Blog 39 – Cape Townians: Masters of the Under and Overstatement …Ms Paige Turner tells an intentional fib on each blog. Be the first to spot and submit and win a Flash Fiction assessment (up to 250 words). I’ve just returned from Cape Town where the sun scorches but the natives stare up at the […]
Cape Townians: Masters of the Under and Over Statement …
07/04/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Change of Seasons and Flip Sides
25/03/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 38 – Change of Seasons and Flip Sides … White Rhino in Winter And suddenly … clamped on road side, zooless – but ours for the viewing, prehistoric pedestrian – pavement slab for hide, blank blinkers stare seemingly – at nothing. Handicapped horn bent towards winter earth, the haunting whisper of captivated guide, “She […]
Managing Expectations
12/03/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 37 – Managing Expectations …Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog. Be the first to spot it this bi-month and you win yourself three free handout sheets of your choice … ‘Managing Expectations’: now that’s a quirky little phrase which has recently popped out of mouths, isn’t it? Miss Trial told […]
Empty Nest Syndrome, Menopause and Other Myths …
26/02/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 36 – Empty Nest Syndrome, Menopause and other Myths …Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog. Be the first to spot it and this week three handout sheets of your choice will be yours. Rush … I’ve spent the day with Miss Tea Tree Oil, waxing hysterical and watching my toe […]
Three Little Words …
13/02/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 35 – Ms Paige Turner never fibs on Valentine’s Day … Three Little Words … Easy to love In darkened rooms On damp afternoons When lamplights beat On seal-wet streets With eyes that meet Over the rims of time Deep in the soul of red, red wine. Not easy to love On soggy mornings […]
Future Proofed
29/01/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 34 – Future Proofed – Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog. Be the first to spot it and this bi-month you will get up to three poems assessed free. Our TV is sixteen years old. Everything in our house is sixteen years old except for me and Mr Justin Case. […]
Blog 33 – Visiting the Underworld or The Importance of Tight Foundations …
15/01/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 33 – Visiting the Underworld – or the Importance of Tight Foundations …Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog – you can win a Creative Ink free taster session on a Tuesday – Tuesday writers exempting …if you guess correctly … When I saw some of the Bull Rushes of the […]
Rushing to Give a Sausage…
04/01/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 32 – Rushing to Give a Sausage … Just before New Year I met Mr Double Cream from Uxbridge lurking around the Party Packages in Waitrose, Beaconsfield. I was tossing up as to get a Bumper Pack of Cocktail Sausages or get the all inclusive Sausage Rolls and Chapatis as well, which he thought […]
All Wrapped Up
19/12/2011 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 31 – All Wrapped Up – Ms Paige Turner takes a festive break from intentional fibbing every Christmas … To my three constant blog readers – you know who you are – and anyone else reading in – excepting spammers – a very merry Christmas and I wish you the gift of happiness this […]
The Dust has Settled or Turkey Counselling …
04/12/2011 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 30 – The Dust has Settled … or Turkey Counselling. On each blog Ms Paige Turner tells an intentional porkie pie. Spot this week’s fib for four Creative Ink handouts … When people asked me to make commitments in 2011 I spent the best part of the year saying, “Oh! I’m not sure as […]