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COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY On A Thursday #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 142 #SYNONYMSONLY

29 Aug 2019 30 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Character & Wild, Colleen Chesebro, tanka

It’s Tuesday, and that means Colleen’s Tanka Challenge! Of course, just providing a couple of words would be far too simple, so we have two words, yes, but we can’t use them! Only synonyms allowed!

Character & Wild

Doll, Clown, Sad, Black And White, Sweet — Piabay Image

"What a clown," they say
"Always pulling madcap stunts
Jeez, he makes me laugh."
Though he implores, "Look closer.
Can't you see my hurt inside?"

Ritu 2019

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Will They Like My Book? – Ritu Bhathal

28 Aug 2019 Leave a comment

by Ritu in My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, My Writing Journey, Ritu Bhathal

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One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Gratitude and Strength

28 Aug 2019 40 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #CarrotRanch, #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Gratitude & Strength, One Liner Wednesday

Thank you Lord, for the time I had off – now grant me the strength to get through the next school year!
Ritu the Teacher, 2019

Yup, it’s officially the last day of my holiday… been a busy 4.5 weeks… but I am excited to get back to it! See you on the other side!

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds challenge

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #268 Gratitude& Harmony

27 Aug 2019 15 Comments

by Ritu in #ronovansweeklyhaikuchallenge Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Gratitude & Harmony, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge, Senryu

Ron’s Haiku prompt this week:

Gratitude& Harmony

Gratitude, Grateful, Prayer, Thanks — Pixabay Image

Life in harmony
All is falling into place
Gratitude for faith

Ritu 2019

Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge Image 2016

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #268 Gratitude& Harmony

Chai And A Chat #47 #ChaiAndAChat

26 Aug 2019 33 Comments

by Ritu in Chai and a Chat Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Catch Up, Chai and a Chat

Hi All! I hope you are well! I have to apologise today as my chai will need to be in a takeaway cup as I am popping in briefly.

If we were sipping chai together I’d let you know that it has been another week of holidays, my last full week, and I was determined to not let myself be tired before school, so we had a good few down days planned.
If we were sipping chai together the first thing I’d want to talk to you about would be #RiNoEdMo. I’m tired and Tuesday, I felt the tiredness and emotional build up kick in. I felt DOWN. Seriously, everything had me in tears… I decided then that I needed to step back from all things taxing me mentally and rest up. I spent a whole day in bed, reading and snoozing. It must have worked, because I felt much more positive the next day, and I have had some lovely feedback from Beta Readers too over the week.
If we were sipping chai together I would tell you that I had a lovely dinner with my colleague and friend on Tuesday, then the kids and I spent the day at Bluewater with friends on Friday, and then had a lovely barbeque with family on Sunday, leading to an impromptu sleepover for one of Lil Man’s friends. Lots of laughs and fun!

See, told you I’d be a bit of a runaway train. I’m writing this rather late at night, hence no photos today. But suffice to say the week was lovely.

If we were sipping that chai together, and possibly reaching for cake or cookies I’d tell you that us teachers go back to school on Thursday… booo!!!! but more on that next week!
If we were sipping that chai together, and possibly reaching for cake or cookies I’d say that it’s the last week of the holidays, so I need to make sure the kids get back to routine for term time… wish me luck!!!

Right, that’s me done Peeps! Let me how your week has been.