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December 3, 2021
Short Stories; Do You Read Them?
I suppose we should first decide what constitutes a short story. Roughly, because these things tend to be a matter of opinion rather than fact, a short story is a work of fiction with a word count somewhere between 1,000 and 10,000. So, do you read them? It’s clear lots of readers do. I belong …
#PictureOfTheDay: 03/Dec/21
Pictures to show the natural beauty of our world or artworks that display some beauty of their own. There’s a small selection of my pictures in the GALLERY. If you want pictures to decorate your home, or as images for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing selection here.
December 2, 2021
Celebrating 1000+ Miles Walked
On 1st January this year, my wife, Valerie, and I joined a challenge set by Country Walking Magazine to walk 1,000 miles in 2021. Most of our walks have been in the Forest of Dean starting from our front door. Just occasionally we’ve been able to venture further afield, visiting the Isle of Wight in …
#PictureOfTheDay: 02/Dec/21
Back to just pictures. Uncaptioned, these will show the natural beauty of our world or artworks that display some beauty of their own. There’s a small selection of my pictures in the GALLERY. If you want pictures to decorate your home, or as images for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing …
December 1, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 01/Dec/21
The ‘writing prompts’ didn’t do what I’d hoped, so I’m back to just pictures. Uncaptioned, these will show the natural beauty of our world or artworks that display some beauty of their own. There’s a small selection of my pictures in the GALLERY. If you want pictures to decorate your home, or as images for …
Looking For an Absorbing #Read?
You want adventure, peril, romance, conflict, survival, love, threat, humour, hate, teamwork, isolation and hope of rescue? You’ll find all that, and more, in ‘An Excess Of…’ where three discordant men and three very different women find themselves stranded on a desert island after their ship sinks. Will they survive? Will they ever return to …
November 30, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 30/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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November 29, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 29/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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November 28, 2021
Parky, by Michael Parkinson: #BookReview.
400 pagesTelevision/Performer Biographies Subtitled ‘My Autobiography’, this illustrated account of the life of the TV journalist, Radio and TV presenter, and occasional Quizmaster, reads as though the man is speaking to you. A Yorkshireman (my own home county) through and through, Parky relates his life through events, family, the multitude of personalities he’s met and …
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 28/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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