Library lust When you yearn, the only thing to do is find a book – a neatly-bound portal – that you can open and dive into. Leaping, not looking to breath in your longing and gaze at things you lack like vitamins in your famine. Pale, starving, it’s time to turn the pages, and turn, […]
Quibblings – 100 words
Taking Control of Your Health This Year
It’s a new year, so it’s time for a fresh start. If you’re looking to take control of your health this year, there are a few things you can do to set yourself up for success. From small changes like drinking more water to more extensive lifestyle overhauls like starting to exercise, there are plenty […]
60103 – 100 words
60103 Smaller, squarish, going nowhere soon, The Flying Scotsman pants and gasps burping steam. Wednesday afternoon commuters interrupt bad-tempered waiting – We are sorry to announce… (They aren’t, you know) – to smile and photograph. You’ll never guess… Passengers peer past the 15.36 Pendolino to the 1923 A-class locomotive, gleaming, glossy, the world’s most famous […]
Flowers, for me? 100 words
Flowers, for me? Oh, how lovely, I’ll get a vase Optimistic tulips on juicy stalks Peach-skin roses and irises with perky up-dos One-eyed narcissi and peony pompoms Don’t forget to change the water Well-behaved calendula and carnations calling for clean white linen Kindly stocks play an overture Oh, how lovely! They’re lasting well Painstaking tissue […]