Posted in Creative Writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Prompt, Short Story, Writing, Writing Prompt, life, thoughts on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
I was on a plane heading home when we hit some rather worrying turbulence. People clutched the arms of the seats, there was a bit of whimpering and the “fasten seat belt” sign was definitely on. As we teetered from side to side and on occasion, down and then a stomach-churning “up”, it made me think [...]
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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedy.
- Groucho Marx
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This may sound mad, but have you ever wondered what it would be like if the walls really did have ears? Imagine the sort of conversations that take place in locations where people think they’re alone in public. For instance, what about the things we say or do in the lift, in a pub when the [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, Creative Writing, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Micro Fiction, Prompt, Short Story, Writing, Writing Prompt, literature, thoughts on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Apologies for not posting a prompt in a while, I’ve been on holiday and writing has shamefully fallen behind this week.
It’s snowing outside. This, of course is perfect if you’re on a skiing holiday or want to build a snowman, but as the time for me to go home draws near, I think of all [...]
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Posted in Blogroll, entertainment, funny, humor, humour, life, literature, quotes, reading, thoughts on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless yet be determined to make them otherwise.
-unknown
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Posted in Blogroll, Prompt, entertainment, funny, humor, humour, life, literature, quotes, reading, thoughts on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let us endeavor to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
-Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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Ok, I’ve done it again. I read something that was not on the list. To be fair, however, I have completed something on the list, so hopefully, I’ll be forgiven.
On the list: “The Land Girls” by Angela Huth. This was a beautifully written story about three girls that go to work on a farm during [...]
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
- Oscar Wilde
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If I were alive in Rubens’s time, I’d be celebrated as a model. Kate Moss would be used as a paint brush.
- Dawn French
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