Not you of course

  
They met for Sunday tea leaving no one's reputation intact. It made the loss bearable, for as they talked, the children still played.


Random Word: Tea

Well he would, wouldn’t he

 
So she had a good mantel over the fireplace, once the grate was raked it only left dirt. Her loss. She’d missed seeing his firelighter


Random Word: Sour Grapes

I'm echo, asking a shadow to dance

My Six Word Saturday

Describing your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. This is what others say.

 

University day— what could go wrong?

Why the first Candid Camera failed

Random Word: I worry

‘Everyone is to be happy.’
           ‘What?…You cannot be serious?’
           ‘Yes, they must die, a sad face makes me melancholy.’
           ‘But…but—’
           ‘Do not dare to question me. ‘
           ‘This is madness, I must call for a constable.’
           ‘Oh Giles, cannot you see the Cinematographe?  You look so funny.’
           Charlotte!

When music mattered

Random word: Moody

Looking down, Marie could see where Jeff sat with his friends going wild about Jackson Five when she knew only The Who mattered. Now who cared. Remembering him at least in her thoughts made the moment bearable as the bus bumped along the track. Or that's what she told herself.

Come and ski over my washboard…

Random Word: Snow Covered Hills

  ‘Ooh, I wish you’d let me out on those snow covered hills.’

‘I beg your pardon.’

‘Just looking, makes me want to helicopter with all skis kicked turned for whatever undulation comes my way.’

‘You do mean skiing, don’t you?’

‘Hmm…’

Oh please,  even I know your snow cannon misfires.