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#JusJoJan 2019 Daily Prompt – Jan. 7th – Memento

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Michael

Memento I don’t have many mementos of 1975 my first year of teaching. A lot of memories, a few photos of classes and kids I can’t remember the names of. It was the year I was married though that was … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan 2019 Daily Prompt – Jan. 6th – Master

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Michael

Master The letter arrived addressed to Master James O’Dowd, and it was odd, as I hadn’t been addressed in that way since I was a boy. I checked the postmark, and it was stamped a few days earlier, which dismissed … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 30th, 2018 – Scrumptious.

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Michael

Scrumptious. When we were kids there was nothing more exciting than a visit from Uncle Wendy. Uncle Wendy was the best cook and made the most amazing birthday cakes. You never knew what surprise you’d find inside the cake Uncle … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 29th, 2018 – Fantasic

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Michael

Fantastic When Uncle Wrinkle woke up he was gobsmacked by what he saw. He stood at the window and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. “This is fantastic,” he said many times over. Uncle Wrinkle had been asleep for fifty … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 28th, 2018 – Knight

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Michael

My days of being a knight in shiny armour have been curtailed and nowadays I’m more your knight in rusty armour. Once I could scale tall towers and rescue damsels in distress but nowadays the arthritis stops me short where … Continue reading →

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#SoCS & #JusJoJan Daily Prompt, Jan. 27th, 2018 – Movement without movement

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Michael

Veronica was an amazing dancer. When she was on the floor she glided over the parquetry, it seemed she was above the floor as if flying, so graceful was she. I loved to watch her and when my kids were … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 26th, 2018 – address

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Michael

Address After a lot of humming and hahhing the speaker managed to get through his address. His obvious nervousness was apparent to all three of us who attended. Why this man was asked in the first place puzzled us all. … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 25th, 2018 – Prediction

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Michael

It was one of those days where nothing seemed to go right and invited by mates to the town fair seemed an innocent way to spend his Sunday. They coaxed him into the fortuneteller’s booth and reluctantly he went in. … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 23rd, 2018 – Colour

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Michael

When Herbie Richmond was arrested the newspapers wrote him up as a colourful character in the racing industry. It was a flattering term when you considered he was a race fixer and illegal bookmaker. He’d nobbled many a horse and … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 22nd, 2018 – Liberty

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Michael

Liberty Liberty Bates lived three doors up from me. She was a simple girl with simple tastes. She went to school like every one else but never seemed interested in anything school had to offer her. Her mum and dad … Continue reading →

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