An oldie, but a goodie:
LM: “Mum, where are my genes from?”
Me: “India, originally son.”
LM: [confused] “No, they’re from Asda!”

I do love the humour of my son!
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.

08 Nov 2017 36 Comments
in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Children, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday, Asda, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Genes, Jeans, Kids Logic, Linda G Hill
An oldie, but a goodie:
LM: “Mum, where are my genes from?”
Me: “India, originally son.”
LM: [confused] “No, they’re from Asda!”

I do love the humour of my son!
For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge.

07 Nov 2017 38 Comments
in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cash Prize, Writing competition
There is a new Flash Fiction competition…a V International one… run by
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07 Nov 2017 1 Comment
in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #CarrotRanch, #FFRodeo, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Charli Mills, Winners
After a whirlwind month of competitions and challenges, the winners announcements have started!
07 Nov 2017 24 Comments
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, #MicroPoetry, Autumn & Leaves, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Colleen Chesebro, Synonyms, tanka
Colleen’s alternative poetry challenge NaNoWriMo is running: giving us a pair of words and for us to then use not them, but synonyms in our poems!

This weeks words to switch are~:

Image from Pixabay
I used Indian summer, and fall for autumn and farewell and foliage for leaves, within a tanka.
Indian summer
I bid you a fond farewell
For winter is here
The gold foliage of fall
Gives way to cold, bare winterRitu 2017
06 Nov 2017 27 Comments
in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #MicroPoetry, #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Smooth & Hand
Lovely Ron’s prompt words this week:


Image from Pixabay
Smooth water surface
Rippled by a trailing hand
Shattering our peace
Ritu 2017

Image from Pixabay
You play your hand and
I’ll keep mine close to my chest
Smooth operator
Ritu 2017