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September’s Books #BookReview

So, September is upon us. A busy month for me, what with school starting back, and my birthday! Being back at school means that I tend to fall asleep a heck of a lot quicker than usual, as the physical and emotional exhaustion kicks in againk, after a relatively relaxing August, so I am conscious […]

Chai And A Chat #52 #ChaiAndAChat

Happy Monday to you all! I hope your week treated you well. Here’s my update! If we were sipping chai together I’d start by telling you that this week, tiredness killed me. I got up on Monday, and realised that I needed to step back from something. My brain has been frazzled, for some reason, and […]

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 239 – Tired

Sustained exhaustion is not a rite of passage. It’s a mark of stupidity. Jason Fried Yup, I gotta agree Spidey. I’ve been fighting this for a while now. The tiredness. And yet, the last few years, I have worked through it. Burning the candle at both ends, so to speak, has not been uncommon in […]

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #272 Empty&Whole

Ron’s Haiku Prompt this week: Empty & Whole Though my well runs dryMy empty whole is all yoursI'll always be hereRitu 2019 I think this may be a little loaded message… I really do need to take a break. Exhaustion is at an all-time high. For a few weeks, I shall not be participating in […]

Chai And A Chat #51 #ChaiAndAChat

Happy Monday to you all! I hope your week treated you well. Here’s my update! If we were sipping chai together I’d begin my recount by telling you that the exhaustion hasn’t subsided yet. I still try and read every night, but by 9.30pm, my eyes are closing and I just need to sleep! If we […]

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 238 – Friends

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.” Bernard Meltzer Cool quote Spidey! I went out with some great friends on Friday night. I don’t have the Buzz to my Woody here, locally. My BFF for the last 25 ish years… […]

#SoCS Sept. 21/19 – Wrap/Rap

Linda’s #SoCS prompt this week: Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “wrap/rap.” Use one, use both (for bonus points), use ’em any way you’d like. Enjoy! Do you know how to wrap? (No, I’m not talking about rap – the music form, though I have tried my hand at it!) I think […]

September 19: Flash Fiction Challenge – Interlude

Charli’s Carrot Ranch prompt this week: September 19, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about an interlude. It can be a pause between two key moments, the pause between acts in a play, an intermission, or a temporary amusement Go where the prompt leads you! Sweet Interlude Sophia leaned […]

Murmur #writephoto

Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt: It started with A murmurThen someone screamedBlue murderStartled starlingsScatteredBut for meAll that matteredWas to catch that Last glimpse of sunAfter all it would beMy last oneMy last sunsetMy last nightMy last breathYes, that's rightThen they grabbed me From the wallStopped me quicklyBefore the fallRitu 2019

COLLEEN’S 2019 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY on a Thursday #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 145 #PHOTOPROMPT

Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Prompt: It’s mid month, so we have a photo prompt this week. AWorld whereThe ground justDisappearedOnly safe creaturesWere the birds and the fishDid you four legged creaturesFind help on Noah's wooden ark?He promised to save two of each oneIt rained for forty days and forty nightsSlowly clouds receded, the sun shoneWater began […]