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The Fear – 100 words

January 13, 2023 By Ellen

The Fear Hello, my dear, Don’t get up. I’m coming to sit with you, here for a while on this comfortable sofa where it’s safe. Oh no, you don’t want to be going out there in the world where it’s difficult and people will judge you. You know they will. Just stay a while with […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, the fear

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

What cosmic plan?

January 8, 2023 By Ellen

What cosmic plan? Today my yoga class was double booked. Oh shit! Dismayed as downpour soaked my mat, and wilted my perky resolve. So, we sat in the café and opened our hearts and thought that maybe this was better than Plan A Later, the gate was padlocked: No Entry – Deer Stalking! ‘Right dogs, […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, creative writing, dogs, walk, weather, yoga

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

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