Cathy Cade's Blog: Writing Wrinkles, page 20

News Without Nuance

### Media outlets today seem incapable of reporting straightforward news without giving an opinion on it. Did we ever have impartial news reporting? Or was I too naïve back then to notice the bias? (Or were news reports just more subtle?) From the accusatory, and often asinine, ‘questions’ hurled at politicians in the street, to … Continue reading News Without Nuance

Least Favourite Things

A Poem, following my recent post on Ageing Gratefully… My Favourite Things – not Rising each morning at silly o’clock, rousing the children... walk dogs round the block. Crawling through rush hour towards an office, These, in retirement, are things I don’t miss. Each weekday evening, arrive home from work. Look neither to left nor … Continue reading Least Favourite Things

Things I picked up along the way

Random tips I never went looking for When one of my daughters was about to add fabric conditioner to a towel wash, I pointed out that it applies a protective coating to the fabric which will hinder it from absorbing moisture (which is what a towel is for, after all). It later occured to me … Continue reading Things I picked up along the way

A Right Pickle

A short story Warning: questionable language alert. I fix a smile and open the door. ‘Hi, Pol. Good holiday?’ ‘Brilliant! Did Peter Piper miss his mummy?’ She flies to the birdcage, where a blue budgie bobs up and down in front of its mirror. Polly chirps, ‘Who’s a pretty boy, then?’ Blue Peter is silent. … Continue reading A Right Pickle

Déjà Vu

At last, the UK’s drought has come to and end (with a vengeance in some areas) although not in time to stop much of the country experiencing hosepipe bans which are still ongoing. Who in the UK recalls the nineteen seventies? Drought, inflation, widespread industrial action, and the Cold War. Sound familiar? I had one … Continue reading Déjà Vu

End of Life

A poem Commissioned, instructed, and set on my course, Programmed to adapt and to learn from mistakes, To modify pathways encoded at source When new data is input that changes the stakes. Commands and procedures, appearance, behaviours Adapt and survive. Flexibility saves us. Failure to adapt leads to breakdown and damage, Repair and reprogramming, out … Continue reading End of Life

Ageing Gratefully

It’s not all bad. As things start to go downhill, they pick up momentum. Eyes that once read the London Underground map and the A-Z London Atlas with no difficulty began to deteriorate in my last decade of employment and my spectacles prescription changed every few years. Since retirement, I’ve needed new specs every time … Continue reading Ageing Gratefully

Online Editors

Things to look out for I have used the free versions of both Grammarly and ProWritingAid and found them similar. This was some time ago and I was fortunate be able to take advantage of a subscription offer from ProWritingAid, which is what I use now for final edits. My choice was a question of … Continue reading Online Editors

A woman’s work is never done, so why bother?

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

More successful writers than I, have blogged on the topic of finding ideas for stories (or blog posts). Writing magazines and author blogs offer prompts to fire the imagination. Few inspire me. Only when I have to follow a prompt – for our monthly writing group ‘homework’ or a competition I want to enter – … Continue reading Where Do Ideas Come From?