Lovely Ron with his Haiku Challenge prompt words this week:
He & She
He beckons to her
With his colourful plumage
He tries to win heartsRitu 2018
https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/09/24/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-220-heshe/
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #220 He & She
25 Sep 2018 20 Comments
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#SoCS September 22/18 – Flour/Flower
22 Sep 2018 47 Comments
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Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “flower/flour.” Use one, use both, it’s totally up to you. Enjoy!
Yes… this will definitely be a SoCS post today, rambling about Linda’s prompt!
If you recall (though you may not, as I know the Life of Ritu isn’t the most important thing in your life!), I was going to be walking a half marathon for the charity, Cancer Research UK in September.
Well, that day has arrived… today! And I shall be attempting my 13.1 miles walking the Shine Walk through Central London, with the wind and rain howling… and my six girls from my Tootie Frootie posse will be by my side!
You know a proper post will follow when I get the feeling back in my legs etc…!
I can pretty much guarantee that by the end I won’t be blooming like a spring-time flower, but more like a wilted stem from a 3-week old cut flower arrangement!
(See what I did there? Included flower!)
What will I do to celebrate the end (if I make it)?
Eat cake, chocolate, ice cream… anything I dang well like!
It’s been a long haul recently, trying to avoid all flour based carby foods, and I shall continue after, but I think after the walk, I’ll deserve a doughnut or ten! And if a greasy fry-up is in order the next morning, it wouldn’t be complete without a nice slice of buttered toast!
Okay, I need to go and sort myself out now!
Wish me luck!
Catch ya later Peeps! Happy Saturday!
https://lindaghill.com/2018/09/21/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-sept-22-18/
September 20 – Flash Fiction – A Parade Of Nations – School Parade
21 Sep 2018 22 Comments
in #CarrotRanch, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #CarrotRanch, A Parade Of Nations, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charli Mills, Flash Fiction, School Parade
Charli’s prompt this week:
September 20, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a parade of nations. It can be literal, or it can be a phrase that you use to describe a situation. Explore what it could be. Go where the prompt leads.
It seems that school is on my mind a lot these last few weeks, this was what came to mind!
School Parade
I hate assemblies!
I stood there nervously.
They came trooping in, like a parade of nations, English, African, Indian, Slovakian, Polish, Vietnamese… and more.
This was my first time and I had four hundred and twenty pairs of young eyes trained upon me.
Clearing my throat, I said, in a loud, yet slightly wobbly voice, “Good morning everyone!”
“Good morning Mrs Johnson!” came the singsong reply.
And those eyes looked at me with such trust, my nerves melted away.
“I’ve got a wonderful song for us to sing, and then we’ll talk about the year ahead…”
I LOVE assemblies!
https://carrotranch.com/2018/09/21/september-20-flash-fiction-challenge/
#WritePhoto – Pillars
20 Sep 2018 28 Comments
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Sue’s #WritePhoto Prompt this week:
The pillars created a corridor of sorts, leading to an archway that brought me closer to my destiny.
Beyond that archway was the spot where I would devote my whole life to my chosen cause.
Each pair of pillars, in turn, seemed to represent all I was giving up.My home.
My job.
My freedom.
My family.
My love.
My name.
My guilt…
But I was forsaking them for Him. And him.
As I approached the archway Mother Mary stepped forward, her smile beckoning me closer and it pulled me forward quicker.
“Come, my child, it is nearly time.”***
The next time I walked by those pillars, I had shed all my worldly belongings and relationships – and my identity.
“Come, Sister Faith, let me show you to your room.” Inside, I smiled.
No one would find me here. No one would ever have to know…
https://scvincent.com/2018/09/20/thursday-photo-prompt-pillars-writephoto/
One-Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds Pantstastic!
19 Sep 2018 39 Comments
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“My colleagues think I’m Pants-(tastic)!” – Ritu
This will be the slogan on badges I think I am going to make for a new initiative I’ve started at school!
Yup, it’s that “Art of Brilliance” course that inspired it again! Check my post out about it here, if you haven’t seen it before!
He talked about special pants and the fact that every day is special, so we shouldn’t save our special pants for a particular day, but make each day count.
I got to thinking, after having seen a staff appreciation wall in another school, and came up with an underpant related idea for our establishment, and ran it past my Head, who loved it!
Anyone can take a pair of appreci-pants and write a comment celebrating another member of staff, or thanking them. It makes you feel pants (tastic) when you are appreciated!
So, here’s the poem I penned…
And these are all the bits and bobs I put together to create the display. It has been introduced to the staff who will hopefully take it on board. Whoever has seen it has said the love the idea!
I’m hoping plenty of pants will be up there over the next few days!
The badges were an idea of another colleague – I am so tempted!
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.
But I Smile Anyway... 