Author Archives: LucciaGray

#SoCS #Streamofconsciousness #Saturday Christmas Presents #Haiku

Christmas Presents Flyers everywhere, Come buy our toys on offer! Children’s paradise. It’s the time for toys! Parents, and in my case grandparents, spend hours searching for the perfect Christmas present in flyers and shops, asking children to write letters to Santa and promising he’ll bring the selected presents, of course. I’ve always had mixedContinue reading “#SoCS #Streamofconsciousness #Saturday Christmas Presents #Haiku”

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#Writephoto ‘Winter Woodland’ #Tanka #Poetry

Winter Woodland Bare trees scrape clear sky, Shivering pine leaves listen  To snow flakes melting, Warmed by wanning winter sun. Poet paints woodland in words. **** This post was written in response to Sue Vincent’s weekly photo prompt

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#ThursdayDoors #Jerez #Spain

I was recently in Jerez for a few days with some friends from the UK and couldn’t resist taking some pictures of its beautiful doors to share with you! Jerez is the 25th largest city in Spain, the 5th largest in Andalucía and the largest city in the province of Cadiz. It is famous forContinue reading “#ThursdayDoors #Jerez #Spain”

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#WednesdayWisdom ‘Dark and Stormy’ #1linewed #WWWBlogs #JaneEyre

If you feel as if you’re in a tiny fishing boat, alone in a vast, dark and stormy sea, and there’s nothing you can do to help yourself, look around, do something for someone else to make you feel better. And the best thing is it works. Your own troubles will seem less dark, you’llContinue reading “#WednesdayWisdom ‘Dark and Stormy’ #1linewed #WWWBlogs #JaneEyre”

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#SilentSunday ‘Back to the Keyboard!’ #Haiku #amwriting

Back to the keyboard, After plotting and planning, One word at a time. **** After over a year writing and rewriting various drafts of The Ghost Wife, I still wasn’t satisfied, so I stopped to plot and plan, all over again, from the beginning. I Stared from scratch, back to basics, with main character arcs,Continue reading “#SilentSunday ‘Back to the Keyboard!’ #Haiku #amwriting”

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#TuesdayBookBlog ‘The Dutch House’ by Ann Patchett @ParnassusBooks1 #BookReview #Audiobook by @TomHanks

I am ashamed to say that this is the first novel I’ve read by Anne Patchett, and I’m so glad I read it. I was so impressed that I read her most famous novel Commonwealth, straight after, and I enjoyed it even more, but more about that another week. The Dutch House (from the blurb).Continue reading “#TuesdayBookBlog ‘The Dutch House’ by Ann Patchett @ParnassusBooks1 #BookReview #Audiobook by @TomHanks”

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#WorldMentalHeathDay Prevention and Support #Joker

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10th October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. This year the focus is on suicide prevention, there’s more information and videos for classroom use on the topic here Firstly, I’dContinue reading “#WorldMentalHeathDay Prevention and Support #Joker”

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#TuesdayBookBlog ‘Half a World Away’ by @MikeGayle #BookReview

Today an uplifting and complex novel about disfunctional families, birth and adopted parents, and the emotional ties that bind siblings. Blurb Strangers living worlds apart.Strangers with nothing in common. But it wasn’t always that way… Kerry Hayes is a single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaningContinue reading “#TuesdayBookBlog ‘Half a World Away’ by @MikeGayle #BookReview”

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