Cherrypicked stories
Nursery Writes
There, I feel better now... Not for the easily offended. Image canva.com
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Their Man in Havana
Abortive attempt at novel... may use it somewhere, in something else, who knows? Image from PD elements at canva.com
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Blodwyn's Hair
The Cranpick Garden Show took place each year on the second Saturday in September. It was usually a beautiful day of soft sunshine and gentle breezes...
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Pioneers
In February 2019, the Big New Road (BNR) opened. The official name for it is the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR). That hardly rolls off the...
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Ne'er Cast a Clout
There is a Scottish expression, ‘Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May be oot’. It basically means, don’t peel off your winter vest until the Hawthorn tree has...
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"Unwanted Magic" 6
“We have no choice but to go forward in the maze so we need to be careful but at the same time, we need to hurry,” the dad warned. “The mom nodded...
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Who'd be a Gardener?
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Redemption Falls
Arthur prays, I think too often; God is bored with him. Mary trips up on the stairs and lets the goblins in. In city streets the feathers fly, caught...
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This Sort of Thing - The Childhood Stage
From a Smoggie to a Culchie, a ten year journey.
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 14
“Martha…Are you reading this?” Perfidia’s voice was low and vibrating with anger. “I’m right next you Perfidia and yes, I am,” Martha responded in a...
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New Directions (21)
Entering the threshold I looked down at the hall mat with its yellow elephant pattern – the first thing I saw when I first visited Celia’s home...
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Stuff
Jeff Bezos has all my money (allegedly). He owes me an invitation to the wedding at the very least. I must have paid for the buffet in books alone...
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RAAC (A concrete poem with with holes in)
It's not about concrete
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The truth gradually sets off
I'm not surprised I got there before her. Although we only called each other briefly, she sounded hesitant and confused during the conversation. I...
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How to write short form prose, 1: the ransom note
Dear Professor Storos We have your daughter, pay us £16,000 or else. “There’s the ransom note,” said “Hircliff, “Take this Dogboat and post it...
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Standing in the Shadows of Love (Dead Reckoning series - Part 9)
In which Samantha finds her place, Josiah looks forward to a dinner engagement and Archibald finds it all so confusing!
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Parcel for you..Part 26
By the time Vanessa got back to the house she was beginning to have a niggling feeling that she might live to regret inviting Spencer into her bed...
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Projecting
After the walk to the next village, I get the bus back home. Flopping down onto the seat to look out the window for dolphins as the bus birds-eyes up...
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Losing the Plot
Chihuly reckons the best way to get moving with a project - start another project at the same time. A book on how to create a Moon Garden caught my...
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Waterfall
Dear diary...wouldn't it be good to turn back time, to smile across rousing energy gushing unleashed freshness with sense of exhilarating abandonment...
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