here is the criteria A young woman just found out she is pregnant The father IS NOT human The Setting is a Off-Worldly or Fantasy based Around the table the mood was very … Continue reading →

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Prompt 2 – Through Thick and Thin

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt: Who /what has been by you “through thick and thin”? I see the six of you line up It’s going to be a meeting like no other I announce my plan My marriage of twenty-three years is to … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Week of May 20, 2015 –The Rotunda

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Michael

Image: Dawn L Miller The rotunda had stood in this same spot for longer than I could remember. It looked old. It felt old. With each passing season the timbers aged just that bit more. There had been overtures to … Continue reading →

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