prompt: 'question' Sep 18 Why is a white lie — well-ll — 'white'? THAT is the question. Dictionaries agree this type of disinformation is used to avoid hurting others; being harmless, small lies. …
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Playing with Words September 2020
Sep 4 prompt 'step' A Purple Patch Once upon some time ago, I read these words spoken by Alice Walker, in 'The Colour Purple' — "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a …
Centuplication September 2020
September 4 prompt: 'step' A Step Back in Time Ellie paused with her foot on the first step, mesmerised. How many feet had formed those dips in the ascending staircase? Prisoners would …
Once Upon a Yesterday
(prompt: 'quality' Aug 28 2020) The recent return of a butcher shop to our small country town, Millicent, is deeply appreciated , particularly by older townspeople, after most of their past lived …
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(prompt: 'date' Aug 7 2020) "They don't want anything? Not ANYTHING at all?" He might just as well have been speaking his own native language. His words were equally unfathomable to me. The Danish …
