The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: home
Clipped Heels
I mentioned a while ago that I’m due to have a procedure called a cardioversion to correct my fluttering heart. Well, this is the week. Yesterday I had to attend a preassessment clinic which involved a PCR and a fair … Continue reading
Two Wheels On My Wagon…
Remember that lyric? Ok so this isn’t about wagons, or Cherokees or anything like. But there is a theme here. In the song, the poor sods keep on going in spite of the fact they’re reduced to two wheels and … Continue reading
Posted in family, humour, memories
Tagged accidents, cycling, home, humour, School, times past
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Taking The Positives #gardening #shortstory
A glorious day, one for exploring the garden. Spring is with us and temperatures will be up into the 20s centigrade this week. Yet we still have standing water in the paths at the far end of the garden. Next … Continue reading
Posted in flash fiction, gardening, gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged flash fiction, flowers, gardens, home, short story
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Dog Gone (To Pot)
Blogger Barb Taub had a dog/drug experience recently which triggered a buried memory. Now it’s bubbled to the surface, I think it is time I confessed My name is Geoff and I drugged my dog We need to go back … Continue reading
Flattened
My earliest recorded escape from death involved an oak tree, a rope ladder and the Archaeologist’s small but determined arse. At the time, about 1964, we lived high on the hills of north Surrey, in a semi detached house of … Continue reading
A Dog? You Want A Dog?
The Le Pard home, circa 2002 comprised four humans of various sizes, sexes and sophistications, two cats, two tortoises, the last survivors of a tropical fish experiment and a dozen whistling cockroaches. In considering the decision-making structure that existed back … Continue reading
Posted in dogs, pets
Tagged Battersea Dogs Home, Blitzen, dog, home, love, memories, pets
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Milling About #massonmill #findinghome
I pondered why we anchor to a specific place this weekend while visiting Derbyshire. I’m well established in a corner of South London where I’ve lived for over 30 years. Coming to London itself in 1979 was job-driven and my … Continue reading
Posted in family, miscellany, museums, thought piece
Tagged Derwent Valley, home, Masson Mill, Richard arkwright
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E is for Elastic #atozchallenge
For the last two years I’ve joined in the #atozchallenge, namely to post every weekday in April using each letter of the alphabet in turn. In 2015 it was places I’d been to, in 2016 it was London themed. This … Continue reading
Posted in A to Z blogging challenge, family, home, humour, miscellany
Tagged #atozchallenge, elastic, flares, home, humour, jeans, memories, staypress, trousers
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One Step Beyond #carrotranch #flashfiction
Charli Mills, this week, gets a little ethereal as she steps beyond with the challenge December 22, 2016 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that steps beyond. It can be a door, a tunnel, a worm … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, families, flash fiction, gardening, home, humour, prompt
Tagged carrot ranch, gardens, hampshire, home, humour, thought piece, wells
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