Tag: #dailyprompt

  • The Hidden Paws

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    Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? I guess cats. If I am to make any comparison then cats. For starters I can sleep like cats sleep. For long, long periods. I am a real stickler for routine the way cats are. I like to think I go where I am needed, like… Read more

  • The ton, the telegram and the terrified

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    Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. To be the ton – a whole hundred years on the planet! And, if the Royalty is still in situ in Britain in 2072, to get a telegram of congratulations! It’s hard to write a letter to my 100 year old self. So many variables. I can’t imagine… Read more

  • Margaret’s Magic

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    What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? We were big on middle names in my family. Many used their middle name as their first name. I was not too hot on my middle name. It seemed so boring and so old fashioned. I guess when I knew it was my grandma’s… Read more

  • The Fantastic Freedom to Fail

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    How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? Fear of failure is toxic.  Paralysing. You can feel physically unwell though nothing is wrong. It is overwhelming, terrifying and produces catastrophic thinking.  It’s been a long time since I felt like that. Recovery from this fear of failure has had a… Read more

  • The Watch, the Miraculous Medal and the Lipstick

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    What are three objects You couldn’t live without? The watch, about £20 sterling, is a much favoured daily object.  I’ve had the garmins, the apps.  Done my year on year comparisons.  Sweated on the days I forgot my watch or the battery went and how that would affect ‘results’.  This watch by Hearkent is more… Read more

  • Learning to hear birdsong

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    What experiences in life helped you grow the most? “St David of Wales famously reminded us ‘Do the little things’”  It was a summer of contrasts, fearful imaginings and new beginnings. I met a man.  A real man.  My tumultuous and never should have happened marriage was dispersing into an empty painful divorce. We couldn’t… Read more

  • My brother’s suicide

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    Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. Perhaps because there is no goodbye it was the hardest.  Worse still anyone who has experienced this tragedy knows you piece together your own goodbye with what ifs, regrets, disbelief. And for a long time all this shapes the narrative backwards.  You doubt… Read more