Tag: dailyprompt
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George and Mary Lamb
stories were told not read Every Saturday morning my Dad would have a ” sleep in”while Mum made breakfast. My three older siblings had left home but my brothers and I would climb into bed and Dad would tell stories. It was magic! He was brilliant! Three little pigs, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel. All…
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I knit
Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. Digits still of use! just ask the pooch! Mum taught me how to knit. She taught her great grand daughter, my grand daughter, how to knit with a mirror! Gabbi is a lefty! Gabbi’s also one of the greatest gifts of my life…
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Doing Cartwheels!
” If only!” Sun’s up! Birds are singing. Floating marshmallow clouds in the sky. Trees are glistening, still shaking off the dew. The desire to morph into Julie Andrews “the hills are alive….. ” but it’s effing freezing! The beauty of the scene is ruined by my freezing digits, my frozen toes, my drippy nose…
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A Fable
“If I could turn back time “Chairperson of a Promotion Panel The applicant had dressed for the occasion. In she came! Shoulder pads giving her the appearance of an understated executive in the making. An interesting brooch the only accessory on the jacket. Simple pearl earrings. Stockings, low healed leather shoes, no handbag. Power dressed…
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Rhetorical question?
Do you vote in political elections? It’s compulsory where I live. Can’t imagine living in a country where it is not compulsory to vote. I have rights. My responsibility is to make sure I act, by voting to ensure democracy is more important than power or wealth. Look at the Land of the Free and…
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Words work for me!
Not an emoji! When I was a child, I looked at pictures to understand the world. Photos taken by my Dad. Coloured “slides” projected onto a collapsible screen, having been inserted into the carrier ” upside down and back to front” in Dad’s projector. Snuggled under blankets on the lounge chairs or couch, Dad operating…
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on the eve of 55 years
I will love you and honour you all the days of my life! 1971. I am 19 he is 23. I am a on scholarship student studying music to become a high school music teacher. He is a snappy dresser, tall man working at the Newcastle Co-Store. He was raised by his beloved Nanna after…
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Misery
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? I would be Annie Wilkes ( Misery – Stephen King) I haven’t read the book but I RELISH the film! To be able to exact revenge on the “hierarchy” of the past – both clerical and secular . But…
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Happy birthday to me…
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? At the height of Covid I learned that the length of time to wash hands was to sing “Happy Birthdy to you” to ensure they were sanitised. I sing it a lot!
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I kid you NOT!
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? 5.00am this 74 year old rolls over, 5.15 this 74 year old rolls out of bed and travels to the light of the bathroom. Beloved Lexi, (pooch) is licking her “licky plate” frantically consuming her first course of breakfast. First…
Confessions of a Free Range Prolapsed Catholic 