Loveday Writing

Love’s not the way to treat a friend** #Even though this is the ‘Topics for Short Stories’ category, I felt this poem about a man I briefly dated and ended up being friends with for a little while, only for the friendship to end too, fitted for this topic. Unrequited Blindness We’ll see each other, we’ll click, we’ll talk we’ll

White** The Branches On My Family Tree Volume V All of our children grew up happily. Joanna and Jake loved being big siblings, Joanna even more so considering her childhood started out quite lonely, only to end up having five siblings by the age of 10. Even though Joanna was Jade’s only sibling, due to Joanna living with Dan &

Describe tomorrow** What Tomorrow Means to Me Tomorrow is defined in the dictionary as “(on) the day after today; (in) the future”.# But for me tomorrow is the future, both the set in stone chronological future that tomorrow is the 18th, next month’s tomorrow is July and next year’s tomorrow is 2017 and the future that I am yet to

Nothing** Decay and Downsize Everything and everyone in this world has a limited shelf life— starts off in their prime, rises and rises eventually falls down the line to the end of their life.   Movies— built up in hype, to see we pay overprice we sit and we laugh (or cry) we view and review and they keep our

Write about a librarian who tries to discourage people from borrowing books** Good Old Days Everyday Shirley took the bus to work. While she chose to embrace the landscape outside as if it was an everyday scenic tour, her fellow commuters chose the small virtual world of their smart phones to be caught up in. Shirley would frown upon this,

Pigs keep clean in washing machines** Laundry Steve doesn’t think I know, of course I know! I do everything–I cook, pay the bills, work hours that suit his schedule and last but not least, I clean. I clean the house, I clean up his mess and I clean his clothes, his clothes are where he makes his mistake. He has

A beginning** The Branches On My Family Tree Volume IV Sebastian and Leah’s wedding was absolutely beautiful, not to mention it was a “proper” wedding—in a church and with an actual reception—everything my wedding to him wasn’t, it drove me crazy. What eased my feelings of insanity…and jealousy…was the fact that I wasn’t at their wedding to celebrate their marriage,

Write a fortunately/unfortunately story: ‘Fortunately I won a two-week holiday in Japan. Unfortunately I hate flying. Fortunately there was a fishing boat going that way and I got a lift. Unfortunately…’** Big 30 Fortunately I decided to surprise my brother with a visit on his 30th birthday. Unfortunately he had to work both on the day I arrived and on

Write a modern version of an old legend or a Biblical parable** Ally and Simone: The Instagrammer and the Adventurer Ally invited her friend, Simone, on a trip to the coast, the only mode of transport was a train, which would take four hours to get there. To pass the time, Ally watched movies on her smart phone. Simone, who

You have a magic button on your shirt. Every time you twist it…**   At the Touch of a Button I have a magic button on my blouse with a clock on it that is second from the top and closest to my heart. Every time I twist it, I can travel back in time. I can twist it to