It’s the last day of the year and so, as is tradition, I’m taking a look back at my blogging year. Oh, I won’t be sharing stats or anything like that – rather, just revisiting some popular posts and summing up my 2016 blogging experience. For it has been an experience indeed! This year I’veContinue reading “Wishing Everyone A Happy New Year!”
Monthly Archives: December 2016
30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Thirty – What I Wrote
Well, here we are, folks. The final day of the 30 Day Writing Challenge. To be honest, I don’t think I’ll take on a challenge like this again. I don’t mind the shorter ones, three quotes or five days, that sort of thing, but I found this one a bit much. Perhaps I don’t likeContinue reading “30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Thirty – What I Wrote”
30 Day Blog Challenge – Day 29 – One Hundred Years
It’s day twenty-nine of the 30 Day Writing Challenge, and today’s prompt is: One Hundred Years. It’s also the second day I’ve been in bed with a rotten head cold, which is kind of a bummer. Streaming eyes and a stuffed up head are not that conducive to writing, or much else for that matter.Continue reading “30 Day Blog Challenge – Day 29 – One Hundred Years”
Wednesday Wander – If You Could Be Anywhere…
It’s Wednesday, so time for my usual Wander, and it’s also day twenty-eight of the 30 Day Writing Challenge. Today’s prompt is: If. Initially, I considered the Rudyard Kipling poem If, and doing a Wander related to that. But Kipling was so well-travelled I couldn’t really settle on one place, and unfortunately I’ve not yetContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – If You Could Be Anywhere…”
Impatience And Loss Beyond The Stars
When I was eight years old, my mother took my brother and I to see the new Star Wars movie. We were both immediately hooked. My brother had the toys; the light sabre, the Millennium Falcon, the X-Wing Fighter, the figurines. I know he wishes he still had them now. I loved the stories –Continue reading “Impatience And Loss Beyond The Stars”
30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Twenty Six – Song
It’s actually Christmas Eve as I write this post, and I’m listening to Christmas music as I work. At the moment it’s John and Yoko’s Christmas carol – I think Mariah is up next. I often listen to music when I write – I find it can get me into a flow where the musicContinue reading “30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Twenty Six – Song”
Remember
It’s Christmas Day. As you read this post I’m with family, probably eating, definitely enjoying myself. I lived away from my family for many years and missed a lot of Christmases, so now I make the most of being in the same country with (most of) them once more. And at Christmas time I remember.Continue reading “Remember”
Too Many – 30 Day Writing Challenge
It’s Christmas Eve, and also day twenty-four of the 30 Day Writing Challenge. Today’s prompt is: Too Many Now, the obvious thing to write about today would be presents- as in, is there such a thing as ‘too many’? If you asked my daughter I’m sure she’d say no. However, when I cast around forContinue reading “Too Many – 30 Day Writing Challenge”
30 Day Writing Challenge – Day 23 – Wrong Way
It’s day 23 of the 30 Day Challenge, and today’s prompt is: Wrong Way. As there really is no wrong way to respond to these prompts, I’ve decided to post a quotation by Louis L’Amour: We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better thanContinue reading “30 Day Writing Challenge – Day 23 – Wrong Way”
#writephoto – Day 22 – We Dance
Sue Vincent’s #writephoto image this week is a gorgeous shot of mist and trees, and as soon as I saw it these words came to me: We are mist, smoke, hidden things. We dance along branches and through the hedgerows, down chimneys and across the floorboards before slipping out into dusk once more. You mayContinue reading “#writephoto – Day 22 – We Dance”
Helen Glynn Jones 