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Painting Creation
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 91. Her students had departed, fearing the coming rain would damage hours of canvas work. Only she had stayed to capture the…
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Memories are made of this
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 90. The grass was uncut; a tap that needed tightening to stop the incessant drip remained untouched; coffee was unused…
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In the dental chair
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 89. I’ve had toothache since early February. You know, that nagging, dragging feeling you cannot ignore simply because it is…
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Revenge is a dish best served cold
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 88. The bowl of juicy raspberries sat on the kitchen table all night and no one touched them. She was surprised, the hordes…
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Lasting change
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 87. “If January is the month of change, February is the month of lasting change. January is for dreamers… February is for the…
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Bomber's Moon
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 86. It’s a bomber’s moon she thought then caught herself, the war had been over 50 years. Suddenly a whistle pierced the…
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The Garden Makeover
Storytelling. The show team arrived early for filming today. All wagons, vans and catering trucks. I hadn’t realised there would be so many juggling for…
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One small step
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 85. Sandy looked at the flight of stairs with trepidation! It looked long and it looked hard but she’d promised Jack she would…
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An interview with Charles Dickens
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 83. For many years I hosted a weekly Thursday Throng interview. They were written rather than recorded and were housed on my…
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To Do or Not To Do
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 81. A couple of weekends ago I found myself running a life writing retreat at the Othona Community in West Dorset. A recurring…
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God plays the Tom-toms
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 80. My mother was the centre of my universe. As a child, I would sit on the back porch in a thunderstorm watching the rain…
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Life in the Present Tense
Weekly Writing Prompt No. 79. It was the cards I noticed first this morning. Each one neatly placed on the window sill. Carefully butted up against the…
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