#SixWordSaturday Getting Ready for #Christmas Family Reunions

Christmas Tree outside the shopping centre.
Close up of the Christmas tree.
Inside the Christmas tree!

November’s a longish, coldish month.

Today, while doing my weekly food shopping, I noticed a Christmas Tree in the square outside the shopping centre, and plenty of Christmas decorations inside the shop.

I didn’t buy anything, not yet, but it reminded me about the family reunions ahead.

This year I’m looking forward to having all my children and grandchildren at home for a few special days.

Have you seen any Christmas trees yet? 

#FridayFictioneers ‘The Roof’ #FlashFiction

Time again for this week’s new episode of Friday Fictioneers featuring our indomitable heroine, Alice Pendragon.

Alice is still trying to find out why her father is in danger, and she’ll stop at nothing, even if it means risking her own life.

Thank you Rochelle at Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple for this week’s prompt for hosting this fabulous weekly flash fiction challenge. Thank you Marie Gail Stratford for this week’s photo prompt.

The Roof Button

Alice followed her into the elevator.

The woman hit the roof button with unsteady fingers and stared at the floor.

Alice waited for the last passengers to step out and removed her wig and sunglasses. “I need your help, Laura.” 

“Alice?” she gasped. “I can’t even help myself.”

Alice showed her the flash drive. “Help me decipher it.”

Laura stepped back. “Keep away. You’re in danger.”

“Please, Laura…”

“You don’t know who you’re dealing with. I’d rather disappear than let them catch me.”

 “Then you’ll have to take me with you,” Alice said as she snapped handcuffs on both their wrists.

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All my ‘Alice’ flash fiction stories, written for the Friday Fictioneers Challenge, can be read as standalones, but if you’d like to read previous stories of Alice’s adventures, here they are!

#Writerslife #Haiku Inspiration #amwriting

I took this picture and wrote the following haiku, a few minutes ago, this evening, when I looked up from my desk, as I was enthusiastically writing the last chapters of the first draft of my fourth novel.

Inspiration

Subtle and intense.

My heart quivers, my head whirls.  

That fleeting moment…

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There are times, special moments, when words flow more easily.

It’s hard to know why, I wish I did, so that I could clear my schedule and prepare for the onslaught of overwhelming inspiration.

Sometimes I blame the full moon, the waning moon, the new moon, the blue moon or the harvest moon!

Other times I blame clear blue heavens, breathtaking sunsets, amazing dawns, stormy grey skies, or pearly white clouds.

Who knows?

What I do know is that when I feel the ideas rushing to my mind and the words flowing from my pen or fingers, it’s such a unique feeling that I wish I were there all the time.

Such is the delirious moment of creation, of course it must end, or else I’d never edit, rewrite or improve, or publish my work!

Happy weekend! I’ll be writing away…

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#WordlessWednesday Colourful Shopping in #Cordoba Old Town ‘La Juderia’ #Haiku

Presents for tourists,

Bursting with colour and light.

Free gifts for your eyes.

Typical earthenware nowadays used mainly for decoration.
Miniatures of colourful gypsy dresses.
Real gypsy dresses and skirts worn to dance Sevillanas at the fair.
Don’t forget your fans! You can even cook and dance with a colourful apron!
Last but not least, let’s have a bite to eat… 

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Remember to stop and watch colourful street life. Happy Wednesday!

#Writephoto ‘Shattered Dreams’ #Tanka

This post was writen in response to Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto challenge 

‘It’s not real,’ she said.

‘How do you know?’ he asked her.

‘Because a pebble

Could shatter your dreams into

ripples of disappointment.’

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#SilentSunday #SundayWalks14th Century Synagogue in #Cordoba Old Town

Welcome inside the Synagogue in Cordoba in La Calle Judios (Street of the Jews) in the Jewish Quarter of the Historic City (Old Town)
This building dates back to the XIV Century 1314-1315. It is believed the synagogue belonged to a wealthy Cordoban family.
After the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492 it was used as a hospital, later as a hermitage and finally as a nursery school.
It is the only remaining Synagogue in Andalucia and one of the few in Spain.
It was declared Historical Patrimony by UNESCO in 1994 and it has been an important tourist attraction since then.

 

More information here  and here

 

#SilentSunday #Autumn #Haiku ‘Fallen Leaves and Lush Red Dates’

Sunday Morning Walk.

Fallen Leaves and Lush Red Dates.

 

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Proud palm trees watching

Fallen leaves on grey streets and

Lush dates on green lawns.

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See you next Sunday for another walk 🙂

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#Writespiration #52Words in 52 Weeks @Sacha_Black ‘The Impostor’ #FlashFiction

This week, our challenge is to write 52 words…. EXACTLY, no more, no less from the perspective of an animal.

Isn’t it amazing what can be done with just 52 words? Why not join in Sacha’s challenge?

The Impostor

I can’t imagine why she waves that thing at me.

She squashes me and holds it so close I can see the impostor, the other dog, who sits on her lap while I watch.

She looks happy posing with him.

I don’t like him at all, the smug impostor.

Here she goes again…

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Jackie’s not with us any more, but when she was, she was never too fond of photos and was frightened by her own reflection. I wonder if this might be what she thought of my photos and selfies!

#FridayFictioneers ‘Family’ #FlashFiction #100words

Time for this week’s new episode of Friday Fictioneers featuring Alice and her best friend, Billy.

Alice’s dad, Kevin, has been rescued, but they still don’t know why the whole family is in danger.

Thank you Rochelle at Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple for this week’s prompt for hosting this fabulous weekly flash fiction challenge. Thank you Roger Bultot for this week’s photo prompt.

Family

His pale blue irides darkened mirroring the stormy sky.
“Has he spoken?” asked Bill.
“Not yet.”
His fiery eyes stared beyond the horizon, his pale face, carved in stone.
“How are you dad?”
“I never thought I’d see the sunset again,” he muttered absently, then turned to me. “Alice, you shouldn’t have rescued me. We’re all in danger now.”
I hugged his stiff waist.
“We’re a family, dad. We look after each other. If one of us is in danger, we all help.”
He shook in my arms. I never thought I’d be so relieved to hear my father cry.

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All my ‘Alice’ flash fiction stories, written for the Friday Fictioneers Challenge, can be read as standalones, but if you’d like to read previous stories of Alice’s adventures, here they are!

#WordlessWednesday #Flora #Cordoba Flower Festival #1linewed #Haiku

Never fear people

who smile when they hear flowers

singing in the wind. 

First Annual Flower Festival ‘Flora’ Cordoba October 2017