humour
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As a cat lover, when I saw this, it had to be my ‘funny of the week’:
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I recently came across a limerick writing competition. I haven’t written a limerick in ages so I thought I’d give the competition a miss. But the idea of writing a limerick keeps coming back. Traditional limericks have five lines, where the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, with seven to ten syllables in each line.…
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The famous author, Mark Twain, has many a great quote to his name. I love the following one: ‘Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.’
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Looks like only one of us is going to get some work done today!
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This week, it’s catch up time and things are finally coming together after a busy half-term. After a friend’s computer decided to bite the dust, taking a lot of her work with it, I thought it was time I took a look through my stored files to see what I need to store and what…
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My ‘Funny of the Week’ usually features something writing related but having come across the video for the ‘No No No Cat’, today, it has to have my nomination for ‘Funny of the Week’. No matter how many times I watch it, it still makes me smile.
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Morris is far too busy playing with my i-phone to help me work today!
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In my blog I’ve covered the topic of readers’ letters on a couple of occasions. A lot of readers’ letters are about articles featured in previous issues or about readers’ lives and experiences but readers’ letters can be more than just text. A lot of magazines offer an opportunity for the photographers amongst you. Even…
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As a writing tutor and marking most days, I do a lot of typing. So, as you can imagine, I’ve misspelled a few words. On reading work through, I’ve found I’ve typed: I look forward to hearing from you shorty instead of shortly. I’ve advised students that editors are very busty people instead of busy people. One…
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Not to be outdone by her ‘brother’, Morris, lending a paw two weeks ago, 17-year-old Clio thought she’d ‘help’ me this week.
Esther Chilton 