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Guest author – Katharine E. Smith

Eight years ago I was pregnant and working for an animal charity. I was unhappy. It hadn’t always been that way but my new manager and I didn’t see eye-to-eye. I knew the organisation had form for treating staff badly … Continue reading

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Top ten posts of 2016 – last batch

The last batch of the top ten articles. Even if it does include the one with the apparently  misleading title that, worryingly, shows up way too many searches… Notes from a small dog XXX Ani airs her dignity and discusses the … Continue reading

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The Ornament – Yinglan #writephoto

“Children, you better go to bed now before Santa Claus can slide down our chimney and leave you guys your presents.” Haylie said to her children, Cami and Dylan, who were staring unblinkingly at the new ornament Haylie bought earlier … Continue reading

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Guest Author: D. E. Haggerty – Coffee is Godlike

Friends, including my nerdy boss and whacky baker buddy from Callie’s Cakes, claim I’m totally addicted to coffee. Although I’m not as dependent on the drink as they claim – I love a chocolate cupcake smothered in buttercream frosting goodness … Continue reading

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When reviews really matter…

From the archives April 2015: Image source reddit.com  “Bilbo Baggins was a Hobbit who lived in his Hobbit hole and never went for adventures, at last Gandalf the wizard and his Dwarves persuaded him to go. He had a very … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Lights #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken one night when I woke to that particular silence and untimely light that tells you it is snowing. Throwing on coat and boots, I couldn’t resist going out to play as the … Continue reading

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 Salvation Offered, Salvation Lost – from Jan Malique #writephoto

Reblogged from Jan Malique: My response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt – Glimpsed – #writephoto You persist with vigour and arrogance in pursuit of knowledge and secrets of the Universe. Our cries shake the pillars of Heaven, ‘desist Dr Faustus’ … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Caged #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken outside a Sheffield pub, the Noose and Gibbet, where the notorious highwayman, Spence Broughton, was gibbeted after his hanging at York in 1792. As pub signs go, this macabre example is in … Continue reading

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Existence Is Insanity from Fantasy Raconteur #writephoto

Reblogged from Louise at Fantasy Raconteur:   Existence Is Insanity I roam this dark abandoned crypt, Estranged from lush reality, My form is frail and nondescript. Existence is insanity. I run from judgment, hiding here, Afraid of the calamity I’d … Continue reading

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Quill #midnighthaiku

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