Tag Archives: Marriage

Saturday’s Mix–27 May 2017 – Counting my “Blessings”.

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Michael

When things went, pear shaped at home the park was my place of refuge. My favourite spot was at the far end of the pond and there I sat and looked at the water pondering my life, future and prospects. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Saying Farewell

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Michael

She had lived a strange life, so her death came as no surprise. When you live life on the edge something is always going to impact at one time or another. With her head in the clouds, her sense of … Continue reading →

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March 9: Flash Fiction Challenge – Honeymoon

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

March 9, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a honeymoon story. It can be between a couple before, during or after the honeymoon. Or it can refer to a honeymoon period. Go where the prompt leads. … Continue reading →

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JOELLE’S TALES: FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH #TMAT120 #WRITING #PROMPT FOR MARCH

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  The finest moment of your life It could have been the birth of my children, my gaining my University degree, my retirement from work. But the most life changing moment was leaving my marriage. This moment signalled … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Dolores Hubbard

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Michael

Image: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Dolores Hubbard was fed up. Life was a pile of shit that kept getting bigger as each day went by. Her husband, the very virile Barry Hubbard, was responsible for the myriad of children she … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge: Looking for pebbles

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Michael

Image: Frederick Leighton It was one of those strange rite of passage rituals that their father insisted on. Each daughter going to the beach to collect pebbles, storing them in the folds of their skirts all the while knowing that … Continue reading →

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Wordle #135 “December 26th, 2016” – Gutter Snipe

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Sound Terminal Rum Cull (A rich fool, easily cheated, particularly by his mistress.)  Knife Gutter Fabric Discolor Gloss Jackboot Passel (a group or lot of indeterminate number) Stroke Impatience As Gutter Snipe breathed his last in his mind flashed … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #26: A journey

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Michael

Image: John Bauer McIntyre had seven daughters which meant seven brides which meant seven weddings. It was overwhelming the thought of them, the cost, the courting, the men seeking approval, the potential arguments with daughters wanting to marry some man … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #142 – Threshold

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Michael

Image: Rich Howman   Carrying you over the threshold was so good. After so long being with you was all I had imagined. The joy of our union flowed into the days and weeks that followed. Soon there was the … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #21: The choice

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Michael

Image: Grigory Sedov It was a choice no man should have to make. It was a choice no woman should find herself subject too. Mother had insisted I put myself forward. The Tsar had announced that all eligible women of … Continue reading →

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