Category Archives: Humour

Close encounters of the furred kind

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Well, okay, that is stretching things a little. It was more wool and feathers than fur, but it is definitely an odd enough tale for the days before Halloween… It was the Saturday that we had met up with author … Continue reading →

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The frantic scribblings of a novelist. from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Sue Vincent

I know, I know. I shouldn’t allow people to take advantage of my better nature, but what on earth can a chap do? Now I have genuine sympathy for novelists. Sad creatures that they are, sitting in their garrets, churning … Continue reading →

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For the sake of art (The origin of the scary clown) from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

  As you well know I’ve always been sympathetic to the lesser arts. Over the years I’ve helped provide employment for musicians, sculptors and even novelists! Indeed if I can find one, I’ve even been known to introduce Mime Artists … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Violet sky #writephoto

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Use the image to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 26th October and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that the … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Moonlit #writephoto

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken from my bedroom window one night, looking out over the fields. The moon was clear and bright, casting fabulous colours across the sky. Moonlit (tanka) No clouds to obscure One face reflects … Continue reading →

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12 things your grandparents said…

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Sue Vincent

From the archives – December 2014: When you are very young, forty seems ancient and grandparents are, of course, so old they are practically another species. Like dinosaurs…almost- but-not-quite extinct and very much at home in museums. Their homes bear … Continue reading →

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When the hammer falls from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from raconteur and poet extraordinaire, Tallis Steelyard: Old ‘Ordan’ was dead. It had to happen sooner or later, and in his case, he’d have said, the later the better. But now it had happened. I’d known him for a … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up – Glimpsed #writephoto

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken from inside one of the cells at Buckingham Gaol, now a museum. The tiny castle-like building dominates the centre of the town and has a very strange atmosphere. The cell doors were … Continue reading →

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The Druid’s cure

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The bug had well and truly taken me by the throat; if speaking was bad, swallowing was well-nigh impossible. Still, sitting around wasn’t going to help. “What about the Druid?” As good an idea as any under the circumstances. We … Continue reading →

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Notes from the small dog – Cold feet

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Sue Vincent

The door is wide open… She shivers inside; She has not enough fur Wrapped around that thin hide. Now, me I’m quite cosy Snug- coated in black And can sit and enjoy Autumn sun on my back. “You are in … Continue reading →

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