Category Archives: Humour

Tidying up is neat by Bun Karyudo

Reblogged from Bun Karyudo: Yes,” my father would say to my eight-year-old brother and me as he looked around the bedroom we shared, “A place for everything and everything in its place.” Then he would shake his head, burst into … Continue reading

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The importance of getting home under your own steam from Tallis Steelyard

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: First you must remember it had been a very hot day. After all it was the height of summer and about the only thing moving in Port Naain was the tide coming up the estuary and … Continue reading

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Be my guest: Charles Yallowitz – How to Destroy a Champion

A big thank you to Sue for hosting me and letting me do a fun book promotion for Legends of Windemere: Charms of the Feykin.  This is the 11th book of the series, but each story is self-contained enough that … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Glimpsed #writephoto

  Use the image to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 13th October and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Lights #writephoto

Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 5th October and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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It’s dark in here…

Is nobody posting Across the whole land? Did the sky just fall in? Is the alphabet banned? I’m completely mystified, Puzzled I am… I’ve checked all my settings And been through the spam… But no-one is posting. I started to … Continue reading

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Sweet briar

Now you’ve all heard the story about Briar Rose Or you might know her best as Snow White; The beautiful princess who wandered the woods Who they say was all sweetness and light. I have a complaint, she was not … Continue reading

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The risks inherent in trade from Tallis Steelyard:

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard: It’s some time ago now, but there was a fashion for drinking the rare black lichen. I say drinking because they used to dry it over open fires, grind it fine and mix it in almost … Continue reading

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Amazed, Puzzled and Muddled by the Amazing Muddy Puddle by Bun Karyudo

I didn’t notice it peeping out from behind the apartment buildings as I walked home the other evening. My mind was preoccupied with weightier matters. If my coworker Bob always creates obstacles, I mused with the greatest of seriousness, can … Continue reading

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Industrial inaction

Saturday started as Saturday usually does… up at the same ungodly hour as always, well before dawn kisses the horizon in misty, autumnal splendour. Which is a bit unfair really as I had doggedly turned off the alarm clocks and … Continue reading

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