Games For A Laugh #olympics #memories It’s nearly Olympics time again and as happens stories around it brought back memories of my time working for the Organizing Committee of the London 2012 Olympics. I wrote a similar post six years ago but maybe this will resonate again. These are the top ten (actually eleven) takeaways […]
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Caught By A Phrase Posted on Jul 17, 2021 by TanGental The Textiliste has no sense of smell. Not really. So it wasn’t unusual to have a sack pushed at my face and asked to sniff. Dried lavender, you see. From last year. Read me …
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Sticky With Laughter Posted on Jul 13, 2021 by TanGental Today is a good day. I know the old saying ‘nothing good can come of a day which starts with having to get out of bed’ but … Read more …
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A Room With A View #writephoto #humour Posted on Jul 11, 2021 by TanGental This week’s #writephoto prompt is ‘I think you need to see this, your magnificence.’ Pontius Soffit, Lord High Presence, First of his Largeness and general sorter-outer for His Maj Prince Delicate squinted at the gold speaking tube. When a flunkey called him […]
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A Mixed Bag: July 7th Garden The last week has seen more planting for the wedding, more growth, more rain and a fair bit of sunshine. Temperatures remain in the low 20s for the most part but we are promised a cone of warmer air coming … Continue reading → Source: A Mixed Bag: July […]
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Doggin’ On #flashfiction Odd word, dogging. At University dogging on meant hanging in there and showing resilience. These days there may be some hanging and resilience involved in the word but otherwise the relationship with al fresco exhibitionist copulation and how we used … Continue reading → Source: Doggin’ On #flashfiction Source: https://geofflepard.com
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Never Doubt A Myth #blogbattle #shortfiction This month’s #blogbattle prompt is ‘myth’ which you can find here. Gideon Parchment eyed the newcomer warily. He disliked Wednesdays and this was a particularly friable example of his midweek malaise. And now this, another smarty-pants, he thought. Still, the … Continue reading → Source: Never Doubt A Myth […]
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Chalk And Parenting #memories #apprenticedtomymother Posted on Jul 4, 2021 by TanGental I’m redecorating the kitchen and stuck behind a radiator there’s a scribble or something that might be some sort of childhood graffito. As with many small things, it triggered a memory. My mother’s approach to child rearing had overtones … Read more … […]
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The Debts Of History #carrotranch #loganandmorgan This week’s #carrotranch prompt is July 1, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about “the old photograph.” What is captivating about it? Where did it come from? How does it incite a story? Go … Continue reading → Source: The Debts Of History […]
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Cakes, Cows And Comics #writephoto #flashfiction This week’s #writephoto prompt is ‘What do we have, Dumbbell?’ Inspector Mervin Plectrum shuffled awkwardly into the small wooden hide and nodded his thanks as a small constable gave him some binoculars. ‘Just one, the rest are across the river.’ … Continue reading → Source: Cakes, Cows And Comics […]
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