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When I heard The Mamas and The Papas California Dreamin’ on the radio recently, I was reminded of winters at home when I was at primary school. I’d dread getting up in the mornings as the house didn’t have a lot of heating (incidentally, it still doesn’t. And the little heating it has is barely…
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Well, there’s nothing like saying it as it is…
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How was your weekend? Hope you all saw a little sunshine. Here are this week’s writing prompts to brighten your day: Word prompt: Spies Photo prompt: Last week’s word prompt was The Hiding Place. You can see last week’s picture prompt here Your creative works from last week are as follows: Carla Burns sent in…
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Whenever I hear Phil Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’, I’m always reminded of my first holiday abroad. Like many parents in the 1970s, Mum and Dad struggled to find money for holidays and so by the age of 17, my travels had taken me to the far shores of Bournemouth, Torquay and Wales. So when…
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Obviously the sign writer needs to heed their own advice…
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I’m just about coming back down to earth after the excitement and buzz of last week’s London Book Fair. So here is this week’s Monday Motivations word prompt: The Hiding Place And here’s this week’s picture prompt: Last week’s Monday Motivations was a rollover, featuring a photo and word prompt. Here are your wonderful…
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Here’s one to make you chuckle…
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As I’m off to The London Book Fair this week, my blog posts are taking something of a mini holiday. Therefore this week’s Monday Motivations is a rollover from last week. So you have another opportunity to write something on the picture prompt below. I’m also adding in a word prompt. For those of you…
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When my mother-in-law recently started talking about how I used to wear mini-skirts when she first met me, I thought she must be going mad. Did I really? But, as this photo clearly shows, I did and she’s not mad at all. There I am, wearing a short skirt, together with a ‘fetching’ perm. Perms…
Esther Chilton 