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Going forward – 100 words

April 17, 2023 By Ellen

Going forward I had a meeting today It was a heads-up, a brainstorm, about collaboration – someone invited a strawman we had to take its temperature and suck it to see if we could get stakeholder buy-in, holding stakes turned out to be a white-knuckle ride, (virtually, not IRL, LOL) as the horizon scanning spotted […]

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

Guidance notes – 100 words

April 16, 2023 By Ellen

Guidance notes Too noisy: shut up Too greedy: stop asking Too rude: clean your plate Too lazy: work harder Too quick: take more care Too much into him: hold back Too impatient: wait Too emotional: suck it up Too quiet: speak out Too serious: lighten up Too stupid: give up Too fat: stop eating Too […]

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

A success story – 100 words

April 15, 2023 By Ellen

A success story First: survival celebration, for weary warriors of weaning. Second: escape without a fuss, they’re too young to know. Nursery days: nail the formula – run around, eat cake, go home – pick up at 3pm prompt. Soft play seasons: beige nuggets contrast with technicolour plastic tubes stuffed full of screaming children. Theme […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, birthday, Boy Two, creative writing

Earth – 100 words

April 14, 2023 By Ellen

Earth A word like a grunt – our home Vowel grows in the throat Holding art and ears in its heart Our wet planet – they tell us it’s beautiful from out in space where you can’t see storms The rock under feet, homes, towns – solid, dependable, sedimentary Soil. Dirt. A filthy cocktail of […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, earth

Rough and the smooth – 100 words

April 13, 2023 By Ellen

Rough and the smooth What the internet thinks I’m interested in are easy methods to remove extra hair from my limbs and other places. They won’t work: rogue hair management is a woman’s penance to be paid unless she can stand hirsute and proud – I’m a feminist, stroke my pelt. This is certainly what […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, armpits, feminism, hair removal, shaving

Discrepancy – 100 words

April 12, 2023 By Ellen

Discrepancy One day I learned that my husband had been gay all along so when he said ‘I do’ what he really meant was ‘You’ll do to hide behind’. I know it wouldn’t be nice to be out in 1992 when even Elton’s closet had just closed behind him. But imagine how it felt to […]

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

Talking posh – 100 words

April 11, 2023 By Ellen

Talking posh If you’ve ever cast off and set sail, you will not be taken aback to learn it’s above board to claim a landlubber’s language is chock-a-block with gifts from an old salt. You can tell from cut of this tar’s jib that he needs a wide berth and won’t toe the line. A […]

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

Unboxing – 100 words

April 10, 2023 By Ellen

Unboxing A toy, a gadget or a gizmo is often unwrapped and every entirely predictable moment of removing the expensive trinket from its unnecessary packaging is oohed ahhed – and even filmed – until you find in your hand a naked electronic device and not the joy you were seeking. I want an unboxing revolution: […]

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

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