• Guest Writer

    This week’s guest writer is the delightful Val Fish, whose blog is sexagenarianscribbler. She produces some super responses to my challenges and has a love of limericks. Here are a few limericks from her latest book: With his sermon about to begin The priest had to suppress a huge grin Cos just minutes ago Out…

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  • It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 23 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 47 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your super stories: Christine Mallaband-Brown: ‘We need…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: TIME What does TIME mean to you? Good times, spent with family and friends? Always being pushed for time? Happy memories of times in the past? Or perhaps you think of the future and the times that will bring. It might be a timepiece itself that holds special significance. You…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    This is one smart kid!

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  • I’m sorry I’ve not responded to everyone’s brilliant posts and responses to my challenges – the surgery is taking longer to recover from than I’d thought. So please bear with me. Your new weekly limerick challenge is TASTE Your challenge last week was to write a limerick using the word SAVE in it somewhere. You came up…

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    I hope you’ve all had a good week. It’s now time to introduce this week’s guest writer. It’s the very talented Nancy Blodgett Klein. This is the first time she’s been a guest on my blog and I’m sure you’ll join me in giving her a warm welcome. Nancy has lots of writing experience and…

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  • It’s Thursday and story time. Here’s the latest story challenge: Can you tell a story in 47 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story: Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 39 words using the following words in it somewhere: Here are your hilarious stories (apologies if yours doesn’t…

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  • Writing Prompts

    This week’s writing prompt is: SEASONS Which is your favourite season? Mine is autumn. I love the glorious golds, oranges and reds as the leaves turn. There’s also a crisp freshness to the air and the crackle of the log burner once inside. The differing seasons can make a great theme for a poem, or…

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  • Funny Of The Week

    This church sign made me smile. So inventive.

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  • Happy Monday! Your weekly limerick challenge is here to kick-start your week. My apologies if I don’t comment on your limericks for a few days – I’m having surgery today so I may be out of action for a short while. I’ll comment when I can and I’ve scheduled a few posts for the forthcoming…

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