Monthly Archives: April 2026

One Thousand Word Challenge 271: Mental Health Stuff

It’s still the afternoon and I’m still driven, so I might as well churn out some more. Might as well keep on going, try to find more space to churn out more words and drive, drive on to wherever it … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 270: An Exercise in Gibberish

Usual don’t know what to write about crap and you know how all of that goes, so I’m not going to go on about it. Instead, I’m going to complain about one of my housemates and their usual showers that … Continue reading

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Mercury, Part 2

So here’s part 2 (part 1 here). Decided to share the whole thing because why not. It’s not good writing, though participating in NaNoWriMo was never about writing well, but rather (among other things) getting a workable draft manuscript that … Continue reading

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Perspective

Whilst wandering around the dunes I was at a few months ago I took a photo of this person around this spot. Checked it, realised how it looked, then (if I remember correctly)  I asked the person to stay where … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 269: Rambling About Deep Forest

I’m listening to Deep Forest’s Deep Forest, an album (or at least some of the songs on it) that a good few people around my age are aware of as it’s music we heard when we were very young children, and … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 268: Plough Through

Waking up at four in the morning wasn’t great, but it happens. Choosing to stay awake instead of going back to sleep was, however, a bad idea. It’s not like I didn’t feel tired, either. I just chose to stay … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 267: It’s Mostly About “Waterloo”

So I just scrapped two bits of writing that I started a few days ago. They were challenge writings, they were done when they were done, and I could barely remember them. Of course you’re not expected to remember everything … Continue reading

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Light Set

This was taken at the bridge where this pelican was spotted. I was trying to get a photo with a lot of space, and I feel I succeeded. This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week. PR … Continue reading

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Kylie Minogue: Fever Draft

I did a lot of editing on this one, which from the draft below, is probably obvious. The draft is a mess of things thrown together, so there was a lot of culling and combining I had to do. There … Continue reading

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