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Category Archives: Weekend Theme
Sep
15
Weekend Theme : Dance
posted by MoreThanACat
When I saw Sidey’s challenge this weekend I thought: “Great! I can do this!” You see ‘dog Dog dances! Not like the bird who dances to Gangham Style that a friend posted on my FB timeline in the week; ‘Dog doesn’t have that kind of rhythm. Actually, he doesn’t have any kind of rhythm. He’s […]
Aug
26
Weekend Theme: Secret Watcher
posted by MoreThanACat
From the Diary of Lucy Pevensea Von Schmidt – Time Traveller – November the 8th 1949 I’m dressed up to the nines in a white evening dress I can’t begin to describe – except to say Greta Garbo would look better in it than I do. It’s backless and strapless and held up with will […]
Aug
16
Weekend Theme: Not a lot
posted by MoreThanACat
Or what I did on my Holidays… Remember the pack drill? Stand at the front and tell everybody what you did in the 6 weeks hols… So here goes… I didn’t do a lot on my holidays; I took some photographs of: For other takes on Sidey’s weekend theme, Not A Lot – click here
Aug
06
M.C. Escher – Stretching Reality (more thoughts)
posted by MoreThanACat
I’ll be honest, I’d not done much thinking about this chap; apart from to admire his drawing and mathematical ability. But Kate Shrewsday’s post for Sidey’s Weekend Challenge on Structure got me thinking. You see Kate mentioned that Escher had left Italy when the Fascists tried to get his son to dress up in their […]
Aug
02
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow /Weekend Theme – Structure!
posted by MoreThanACat
A simple structure of foreshadowing from me, which ( cheating though it is – completes two challenges) Taken at Walpole Bay, Margate, I’m sure you will all agree number 1 is a simple mundane, functional structure Thanks to Picasa the other two versions have created: mystery, excitement, possibilities. a word they “foreshadow” For other takes […]
Jul
21
Weekend Theme: Gasconade
posted by MoreThanACat
They say teachers are a fount of stories. I don’t know about a fount of stories… but I do have one. Let us call the child George ( and let it be said in a Joyce Grenfel kind of way.) If you don’t know what I mean, click the link! George was a master criminal. […]
Recent Posts: Sarah E Smith
A Line In The Sand
One of my characters in Widowhood of Spiders (book 2 of Symington’s adventures) is angry. So angry in fact he is in danger of breaking the unwritten code of the criminal world: twice. Not only is he in the process of killing a policeman; he is doing it in front of witnesses – not bound […]
Engineering Rows
This week I’ve been doing a lot of thinking rather than a lot of writing. Being stuck in traffic is like that. And I’ve been thinking about my victim. Well one of them. A chap by the name of Sir Martin Hamblebee. In my head he’s a nasty piece of work. A bully. A pompous […]
5 Questions for Authors: Ann Wuehler
Until recently, all I knew about Ann was that she wrote for the same publisher as I do (KGHH), and lives in the same state as my cousin (Oregon). So I asked her to give me a bit of a biography, which was a good thing because her writing credentials are epic. Make me feel […]
Available on Amazon: The Secret of Aldwych Strand
Time’s War
