Tag: dailyprompt

  • The Holiday Mirage

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    What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? My favourite holiday has changed 360 degrees. I remember those days of youth counting down the months, the weeks and then the days. Often to wake up at the crack of dawn on d day and feel an anti-climax. That would pass, overtaken by endless… Read more

  • Dreaming the Immortal

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    How do you unwind after a demanding day? Maybe I inherited it from my mum. It only took about five minutes. But she had to be left alone for that time when she came through the door from work. It was pointless asking what was for tea? could I go out? could so and so… Read more

  • A Very Scottish Angel

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    I couldn’t pick him out in a police lineup. Only his eyes briefly caught mine and I felt a warmth when he sat beside me burly, chocolate brown hair, dressed for the season. He spoke with a thick accent rhythmic and singsong unmistakably from the very north tip of Scotland. Betty Hill? Smoo cave? He… Read more

  • Should I Stay or Should I Go

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    Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. I thought I was a free spirit.  Turns out I was scary, quite selfish, erratic and definitely unpredictable.  I couldn’t trust anyone because I couldn’t trust myself! I thought rational decision making was for people who had given up on romance,… Read more

  • Cider with Blackcurrant

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    Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you. Funny how things change. Not so funny when it involves a large cider with blackcurrant and a high quality cream carpet. It was a rare evening of celebration as I remember it.  My boyfriend and I about to move into his new abode and… Read more

  • Five Reprieves

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    What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? The wood pigeons on the roof tapping for their nuts singing their rather dull melody to accusations of being ‘one singer with one song’. The cat rushing in when the kitchen door opens early in the morning to check his indoor colony (me and Ronnie) are… Read more

  • A Satchel Full of Platitudes

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    Describe something you learned in high school. I learned that history was neat and packaged.  No suggestion of Marxist interpretations nor Japanese interpretations.  Hitler acted completely alone. His propaganda duped a nation.  We were to feel sorry for them but rest assured that could never happen in Scotland.  Nor were harsh economic sanctions driving those… Read more