Long drive, but worth it to see Fred!
Kitchen Art Attack
Kitchen items are unsafe during an art attack. Two chopping boards have succumbed to artistic endeavour. A spatula is scarred with acrylic paint. And the seagrass mat suffered from surgery in one corner.
Retro communication
Once upon a time, long, long ago, when the ‘net landed, receiving an email was oh, so exciting! Likewise, the texts on my first mobile phone caused much awe and wonder.
Last week I received a letter. A real, hold-in-your-hand, news-filled, handwritten letter. This retro-communication had the same effect as the emerging technologies of yester-year. Awe, wonder and excitement.
First Flash fiction
Written for children.
Picnic
‘Let’s eat here!’
Making the most of the spring sunshine, the family unloaded the basket. Sandwiches, salads, desserts and juice soon adorned the tartan rug.
Buzz watched from afar until, tempted by agreeable aromas, he dared to move in closer. Would they, could they, share their meal with a starving stranger?
He hovered, knowing the answer. Beggars are unwelcome at banquets.
But sugary smells proved irresistible. Overwhelmed by hunger, Buzz ignored the risk, targeting the fruit flan. He never made it.
The blow, when it came, slammed Buzz into the long grass.
‘First wasp I’ve seen this year!’
My Stressed Foot
Apparently I’ve been suffering from stress.
In my foot.
This explains the pain, which I should have recognised for what it was long before I did, and which was identified this morning, by a doctor, as a probable stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal. It’s more or less mended now, thanks to a very idle weekend. I have returned the crutches: admittedly I would have used them more often had the nurse used the word ‘fracture’ last week. Many years ago, I fractured the fifth on the other foot. Fortunately, this time, I was not plastered. How inconvenient would that have been?
Five Hundred Words
A day. That’s all. Write five hundred words a day to create a 75000 word novel in five months.
Write five hundred words a day you are happy with.
Therein lies the difficulty.
I take up the gauntlet of this literary challenge. By mid-September I should have my first draft. Should. I am strong.
Corner of the Eye 