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February 7, 2019
Blade #writephoto
A month away from Sue’s #writephoto prompt. I don’t know how I managed to stop myself from participating! But, service is more or less back to normal, and here is my take! A little silly humour… “I’m going to do it.” “What?” “I’m taking the plunge… or the cut, so to speak.” “Speak sense, you […]
February 6, 2019
One Liner Wednesday – #1LinerWeds – Parenting 101
“If I have to say your name/it again…?” Ritu and every other parent out there! Okay, so this isn’t going to be a simple one-liner… is it ever with me? You read the above. I’m currently considering the overused line above, that I definitely uttered today, at least three times, in the same situation! What […]
February 5, 2019
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 122
As I said yesterday, the challenges are back on after a month off! Today it is Colleen’s turn, with her Tanka Tuesday which is not just about Tankas, but rather a chance to use different syllabic poetic forms. Usually, she gives us two words which we need to use synonyms of within our verses… but […]
February 4, 2019
RonovanWrites Weekly #Haiku #MicroPoetry Prompt Challenge #239 Sugar&Bitter
It’s been over a month since I took part in this challenge, and boy, am I glad to be back! Lovely Ron’s words this week are: Sugar & Bitter Two poems today. The first a haiku about the weather… A bittersweet turnDelicate flakes fall then melt...Sorry, no snow day!Ritu 2019 And a senryu: Your lips, sugar sweetYour […]
February 3, 2019
Chai And A Chat #18 #ChaiAndAChat
Welcome to February and a whole new month! Have you got that drink ready? My chai is waiting! If we were sipping chai together I’d tell you that I was ill… oh so ill… this week. I ended up being off work for three days, Monday to Wednesday, and quite possibly could have been off the […]
Kick-Ass Kreators Create!
As you may, or may not, know, I set up an online accountability group on Facebook. The intention is to give a little motivation each day and have opportunities to share our ups and downs with each other. A suggestion was made that we could do something like a collective creation within the group, and […]
February 2, 2019
Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 207
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. “ Colin Powell Thanks for that Spidey. I’ve been doing a lot of dreaming over the last few years. There are the dreams of a bigger, more organised house, the dreams of being able to jet off to wherever we fancy […]
Best Book Blog Nomination! #AnnualBloggersBash
Well, imagine my surprise to receive this notification in my email yesterday… Hi Ritu Congratulations! You have been nominated for Best Book Blogger at the Annual Bloggers Bash Awards 2019! Well! I have to say, I wasn’t expecting that! Not really considered myself to be a Book Blogger, but obviously one of you lovely folks […]
January 31, 2019
Nominations are Now Open!
Originally posted on The Annual Bloggers Bash:
Now in its fifth year, the Annual Bloggers Bash returns bigger and better than ever. The venue is booked, the date is set for Saturday 15th June 2019 and the committee is busy working behind the scenes to ensure the day is full of fun, learning opportunities, networking,…
Now in its fifth year, the Annual Bloggers Bash returns bigger and better than ever. The venue is booked, the date is set for Saturday 15th June 2019 and the committee is busy working behind the scenes to ensure the day is full of fun, learning opportunities, networking,…
January’s Books #BookReview
January has flown by, don’t you think? And in that time I have managed to devour eleven (yes, that’s ELEVEN!) books. I can thank my mile-long TBR list, as well as some fantastic new manuscripts that NetGalley approved for me to be an ARC reader! Now I’m just going to pop a little photo here […]
