12 May 2020 33 Comments
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Colleen Chesebro, tanka, Transition & Harmony
Colleen’s Weekly Syllabic Poetry Challenge with two prompt words this week – but remember, you can’t use the words, just synonyms!
Transition & Harmony
Too many changes An interruption of peace As the world digests Senseless advice has been given Are we just lambs to slaughter? Ritu 2020
I think that this #CoronaVirus is really getting to me!
09 May 2020 31 Comments
in #SoCS Tags: #SoCS, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cave, She Shed, Socs, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday
Linda’s SoCS prompt this week:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “cave.” Use it as a noun or a verb. Enjoy!
When the word cave in mentioned, the first thing that comes to my mind is ‘Man-cave‘. And then swiftly after, the thought, why not ‘Wo-man-cave‘?
Why was it assumed that only men needed that cave, that place to retire to, away from the family, to aa cocoon of peace, when, more often than not, he’d been at work all day, while the woman of the house cooked, cleaned and was the one who took most of the burden of childcare on her shoulders?
Surely, it would have made more sense for him to take over the demands of the kids, so she could disappear to a space made just for her, filled with whatever she needed, to relax, be it a reading room, crafting room, or a room with a hot tub and gin serving bar!
One of my colleagues has just created her own, after her growm children finally moved out. She’s a crafter and it is a full-on craft cave, with shelves and little drawers filled with her tools, materials, and fastenings, wools and threads, and all manner of bits and pieces than come in rather handy for us at school.
I’d love a wo-man-cave.
It would be many things: my reading nook, filled with book shelves, and a comfy place to sit and read, by a large window; my writing space, with a large desk, and all the tools I needed to have near me, to hand; a small corner of the room would be devoted to my crafting materials too.
A discreet sound system would allow me to stream gentle music if I wanted, and there may just be a shelf with a kettle and my favourite teabags. Of course I would need milk too, so a little fridge, just big enough for a small carton of milk, and maybe some cans of premixed pink gin drink…
I have been drooling over images of different ones on Google… Apparently they are known sa She-Sheds!
We are looking at moving to our forever home… If I start the pressure now, maybe Hubby Dearest will cave, and instead of a games room, my wo-man-cave will become a reality, instead…
Okay, can you all just leave me to dream now?
08 May 2020 37 Comments
in #CarrotRanch Tags: 99-Word Fiction, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Carrot Ranch, Charli Mills, Flash Fiction, Nourish
Charli’s Carrot Ranch fiction prompt, this week:
May 7, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story to nourish. The characters can nourish or be nourished. What else can be nourished? A tree? A setting? Does the sunset nourish the soul? Go where the prompt leads!
Solo Nourishment
Mae gently emptied the last of the water from her watering can into the flowerbed.
The roses were doing rather well, all things considered.
All around her, news filtered in of the deaths of people around the world, and even some friends.
It had been tough.
Her usual routine of seeing her grandchildren at the end of each school day, with her feeding them nourishing snacks, and sometimes dinner, if her daughter was running late, was gone.
They couldn’t meet one another.
A video call sufficed, and the odd drive-by wave.
At least she could still nourish her garden.
07 May 2020 37 Comments
in #WritePhoto Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Causeway, Photo Prompt, Sue Vincent
Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week:
As Far as The eye can See, water stretches The ends of the earth But what follows? Gentle curve Or a Drop? Ritu 2020 Inspired by the photo, but also a short piece of fiction read on Hugh's blog today!
06 May 2020 20 Comments
in #onelinerwednesday Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, One Liner Wednesday
I know that flag, it’s the MacDonald Trump flag!
Student, aged 6
We were learning about VE Day in school with the keyworker children, and as we looked at information, flags showing countries who were involved came up on the screen.
Guess which country’s flag was being described above?
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