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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by River (that's me) and can be found right here This week's words/prompts are:   1. on the run 2. belong 3. street 4. breakfast 5. tent  and/or: this image: Here is my story: I’d sped through the night hoping the kids would stay asleep in the back seat. The further away I got, the better I felt. I didn’t belong in that house with him. I’d mistaken possessiveness for love, but the day I came home from work and found him bullying my children, I made my getaway plans. When he went out to buy more b
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Words for Wednesday

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 The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by River (that's me) and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. on the run 2. belong 3. street 4. breakfast 5. tent and this image: taken by "Genius" and allowed by Val . Also Charlotte's colour of the month which is Orient Red for September.
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Who remembers this from way back when?

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 Summer Wine Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood
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Sunday Selections # 703

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. Beginning with photos from the past, because I haven't been out taking new ones: for those who haven't seen it yet, this is me holding a koala, almost ten years ago now. pre-dawn storm clouds rolling in as I walked to work one day the mini Yoda on one of my keychains, he is about one and a half inches tall, and now most of his green has worn off. "Aussie Fries" Because we're not French, I haven't seen these in the s
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Wednesday's Words on a Friday

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  The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems. The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind. If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words. This month the words/prompts are supplied by messymimi and can be found here This week's words/prompts are:  1. consider 2. second 3. sink  4. instinct 5. face 6. flash and/or:  my daughter always said she doesn't get mad she gets even.  Also including Charlotte's colour of the month: mouse grey Here is my story: My daughter always said she doesn’t get mad, she gets even , yet here she was, good and mad and banging dishes into the sink and slamming them into the drainer, with enough force for me to be thankful it was a load of metalwar
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Lola has a problem.

 She is well, as always, lives inside and eats only the foods I give her.  For just over seven years now.  Nothing has changed.  She drinks her water and uses her litter tray daily.  But yesterday, she yawned hugely right under my nose and I just about keeled over from the stink.  Her breath smelled like something died and today she still smells like she should be three days dead already.  A visit to the vet is out of the question, way too expensive. As long as she continues healthy, I'll just keep an eye on her.  Right now she is sleeping peacefully right beside the laptop and every now and again there is that whiff of something dead. 
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Sunday Selections

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 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections.  A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please.  Nothing rude or vulgar though. And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us. The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look. Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally. I opened this new block of cheese recently to find all four edges looking like this, I was going to email the company about that but haven't yet and can't bring myself to eat the cheese either I stepped outside one morning recently to find it was foggy not a 'peasouper' but the end of the street couldn't be seen in either direction the leggy black aeoniums, and the green ones, were cut back last autumn, then I forgot to w
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