Weekly Writing Challenge: The Ray Bradbury Noun List Twist – There are...
For today’s challenge, try a twist on a technique Ray Bradbury used to beat writer’s block. Your mission is to write a new piece that includes at least five nouns: Garden, grass, slugs, cat, salt Today...
View ArticleDaily Prompt: 190 days later – I made it
Back on January 21st, we asked you to predict what day #211 would be like. Well, July 30th is that day — how have your predictions held up so far? If you didn’t reply to the prompt at the time, is this...
View ArticleDaily Prompt: Think Again – I paid a hitman to kill it
Tell us about a time you made a false assumption about a person or a place — how did they prove you wrong? I paid the hit man and planned the assassination in every detail. It all began as a harmless...
View ArticleThe Daily Post: Cupid’s Arrow 2 – Who is this cupid guy?
Write an ode to someone or something you love. Bonus points for poetry Cupid shot an arrow It was two years ago I wrote about it then To tell my tale of wow I do not feel like writing an ode to anyone...
View ArticleIt’s Spring Again
And about time too. After Winter threw its last snow showers sometime during February, it gave up and left, although there were some remains in the shape of temperatures below 0°C during the night and...
View ArticleGood morning
This is just a quick one, I do not often do it. It is 8.30 a.m., just finished breakfast, checked through my computer and was ready to begin the household chores and then I glanced out of the window....
View ArticleThe flowers are flowering
Yes they made it despite the fact that they were already sprouting leaves in December. I planted the anemones in October last year in a new flower bed I had constructed, thinking what a good show that...
View ArticleSomething is moving in the garden
Actually Tabby, the feline that owns me, is now moving in on my own private Angloswiss space, she has her own page at Cat Chronicles, where she writes her own contribution daily, with a little help...
View ArticleRDP Tuesday: Garden
Morticia and her husband Dracky had at last found the perfect house, It was in a ravine where the suns rays only reached them for five minutes at midday. Otherwise it was permanently in shade. It did...
View ArticleFOTD 14th September 2024: Front Garden
The growing season is gradually approaching its end. We have a cold spell at the moment and even snow has fallen in the higher regions of Switzerland. Now the time is arriving when I should start to...
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