Category Archives: Life

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1445: Cold day following a cold day

A cold day following a cold day. A series of cold days. It’s a series of two. I’d say it’s a series of three, but the evening isn’t the entirety of a day, so does it even really count? I … Continue reading →

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1444: Plum Stone

Lot of pain right now, let me tell you. So I was eating, as one does. I was eating a plum. Didn’t make an attempt and it was still covered in a bit of flesh, but somehow swallowed the stone … Continue reading →

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1443: Where’s my Silliness?

There’s a banana to the left of me, and to the right is a mouse. On this desk sits a laptop upon which I use to type these words. Okay, this is absolutely brilliant writing right here. Couldn’t get any … Continue reading →

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1442: Starting the Timer

Starting the timer, playing some Talk Talk. It’s a day. Or not. Just another day of work, and a quiet one before tomorrow, which is another day of work. Yesterday afternoon I went for a walk. It was quite hot … Continue reading →

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1441: Trying to get Words Down

Last day of being on break. Am struggling, but mostly due to lack of sleep than anything else. Such is life, I suppose, or something, or so they say. Sitting here, drinking my TEA. Trying to get words down but … Continue reading →

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A Time at a Beach

At some point earlier today I was at a beach, and it was nice. It had been a while since I was last at one getting smashed by waves, and this one did little to change that, but that was … Continue reading →

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The End of 2024

Last year I wrote that I was going to be dropping a number of things. Instead I took on more. Was doing so a good idea? Probably not. The biggest thing was getting a new job by far, and that … Continue reading →

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1440: Sweat to Storm

So there’s this heat pressing on down and of course it is unpleasant. All those things. All this heat is trapped, and it’s gonna get trapped under the house and sit there for days. Meanwhile I’m gonna be sweating out … Continue reading →

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One Thousand Word Challenge 210: So Anyway, Writing

So what I rambled out the past two days actually came from trying to write a longer thing and it didn’t quite work. At first I was tempted to publish it as it was, but the issue was that it … Continue reading →

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The Train Keeps Going

I wonder about what I am doing, and I’m thinking about the people left behind in time; people who got off at their station. Of course some get back on at some point, but there are plenty who don’t as … Continue reading →

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