Yesterday Dad staggered into the kitchen after feeding the chickens and he was as white as a sheet, which, considering he is half Indian, was an achievement. "What's up?" I asked. "We just got new stock..." "Huh?" I was completely confused but he led us all outside, Mum, Me and my sister's kids, who we… Continue reading Well, that’s a surprise…
Tag: memoir
Tonight
Tonight is the worst night. It is filled with the scent of burning and memories. I hate bonfire night. I shouldn't. I mean every kid loves bonfire night, and I did. But not anymore. I think I was about ten, old enough to stand near the bonfire with my parents in sight distance but not… Continue reading Tonight
Normalcy
"Pi?" I call out into the sunlight. Normally he is inside waiting for a stroke before he goes to bed. He is a typical cat and hunts in the night, sleeping all day. "Pi!" I scream his name. Still there is no answering meow. He is a very vocal cat. When he was thrown into… Continue reading Normalcy
The choice
I got lost. It's easy to see, they had said, but it wasn't. A track leading into a forest. It's angle steep and leaving me wondering if the car would make it. I was instantly glad I'd decided to bring the four by four. The track was covered in ruts and grass grew down the… Continue reading The choice
Toy Envy
When I was a child we had very little money. I mean nothing. It was the height of the Thatcher years with the miners out of work, rubbish in the streets and 'brown-outs'. The power would dim and almost go out, it was as if someone was drip feeding the electricity. Basically it wasn't the… Continue reading Toy Envy
Exhale
Exhale I'd been a Conservation Warden before going to Wales, but one wet autumn day I had damaged myself. It had been raining and we were getting ready for people to arrive at the fete that the center was putting together. Now there were two of us wardens, both girls. It shouldn't have made a… Continue reading Exhale
Daily Prompt – Back to the Future
Back to the Future I remember the film. I watched it with my brother and I couldn't believe when Marty McFly grabbed hold of the car bumper and sped along on his skateboard. At the time we lived on a cul-de-sac and all the kids in the street went skateboard mad. My brother got a… Continue reading Daily Prompt – Back to the Future
Daily Prompt – Tables turned
Tables Turned Am I as comfortable in front of the camera as behind it? This prompts two stories from my past. In front of the camera... My most awkward times have to be posing for photographs. I am a large lady (no denying it) but I don't feel it. Not inside. I still run and… Continue reading Daily Prompt – Tables turned
Memoir or story?
I had to write one of our weekly stories, but as I started down my normal ideas route I found that I was getting closer and closer to personal issues. I found that I was basing it almost entirely on my own experience. Now I don’t normally talk about the area it took me to… Continue reading Memoir or story?
Kate Murray - Cleaver 