This is a snippet story about green gardening using Ladybirds by Post to fight in The War Against Greenfly.
At this stage, the battles are just starting but we are confidant the our Ladybirds will succeed.
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This was written for Writers’ Circus topic : Did you remember the night.....?”
Bumbleman strikes again!
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This story was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge: “Do you remember the night when ....”.
A rather sad memory.
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This tale was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge: Where were you then?
It is set in the 1960s when Susan first meets Ralph.
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This candy floss story was written in response to a Writers’ Circus challenge entitled “Is there anybody there?”
Mercifully short.
(For doubters, Snow Bikes do exist and are used for rescue as well as recreation.)
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This is a further revised version of the original Trumped story.
(The original was crafted long before we have been plagued by the man who has dominated the headlines over the last decade.)
It is a romance, set in Glasgow of the late 1950s.
Louisa at our Writers’ Circus set us the challenge of “Betrayal”.
The idea of setting this story against a background of Greyhound Racing came at once. My Dad was an occasional weekend gambler, not addicted, but he did enjoy Friday nights at Shawfield Stadium, which still exists as a Greyhound Racing venue.
The ambiance I am trying for is post-war Glasgow, seeking to contrast the gulf between the lives of the rich (living in the grand mansions of Pollokshields) and the poor (living in the Oatlands district, where my Dad was born).
I have re-formatted it and re-edited the original using Read Aloud in Word. If you a typo or logic error, please forgive, make your best judgement and read on.
Thank you Kareth for editing the original version all those years ago.
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This is a tale written for Writers’ Circus on the topic of ‘Walking on Air’.
Fantasy stuff intended to amuse.
Go on, give it a go over a coffee and Kit Kat.
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The first version of this mini-treatise was tapped out on my iPad while sitting on our veranda in Tenerife during a recent winter sun break.
It began with a morning chorus of the birds in our garden and expanded to uncover a few new surpises.
Ah, Tenerife, ‘The Island of Eternal Spring’ is indeed full of suprises.
The images were provided ‘royalty free’ from the Internet. Much of the other information came from Google.
This final version was self-edited using the ‘Read Aloud in ‘Microsoft Word’.
Please forgive typos etc.
If you spot any, please make your own judgement as to meaning and read on. Thanks.
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This story was written for Writers’ Circus in response to the topic ‘St Valentine’s Day’.
The main protagonist is a single woman called Jean, a career-minded Chartered Accountant who set her sights on becoming a Partner in Ernst & Young.
Although not miserly, Jean is careful with money, risk-averse.
As she approaches retirement, Jean has a nice house, adequate savings and a good occupational pension to draw on.
But then her health fails.
This not a rags to riches story but their are elements of this notion in this tale.
Jean’s birthday is 14th Fenruary and she has adopted # 142 as her lucky number for raffles.
Jean has a clever nephew, her godson Trevor whom she adopts when her sister dies.
You have around 4,500 words to entertain you.
I invite you to download the PDF and ‘Read On’.
(The final version was self-edited using Read Aloud in Word so please forgive any typos and missing words etc and make your best guess to allow the story to flow.)
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This piece was written for Writers’ Circus on the topic of ‘rings’.
It is a fictionalised version of a meeting with a former choir buddy who deserted us to ring bells.
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