Writing, reading, reflecting.
Welcome to my blog, access to all posts is FREE, this site is NOT ad. supported, so either block them or do NOT accept the cookies. Thank You. It’s time for the first Write Edit Publish Challenge of 2020, writing on a word and picture prompt with the Insecure Writers’ Support Group. If you’d like […]
Read More ⌗WEP-IWSG February Challenge, Cafe Terrace, I WISHWelcome to the second Insecure Writers Support Group post of the year. If you would like to know more about this encouraging and interesting club, read here to sign up go here Every month, the group host announces a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, […]
Read More ⌗IWSG Wednesday 5th February 2020 Inspired by ArtMERRY CHRISTMAS Welcome to the last contributions of the year to the Write… Edit … Publish and Insecure Writers Support Group Challenge. if you would like to know more about this Challenge and maybe sign up for next year start here then here This Month, the last entry of the year is FOOTPRINTS Thank you to Laura, Denise and […]
Read More ⌗WEP-IWSG, Wednesday 11th December 2019, FOOTPRINTS. TRANSITIONS.Welcome to the last monthly post of the year 2019. Merry Christmas and all that …. May 2020 be as inspiring and fruitful. Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe […]
Read More ⌗IWSG, Wednesday 4th December 2019, A Writer's DreamWelcome to a new monthly post for the Insecure Writers’ Support Group. If you would like to know more about this Blog-Hop or join-up start here Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your […]
Read More ⌗IWSG, Wednesday 6th November 2019Welcome to our Horrible Harvest challenge. Write every two months on a prompt with Write Edit Publish and the Insecure Writers’ Support Group. If you would like to join us go here. To read more about the October Challenge here Thank you to both teams who have worked out the prompts, the rules, created the badges and […]
Read More ⌗WEP-IWSG, October challenge, Horrible Harvest. TRICK OR TREATWelcome to another Monthly post of the Insecure Writers’ Support Group. Check out the latest post on the Homepage. This month’s reflection question and all the news for October till December. Thanks to L. Diane Wolfe. Next Up, the WEP-IWSG challenge Horrible Harvest, postings October 16-18th. home page here If you would like to join up […]
Read More ⌗IWSG, Wednesday 2nd October 2019. Tommyrot.Reblog https://www.worldhealingworldpeacefoundation.org/ Please read and share this excellent website. An example to all of us. Thank you to Cassandra Swan for sharing this foundation’ s message of hope.
Read More #WorldPeaceSaveHumanity, Tuesday 24th 😌🎈🦋 Septembre 2019Welcome to another Five Minute Friday. Write Five Minutes Flat on a word prompt. If you would like to know more or join up start-here This week TESTIMONY Thanks to Kate for hosting Five Minute Friday and Kristie for her post today. to read her take on testimony My reflections. The testimony of faith. I am […]
Read More ⌗FMF, Friday 6th September 2019, TESTIMONYWelcome to another month of the Insecure Writers’ Support Group post. If you would like to know more about this very helpful, supportive blog hopper go here Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. […]
Read More ⌗IWSG, monthly post, LOCATIONThank you for visiting. Time for another Five Minute Friday post. Join Kate Motaung and her gang to write five minutes flat on a word prompt. If yo would like to know more and enjoy the fun start-here This week BACK. Thanks to Kate for her post. Back to school. Out of three, we only have […]
Read More ⌗FMF Friday 30th August 2019, BACKIt’s Friday again. Welcome to Five Minute Friday. Write five minutes flat on a word prompt with Kate Motaung and her group. If you would like to know more or join up start-here This week PACE. You do not need to be a Christian to join in. For my part, I believe in the natural laws […]
Read More ⌗FMF, Friday 23rd August 2019, PACE, a poem Keep Up.Hello there, welcome to another Five Minute Friday post. If you would like to know more about FMF and join this group, writing with Kate Motaung, go here Write every Friday, Five Minutes Flat on a word prompt. You don’t have to be a practicing christian to join this group. I’m not, my beliefs lie elsewhere […]
Read More #FMF, Friday 9th August 2019, AGAINWelcome to another Five Minute Friday post. Finally back home at my computer after visiting family and friends over the Summer. Sorry for my tardiness. Join Kate Motaung’s group and write five minutes flat on a word prompt, every Friday. To know more and join up start here Today Hospitality. Thank you Kate and Leslie Verner […]
Read More ⌗FMF, Friday 16th August 2019, HOSPITALITYHello there, welcome to another Five Minute Friday post. If you would like to know more about FMF and join this group, writing with Kate Motaung, go here Write every Friday, Five Minutes Flat on a word prompt. You don’t have to be a practicing christian to join this group. I’m not, my beliefs lie elsewhere […]
Read More #FMF, Friday 9th August 2019, AGAINDear Fellow writers and bloggers. Welcome to another month of the Insecure Writers Support Group. Thanks to Pat Hatt for this month`s post. I`m a cat person myself, and agree that everyday day is cat`s day. They do what they want. As the Ancient Egyptians knew, they are Divinity. On my recent trip to Croatia, […]
Read More #IWSG, Wednesday 7th August 2019, Dog Days of SummerIt’s Friday again. Time for another post of Five Minute Friday. Write Five Minutes Flat on a word prompt. If you would like to join this group hosted by our loving Kate start-here Today , the word is Take. He took the money and ran. He ran, ran and ran again. Soles beating the cobbles, cycles […]
Read More ⌗FMFriday, 5th July 2019, TAKE the money and RunIt’s time for another IWSG Wednesday, hot, hot, hot. If you would like to know more, or join the Insecure Writers Support Group go here Today HOT Wednesday. It’s July, so now we’re cooking! Temps are up, fall is beginning to look darned good, but we need to take time and celebrate HOT #IWSG Wednesday. Thanks Alex! And […]
Read More ⌗HOT-IWSG Wednesday 3rd July 2019.It’s Friday again, time for another post to contribute to Five Minute Friday, hosted by Kate. Thank her for her hard work in keeping this FMF group alive, on Blogger, WordPress and Facebook. Write Five Minutes Flat on a word prompt. This week World. If you would like to join the group, and add your […]
Read More ⌗FMF challenge, WORLDWelcome to Freedom of Expression, Week 26. If you would like to know more about this challenge, hosted by Richa at iScriblr, go here This week, CREATIVITY. Creating. A spark. The first word. The flow, a stream trickling over polished pebbles. A brook tripping over moss sheening rocks. A rushing river tearing down the mountain […]
Read More ⌗FreedomOfExpression, week 26, CREATIVITYWelcome back to another Five Minute Friday post. Sorry for the late entry ! Write Five minutes flat on a word prompt every week. If you would like to know more about FMF, join Kate, go here This Week: GOAL It’s vital to set goals in life. Something to forge ahead towards. Future pleasures or […]
Read More ⌗FMF, Five Minute Friday, 14th June, GOALGood Morning, and thank you for visiting. I signed up for the June Challenge of the combined WEP-IWSG community of writers. If you would like to know more about Write…Edit…Publish go here and the Insecure Writers’ Support Group go here I wrote a short story for February, theme, 28 DAYS that you can read here I did […]
Read More ⌗WEP-IWSG challenge, CAGED BIRD, June 2019Welcome to Week 23 of the Thursday Freedom of Expression Challenge hosted by iScriblr and Richa, amazing Haiku blogger, among other gems. If you would like to know more about this challenge and join up, go here Post every Thursday on a word prompt. Writing (poems, short stories, fiction, articles); reading, photography, painting, drawing, […]
Read More ⌗Freedom-of-Expression Challenge, Thursday 6th June 2019, DREAMI’m late, I’m late, I’m late….she said looking at her pocket watch… It’s that time of month, busy like a bee, it slipped her mind. No pocket watch or calendar could save Humpty Dumpty….. Welcome to the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Every month share your thoughts about writing prompted by a question. If you would […]
Read More ⌗IWSG, Wednesday 5th June 2019It’s Friday again. time for a new FMF post. Missed last week, as I was at the World Impact Summit at Bordeaux, France. Ecological Fair, France-Africa, finding sustainable solutions for the development of the African continent : energy ressources, water, nutrition, power, irrigation, digital networks, education, health, basic rights. Write every Friday for Five Minutes […]
Read More ⌗FMF, 31st May 2019, NAMEGood Morning, and thank you for visiting. I am signing up for the June Challenge of the combined WEP-IWSG community of writers. If you would like to know more about Write…Edit…Publish go here and the Insecure Writers’ Support Group go here I wrote a short story for February, theme, 28 DAYS that you can read here I […]
Read More ⌗WEP-IWSG Challenge, 1st June 2019, Sign-UpGood Morning my fellow bloggers and faithful followers. Today, after a week in Bordeaux for the World Impact Summit, I will be talking about the book I have been reading for over a month now. Why the slow progress ? Because, first of all it is long, 713 pages, then because it is such a […]
Read More ⌗Barkskins, May 28th 2019Good Morning. Although I am still behind in my AtoZ challenge blog visits and commenting, I would like to , without further ado, dedicate a special post for my Sunshine Blogger Award Nominations. Sonia Dogra , whom I warmly thank again, from A Hundred Quills, whose blog has enabled me to travel through the A to […]
Read More ⌗SunshineBloggerAward, May 16th 2019It’s Friday again. Time flies ! Another post for Five Minute Friday. Write five minutes flat on a word prompt. I you would like to know more about this writing group and maybe join go here You don’t have to be a christian to write for this group. Some blogs are very christian oriented, others aren’t. […]
Read More ⌗FMF, May 10th 2019, PRACTICEThe A to Z Challenge is now over. I will still be visiting blogs, mostly from M onwards. So please keep your comments OPEN. If you would like to know more about the A to Z Challenge and maybe join next year, go here The 10 years of the A to Z Challenge, go here […]
Read More ⌗AtoZ April 2019 Challenge, REFLECTIONS, May 6thHello there and Welcome to my blog Life in Poetry . The A to Z April Challenge has got me used to posting every day ! But I’ve slackened a tat. Every other day, Wednesday, Friday (FMF) and Sunday. Although tomorrow is the sign-up for Reflections on the A to Z Challenge, running till May […]
Read More ⌗SundayBrunchit’s Friday again. Time for another post for the Five Minute Friday community. Write every Friday for Five Minutes Flat on a word prompt. Today OPPORTUNITY If you would like to know more about this writing community go here and follow instructions to link up. For today’s link go here OPPORTUNITY Very early in life, I learnt […]
Read More ⌗FMF, May 3rd 2019, OPPORTUNITYSorry to all my followers. One day late. It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group!Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encouragement to those who are feeling neurotic. If you’d like to join us, click on the tab above and sign up. We post the first Wednesday […]
Read More ⌗IWSG May 1st 2019, monthly postZ is for Zébulon (Zippy in English)
Sunset on the A to Z Challenge of April 2019. Photo April 2019, on the road from Agen to Toulouse.
Read More ⌗AtoZ Challenge, April 30th 2019, Letter ZzzzzzzX is for Xylophone
photo : the London Eye.
We are in London visiting my daughter. So this is a scheduled post. But I am still visiting other blogs over the weekend, so feel free to comment and I will reply promptly. Thanks.
W is for Wonder Woman
photo book cover : Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
U is for UBER
photo : Moon in our garden, March 2019.
T is for Trunk
photo : WAZA Park, North Cameroon, 31/12/1988.
S is for SNOW
photo : snowman in our garden , January 2013
photo : Frisbee, a neighbour’s dog in our house in the Dordogne, December 2018.
Read More ⌗FMF, Five Minute Friday, April 19th, NEXTphoto : The Canal du Midi
that gets its waters from the Garonne and links the Mediterranean with the Atlantic : from Narbonne to Bordeaux. It flows through the heart of Toulouse,
a few hundred yards from the Garonne.
photo : Cala Gonone, Nuoro, Sardagna, Italia, July 2015
Q is for Queen
Read More ⌗AtoZ challenge, April 19th 2019, letter QHere is my contribution to the A to Z Challenge of April 2019. This is the first time I am participating in this challenge, so we’ll see if I have the stamina to complete the whole month ! I am also, very ambitiously, writing for the April NaNoWriMo ! So the challenge is twofold !! […]
Read More ⌗AtoZ challenge, April 17th 2019, letter O for Originsphoto Braga, Portugal, July 2017.
Read More ⌗AtoZ challenge, April 16th 2019, letter N for Nothing, NowhereHere is my contribution to the A to Z Challenge of April 2019. This is the first time I am participating in this challenge, so we’ll see if I have the stamina to complete the whole month ! I am also, very ambitiously, writing for the April NaNoWriMo ! So the challenge is twofold !! […]
Read More ⌗AtoZ challenge, April 13th 2019, letter L