• Guest Writer Spot

    This week’s guest writer is a former student of mine. It’s lovely to read her work again. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Belinda Davidson. Here’s a little bit about her: My name is Belinda Davidson. I’m an English teacher living in France away from my family. I completed a writing course a long…

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  • It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 21 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 50 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories: The Bag Lady: “Wow,…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: FILMS What’s your favourite film? Perhaps it’s something modern, or is it an iconic movie that’s stood the test of time? My earliest memory of going to see a film is when my mother took me to see Bambi. She soon wished she hadn’t as I cried through most of…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    Well, I was about to tuck in…

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  • Happy new week. Here is a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: STYLE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word OLDER in it somewhere. You came up with some entertaining limericks: Keith Channing: One day I may be a stakeholder. Landowner, lessee or smallholder. Don’t mind that I’m poor, Even…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    It’s Friday and that must mean a new guest for my guest writer slot. This week I’m welcoming back Jean Harris. She first appeared in this slot a few weeks ago with her super piece, A Safe Place. She’s back with another piece of writing to make you smile: Green Fingers By Jean Harris Summer’s here…

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  • It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 50 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 23 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your entertaining stories: Christine Mallaband-Brown: The hero…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: BEST DAY What’s been the best day in your life? The day you got married? Gave birth to your first child? Perhaps it was gaining a degree, going on a special holiday, moving into your dream home, or the day you got the all-clear from cancer. You may have had…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I’ve never seen a flamingo quite like that…

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  • Let’s get your Monday going with a new limerick challenge. Your word this week is: OLDER Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word TASTE in it somewhere. You came up with some amusing limericks: Trent’s World: There once was an ornery lad Who had no taste but bad So over the…

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