Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

First Choice

These three things will cost just that bit of money she’s given you – which would you like the most? You can choose – a bridge for your railway-line...
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Decisions, Decisions...

Marni moves around the kitchen slowly; rubbing her temples in the hope that it will ease her aching head. It’s been a hard week, what with the dinner...
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Cherry

Non, je ne regrette rien

‘It won’t be long now’, Belle hears the nurse say as she drifts back into the darkness. She knows she is dying. It’s fine. She’s warm and comfortable...

The predestined affinity

Long, long time ago, a young scholar arranged to marry his lovely betrothed. Everything was well prepared on schedule. When the day came, the bride...

Five In a Race

The latest Inspiration Point gave me an opportunity to rework a piece that had been inspired by a New Testament passage.This time I chose the five senses.

Into the heart, out of the mouth

…your eyes, your heart’s door … Direct the attention of ears to what’s good … Not nosing out dirt … mouth trained not to hurt …
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Curiosity

Imaging you are 103 year old. You are still alive and kicking, You still like playing marbles, eating too many pieces of cake on your birth day,...
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The Medium Has a Message

Jeremy and I knew that it would be a charade if not an outright con but we agreed to join the séance to please grandma Edna.