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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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge #99Words #SixSentenceStory ‘Sorrowful Interlude’
***************** Sorrowful Interlude Ruby welcomed her unfailing, weekly customer, handing him his usual two dozen daisies. Ralf nodded, smiled and limped towards the cemetery, carrying a cane and their favourite flowers. He shook his head, reading the familiar inscriptions; Jane, beloved daughter of Ralf and Ada Grimmer, 10th August 1980 – 23rd September, 1999, andContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge #99Words #SixSentenceStory ‘Sorrowful Interlude’”
#SilentSunday ‘Wise Tree’ #Haiku
Wise Tree Listen to wise tree, It has a story to tell, One day you’ll write it. ♡♡♡♡♡♡
#SilentSunday ‘On the Island’ #Haiku #SummerReading
On the Island They lost everything They ever had, and still found All they’d ever need. **** My review of this emotional romance and perfect summer read is coming soon, meanwhile…
Morning has broken #Poem #ThursdayThoughts
Morning has broken, Flooding moonless sky With light that’s too bright To write, or even speak. Thoughts fly into dawn Like a bird in the sky. **** Sometimes, as Dylan Thomas told us, the sky’s too bright, life’s too overbearing to see clearly, and our minds too slow to capture the creative moment, but that’sContinue reading “Morning has broken #Poem #ThursdayThoughts”
#WordlessWednesday ‘Sirens’ #FullMoon #Tanka
SIRENS Writer types first line: August moon brings stormy tides And Sirens luring Spellbound sailors to large rocks Where wondrous stories unfold. ****
#SundayWalks ‘StreetArt’
Colourful Streetart Vibrant messages, Painted on plain, city walls, Stop, watch, smile, give thought… Street art seen in Reinosa, Spain.
#SkywatchFriday ‘Amazing Earth’ #Haiku
Amazing Earth Watching earth from plane Planet glides in slow motion Our amazing home.
#ThursdayDoors #Tanka ‘Make them Dance’
**** Make them Dance Life is far too short, Make sure to say, ‘I 💖 you’, While you bake the cake, Plan the trip, read the book and Play the tune that makes them dance. **** Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite doorContinue reading “#ThursdayDoors #Tanka ‘Make them Dance’”
#WordlessWednesday ‘The Girl in Blue’ #Tanka
**** The Girl in Blue ‘Follow me’, she says, She’s the girl in blue, the girl Who’s in love with you. ‘I’d go to Land’s End’, you say, As you watch her run away. ****
