Timeflight The birds fly down, the curving wings unfurl. Though I would catch them, make them stay, The summer’s gone, the autumn must return. They say that time is hard to trap – to trick, We scrabble hard to hold it. All the while, The birds fly down, the curving wings unfurl. Some …
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Free the words: six words
Lights low Calm restored – Leak stopped. ========== [A friend regularly puts up six word posts on Facebook, often on Sundays. I noticed that he got quite a few people adding their own six word compositions, and thought I’d try one too. I realise this may come across as an April Fool’s joke. If only. …
Game on: on becoming a Good Loser
It doesn’t seem to matter whether or not you are a Sore Loser, earlier in life, whether or not you like games. At some point in time, you find yourself playing again. It may be having your own junior players or joining ones in other families. It may also be needing to do something with dead …
Game on: story cubes
Hello again. Â It’s been a while. Building work, junior player being ill rather a lot, family celebrations and even a trip abroad to add to the mix. Lots of living – less writing. Those of you who’ve read the blog in the past know that there’s a seasonal shift around this time of year. Â Autumn …
Game on: Happy Families
I have ummed and ahhed about including this one. Â Even the name feels un-PC these days, let alone the expectation that a family necessarily has mum, dad, boy and girl. But part of the point of games is that they work. Â The junior player I was with had no such qualms – she liked the …