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Winter comfort – 100 words

January 21, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Winter comfort Low sun slides behind fells, it’s time to light the fire. Ash in the drawer is colder than death. I scrape it into the bucket. Five kindling pieces and a firelighter built in a shape that reminds me of a trebuchet. Two small dry logs. One match. No more. From haunches watch flames […]

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Planned outage – 100 words

January 18, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Planned outage Gosh, it’s quiet only cars shushing past and the flop of a dog toasting her other flank in a sun splat. Get-things-clean machines stopped burping. Heat-things-up-machines are chilly. No clicks and rattles from keep-it-cool machines. The voice in brain, though, is still shrill. What are you going to do now? Maybe I could […]

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Five little letters – 100 words

January 16, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Five little letters If you wordle, do you brag when you get the thing in three, or fewer? The silly little poser sets your day off smiling if all the squares go green. How very clever you are. But what about those horrid mornings when you’ve got the hateful something, R, A, something, E: Grace, […]

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Scroll down for more – 100 words

January 4, 2023 By Ellen

Scroll down for more How can I steam spinach when scrolling shows me 50 ways with melted cheese? How can I rest on my sofa when scrolling parades relentless high achievers? How can I live modestly when scrolling suggests perfect trainers or scented candles to die for? How can I stay in when scrolling tantalises […]

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Down paw – 100 words

January 2, 2023 By Ellen

Down paw Where I live it doesn’t rain instead, a large damp dog arrives drenched, drooling and dirty Its arse – grey-brown and stinking – descends growling low, lowering, filling the blue and crushing. Tail flicks the branches wet pelt obscures skylark skies, joy and our optimistic horizons everything blurs and our ears are full […]

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