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No such thing as bad weather… 100 words

January 11, 2023 By Ellen

No such thing as bad weather…   Yellow warnings, 98% humidity, a damp dread, collar up, hunched dash to the car. This Weather! The dogs’ gaze is begging: when? Look out there, I say. Do dogs shrug? OK, let’s do it, it’s not going to improve any week now. Dress for the weather, they say. […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, rain, weather

My truth – 100 words

January 10, 2023 By Ellen

My truth I once had a truth. It was a glinty-eyed runt in the litter of my life’s history. When I gazed at it, love squeezed my soul: I fed it the nicest morsels, held it close in the dark. And it grew big and strong. One day it escaped – bounding and fanged – […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, speaking truth, truth

Thomas Nicholson – 100 words

January 9, 2023 By Ellen

Thomas Nicholson Behind my house, looking up the hill – and into the past – I can watch him or what’s left, in an iron basket, dancing a helm wind jig, shirt tatters fluttering. I think I can see the ripples of the air around the gibbet – his and the man he murdered. You […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, Cowraik, Cowrake, history, murder, Penrith

Wolf Moon – 100 words

January 7, 2023 By Ellen

Wolf moon Do I know the moon is full by the crackle of her milky white electricity, night shadows by my bins, the urge to pause and gaze up? Or because Facebook tells me I could join the forest women for a healing circle dance, the midnight swimmers for a shiver? Is it a restless […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, full moon, Wolf Moon

After school activities – 100 words

January 6, 2023 By Ellen

After school activities   The very best thing about karate, or trombone, or tap dancing is not their contribution to extra-curricular education, a well-rounded individual, opportunities for growth, or the child’s chance to make it through to BGT finals. No. It’s the time alone in a car park with nothing to do but wait. No […]

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

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