• Can You Tell A Story In…

    Here’s another scheduled word prompt for you. Remember that I’ll be publishing all your five-word stories when I’m better. Can you tell a story in five words, using the word TOOTHPASTE in it somewhere? ***

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  • Music Memories

    There I was, eleven years old, glumly trudging round the shops with Mum and Dad, when I saw it – the sign. It was in the shop window of Clarks shoe shop – ‘Free with any pair of school shoes – a Top Ten Single. Exclusive to Clarks’. It was 1983 and I’d just started…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Don’t you just love a sign with multiple meanings…

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  • I’m on the mend after having surgery, as many of you know, so I’ve scheduled your new word prompt for this week. I’d love to read your limericks while I’m recuperating and I’ll be publishing your gems from last week and this week when I’m feeling better. Your prompt is: WINK ***

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  • I’ll never forget the excitement of when I lost my first tooth. After all, I was the last one in my whole class, the whole year in fact, to lose their first tooth. I remember my friends telling tales of being left money by the tooth fairy. “You put your tooth under the pillow and…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    As many of you know, I’m recovering from surgery at the moment and so I scheduled your new word prompt for this week. I’d love to read your stories while I’m recuperating and I’ll be publishing your wonderful stories from last week and this week when I’m feeling better. Can you tell a story in…

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  • Music Memories

    In 1986, my favourite TV programme was Top of the Pops. Every Thursday night, I could be found glued to the TV waiting to hear if my favourite song had made it to the prestigious No.1 slot. Mum and Dad used to moan and groan about the ‘hideous racket’ coming from the TV, but they…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    It’s good to get your facts right – or not!

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – LOOK Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt was DATE. My apologies if yours doesn’t feature here. I have scheduled this post and your limerick may have been sent in…

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  • We all have a favourite toy from our childhood, don’t we? A teddy that we took around with us, wherever we went, no matter how tattered and torn it looked. Or a doll or soldier that we lovingly created stories for. Well, my favourite toy was the Tree Tots Tree house. Mum and Dad didn’t…

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