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Lovely, thanks for asking – 100 words

April 9, 2023 By Ellen

Lovely, thanks for asking The first day back and the inbox is full – 450 messages – some with attachments that apparently need attention. Stroppy red ticks What if I dump the lot in the tiny little bin? Meetings have appeared in the calendar on the laptop I shut more than a week ago. Out […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, back to work, creative writing, post holiday blues., work

Once girl – 100 words

April 8, 2023 By Ellen

Once girl I caught sight of an old friend today. She’s young: a lot younger than me, obviously and so full of fire, it blazes obstacles out of her way. She’s not scared of failing or getting hurt again. She tumbles into love and back out – more often than the world thinks proper. She […]

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

Mad dogs – 100 words

April 7, 2023 By Ellen

Mad dogs We heeded and now wouldn’t dream of giving the SPF a miss ‘Do my back’ Then flat out, limbs strategically arranged for even UV and welcome the warmth seeping through protective epidermis into bone marrow and weighing it down which is odd as we think golden skin somehow looks slimmer but hot heaviness […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, family, other things I have learned, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, heat, holiday, rays, sunbathing, tan

Beads of joy – 100 words

April 6, 2023 By Ellen

Beads of joy When you died it was hard to see anything for the tears – not growing up, nor adventures. Only a bleak road ahead: Diminished, downcast. Without you in it and full of hard rocks and other painful surprises. I didn’t notice when it happened, but now, over my shoulder there are glints: […]

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

Don’t call me light red – 100 words

April 5, 2023 By Ellen

Don’t call me light red Passionate pink is sexy – Valentine’s hearts and ribbons Bubblegum, barbie, cotton candy, Squashums Pink for a girl Pink when the inside shows outside – the lips, the mouth, the eyes Watermelon, coral, flamingo Flamenco Pink is suggestive, makes them wink In the pink: never felt better White women’s pink […]

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

Purpose – 100 words

April 4, 2023 By Ellen

Purpose I watch the busy ants and wonder why we’re here. What’s the reason for it all? Is it to mate and procreate then keep the little buggers alive? Or raise our arms and howl to waken ancestors… and neighbours and join a primal cacophony? Can we heal our world when it’s been driven like […]

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

In praise of bending down – 100 words

April 3, 2023 By Ellen

In praise of bending down You can pick up a penny, find a (nother) ball under the sofa, and sneak under the fence. On a mat it’s downward dog – possibly the one that hides balls and trains me to a swifter swoop when something clatters. Or a forward fold – the top of a […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, bending down, downward dog, yoga

Who do you think you are? 100 words

April 2, 2023 By Ellen

Who do you think you are? I am the ringmaster of my life I am so small the universe hardly knows I’m here I am lucky I am one of millions and millions of humans born screaming, and growing to strive and survive for a while. All unique – like me I am the things […]

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

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