Jill

Echo Thea.  Keep positive, Athelstone.

Thank you for explaining.  I will keep everything crossed that you get the answers and treatment you need from the doctor.  You must be a real fighter to have come as far as this with what your discharge notes have revealed.   Impressive!  I trust your determination now to push for answers will pay off.

Good morning  ~ such good news about no cancer.  I am very pleased for you and can well imagine your relief on being told.

Now to get the other issues fixed very soon …

I had blood thinners for 6 months as the Lymphoma had caused clots on my lungs, so perhaps your GP might prescribe those?  Just a thought, as every case is different.  Wor…[Read more]

Thank you.

Glad you are seeing progress in several ways.  Long may it continue!

Will be thinking of you on the 11th.  Jill

I have only just happened upon this.

Oh my goodness, Ath – what a horrendous time you and your wife have been through.  Sending positive vibes and very best wishes for a steady road to recovery.  Be very gentle on yourselves.  Jill

(15th March 1969 Wedding – Songs: Where do you go to, my lovely,Peter Sarstedt and The way it used to be, Engelbert Humperdinck)

Marie Claire

The sun filtering in through the yellowing net curtains barely lightens the dim, soulless room, mirroring the dullness I feel inside as I watch you staring at me with blank incomprehension.

We have lived…[Read more]

Congratulations, Sandra.  Loved your entry, which captured the mind and voice of that little girl so well.    Look forward to your May competition challenge!

Thank you for the kind comment on my own entry.

Thank you, Terrie for setting this challenge which stretched creativity to meet the four word inclusion criteria.

Thank you, too, for yo…[Read more]

METAMORPHOSIS

Vulnerable, estranged from her family, unexpectedly out of work and living in poverty in Aberdeen, the Granite City, it was easy for her to understand now why she had been taken in by him.  He was extremely charming and persuasive.  She’d moved into his luxury apartment soon after their first chance meeting.

The first time he hi…[Read more]

Thank you, Janette for stepping in and for your kind comments. (Only bit of reality in mine is that we did get married on The Ides of March a very long time ago and are still here to tell the tale!)

All the other entries were so imaginative, well written and enjoyable to read.

Congratulations, Terrie – yours was very clever and truly mad!…[Read more]

Best wishes, Athelstone.

Good idea, Libby.  Hope someone might take it on.

Madness on the Ides of March

493 words excluding title

All those years ago she had been teased relentlessly by friends about her wedding date, the Ides of March.   ‘Beware!’ they had warned her.  ‘You must be mad,’ they said, laughing.

But here the happy couple of that March day were, celebrating a Big O anniversary and enjoying a holiday in t…[Read more]

Congratulations, Athelstone –  well deserved.  Peeked at your March challenge and looking forward to meeting it.   Sandra, I loved your intriguing extract from what I presume is a finished novel or one in progress?  Thank you Libby for the February competition which I enjoyed entering and for your kind comments.  Very interested in your inte…[Read more]

LOVE

399 words

Isabel woke from her nap to be greeted by the sweet scent of freesias.  Sunlight was flooding into the bedroom she now occupied in her daughter’s home.  Isabel was very old and frail, but still mentally astute and the scent of the delicate flowers which she had always loved set off a raft of thoughts about love.

She associated f…[Read more]

Congratulations, Libby – I, too, winced but enjoyed the humour in your story.  I enjoyed Sandra’s offering also and even picked up a discarded copy of Anna Karenina after the mention, but could not get into it I fear.  Thank you,Terrie for setting the challenge and for the kind comments.  Mine was fiction but did have echos of much earlier life ex…[Read more]

Winds of Change   460 words

The New Year came in accompanied by a furious gale.  Undeterred, Eva wrapped up warm and left her husband sleeping off the New Year’s Eve excesses.

She sat on the bench up on the hill which overlooked the northern town where she had lived all her life to this point.  As she mused upon all the happy and sadder ti…[Read more]

Well done,Terrie.  Look forward to your challenge for January.  Enjoyed each entry very much.  Thank you, Athelstone for your kind comment on my contribution, which was fun to create!  Wishing you all a Very Happy and Healthy, Creative New Year.  Jill x