Tag Archives: Tale Weaver

Tale Weaver # 14: Holidays – Cockatoo Day

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Michael

This week phylor asks us to: Weave a tale about a new holiday you’d add to the calendar. In Australia there’s a new national holiday. Originally it was to be called Black Cockatoo Day but some of the politically conscious … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #13 – Heroes – Tiny Small

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Michael

Photo credit: Mandy Smith This week’s task: to weave a tale about a hero in your life. It can be a real life hero or an imaginary one. When I went to high school Tiny Small was a kid in … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 12: It’s documentary, my dear Watson. – May Cook

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Michael

Police Report: May 4th 1926 The body of May Cook was discovered lying in long grass behind the butcher shop in the High Street. It would appear Miss Cook had been killed by a blow to her head. Newspaper Report: … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #11: Bedtime Stories for Grown Up Children – Lucy

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Michael

When Lucy was a small child she liked nothing more than to curl up in her Grandad’s lap and listen to his stories. It became a ritual they went through each time Lucy visited. Now Lucy was a teenager Grandad … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt #8: Great-Uncle Ludicis’ Attic – Great-Uncle Luds

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Michael

Image: Bishop St. post re-gentrification. This week’s task centres around: Great-Uncle Ludicis is the most eccentric member of your family. And the best tale weaver of the lot. Given his fantastical tales, while he rests, you decide to explore his … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #7 Making Sense of Nonsense – Uncle Axel

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Michael

When my Uncle Axel was a child he was dropped on his head. That was the story my family told to excuse the eccentric behaviour of Uncle Axel. Axel loved to drontify. He was one of the great drontifiers of … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt #6: Ghosts in the Photographs – Helton Sparrowlike

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Michael

This week’s challenge is to weave a tale based on the following: You are scrolling through your latest collection of selfies, and you notice something strange with one of them. Something not visible/there when you took the picture. Dear Loz, … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver # 5 – Mythical creatures – The Dur

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Michael

Image: Google Images I never knew of the Dur until the fairies asked me one day why he was always so sad. I know my puzzled look explained my lack of knowledge of any such a creature. A little while … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt # 4.- Fictional Autobiography – The Main Street Private Hotel.

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Michael

In this week’s challenge we have been asked to weave a fictional autobiography or use ourselves as a template for one. Which way do you think I have gone? My name is Simon Boyle and I was born at a … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt #3 Making Sense of the Nonsense – Grezzle

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Michael

This week you are asked to weave a tale using the word GREZZLE in any of its forms be it verb, noun, adjective, adverb. Grezzle, grezzling, grezzlfication, grezzliate, grezzliator, Weave your story around what you perceive the meaning of the … Continue reading →

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