The fourth virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) – Part II was the Brazil run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a second Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I signed up to other country races after starting my first tour, as
Read moreThe third virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) – Part II was the India run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a second Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I signed up to other country races after starting my first tour, as
Read moreTake one interesting word and write a poem that describes it.** Drought Dehydration can lead to unwanted death. Rainless days lead to restrictions to hand-wash necessities to life. Over long periods of no rain, the crops will droop, and we will have to start sacrificing. Unexpected fires, withered and wounded souls forever. Ground sunburnt, no water to get for help.
Read moreThe second virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) – Part II was the Jordan run. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I decided to do a second Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I signed up to other country races after starting my first tour, as
Read moreThe first virtual run I completed for my Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) – Part II was the Russia run. As mentioned in my previous blog post, I decided to do a second Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I signed up to other country races after starting my first tour, as
Read moreLast year, I decided to do a Fun Walking Not Running Around the World (Virtual Tour) as I couldn’t start my “real world” Fun Walking Not Running Around the World tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I ended up completing 21 country runs from mid-October until late-December. At the end of last year, I signed up to four additional country
Read moreI’ve previously published Crossing the Finish Line blog posts to reflect on the fun running challenges I’ve completed, such as my Fun Walking Not Running Tour around Australia, and my Four Seasons: Four Miles challenge. I felt I couldn’t let the opportunity to do a reflective post on my fun walking not running efforts in 2020 pass me by, especially
Read moreInvent a character then describe her or his bathroom.** Renovation Five years. Five years was how long I was married to a man who was handsome, charming and nice to me at the start of our courtship, only to become a lazy husband because he was making an effort to woo a mistress. Five months. Is how long the affair
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first word must be FIVE. Your story must include something being replaced. Your story must include the phrase A SILVER LINING. *** Renovation Five years. Five years was how long I was married to a man who was handsome, charming and nice to me
Read moreA public phone is ringing in a deserted street. You pick it up…** Junk Drawer Mission My day started on the side of the road in a deserted street with a public phone ringing. The male voice at the other end of the line, who didn’t give his name but I knew who he was anyway, didn’t greet me but
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