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Light Show – 100 words

November 10, 2023 By Ellen

Light Show   They’re putting up the town decorations again – a giant gift, angel and stars all folded on the lorry. 45 days to go and the twinkling of jingles and holly is already scratchy. All I Want For Christmas is not to hear this song every time I prowl the aisles. The men […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 100words, Christmas, creative writing, lights

What? – 100 words

November 6, 2023 By Ellen

What?   I have my best ideas on the move – in the car, the forest path, the check-out queue. I often tie a knot in the thought and let it cling like a burr where the very importance of it scratches my brain though I never keep a note of little details like what […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 100words, 2023 challenge, 2023challenge, creative writing, forgetting, memory

5th November – 100 words

November 5, 2023 By Ellen

5th November   Scorching faces, freezing bums. The Gunpowder Plot 1605. An effigy in your old jumper writhes and tumbles into the orange where ghosts of older blazes tangle in the smoke. As you gather half-hot and brave against the shadows, invisible eyes are watching from the inky chill. The darkness behind you is so […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, 5th november, Bonfire Night, fireworks, guy fawkes

4 Reasons To Get In The Kitchen with Kids and Cook!

October 19, 2023 By Ellen

  Cooking is one of the best skills you can teach your children, and having them help out in the kitchen in any way can support healthy development and give them valuable life skills as they grow up.   Cooking can help you incorporate many different skills and assist with their development in many different […]

Filed Under: 365, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: cooking, education, family, kids, Review

Beastie time of year – 100 words

June 24, 2023 By Ellen

Beastie time of year   there’s a hard-winged moth clattering in my lamp shade windowsill mortuaries attended by flies on their backs buzzing grief spiders the size of your hand skulk malevolent as a daddy long legs dances by carelessly dropping a limb to the floor – after all, it has plenty to spare mysterious […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, autumn, daddy long legs, fly, insects, spider

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