This week has been so busy I have not had a minute to myself, and I'm back in London again on Thursday so I won't have the chance to do the Story Time post until Friday.
I promise I'll sort it out then.
Gotta dash … Toodle pip!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
500 Words XXXII - This Week's Sentence
This week’s sentence is taken from L. Frank Baum’s deliciously subversive tale, ‘The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz’.
It is:
‘Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.’
Give your mind a good sniff of the sentence, then slip off its leash and let it run free.
The rules are the same as always.
Enjoy!
It is:
‘Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.’
Give your mind a good sniff of the sentence, then slip off its leash and let it run free.
The rules are the same as always.
Enjoy!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
500 Words XXXI - Story Time
This week's sentence was taken from Willa Cather's lovely 'Death Comes For The Archbishop'.
It was:
'Muerto,' he whispered.
And yes, the chill hand of ol' Death himself stalks our stories this week, so settle in with an iced coffee and sit in that annoying seat that all coffee shops have where the air-con blows right down the back of your neck and let us tell you tales …
Adonia's 'Part II: The Pearsons'
Christmas with a sting in the tail from Adonia this week.
Lovely descriptions; I felt I was right there in the Pearson house.
But don't get too comfortable!
Lulu's 'Dead Fish Swimming'
First up: awesome title, Lulu!
No space aliens, Godzilla, Chandleresque detectives or wild sex this week, but a lovely day out for Davey (who is really growing as a character) where sand, sea and sunshine are chilled by death foretold.
This really is terrific writing. I love it!
Robyn's 'Miss Bernice And The Newts'
Eek! The terrifying Miss Haversham returns to feed the nightmares of children (and me).
Beware her home-made cookies and tremble at her finger puppets.
Of course, her heart is in the right place, it's just that it resides inside a classic fairy-tale monster.
Brr …
Dive's 'Sometimes That's All You Need'
I'm still on my Chekhov kick, so once again I give you some nondescript characters and then make nothing much happen.
Next assignment in tomorrow's post.
There or square; it's your choice.
Enjoy the stories!
It was:
'Muerto,' he whispered.
And yes, the chill hand of ol' Death himself stalks our stories this week, so settle in with an iced coffee and sit in that annoying seat that all coffee shops have where the air-con blows right down the back of your neck and let us tell you tales …
Adonia's 'Part II: The Pearsons'
Christmas with a sting in the tail from Adonia this week.
Lovely descriptions; I felt I was right there in the Pearson house.
But don't get too comfortable!
Lulu's 'Dead Fish Swimming'
First up: awesome title, Lulu!
No space aliens, Godzilla, Chandleresque detectives or wild sex this week, but a lovely day out for Davey (who is really growing as a character) where sand, sea and sunshine are chilled by death foretold.
This really is terrific writing. I love it!
Robyn's 'Miss Bernice And The Newts'
Eek! The terrifying Miss Haversham returns to feed the nightmares of children (and me).
Beware her home-made cookies and tremble at her finger puppets.
Of course, her heart is in the right place, it's just that it resides inside a classic fairy-tale monster.
Brr …
Dive's 'Sometimes That's All You Need'
I'm still on my Chekhov kick, so once again I give you some nondescript characters and then make nothing much happen.
Next assignment in tomorrow's post.
There or square; it's your choice.
Enjoy the stories!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Motion Towards …
Senatus PopulusQue Romanus (as opposed to Romani Ite Domum).I was just cleaning out some of my photo files on the Mac when I came across Phil's photos of his trip to Rome a couple of weeks back.
Being the type of person who is easily distracted I got sidetracked into giving some of them the "Teeny Tiny Treatment" and then I realised that they are actually bloody good photos, so as Phil is not blogging at the moment I'll put a few of them up here for your lazy-assed Sunday afternoon perusal.
Hey, what else are you gonna do on a Sunday? Visit the inlaws? Sheesh! Sit and look at these pretty pictures instead; it's better than the telly and a lot better for your soul than going to church.
Here's a Teeny Tiny dome in the Vatican.
A Teeny Tiny ceiling painting.
The Teeny Tiny Colosseum (apparently it looked bigger when he was there).Do click on these. Some of them blow up quite well.
A Teeny Tiny car park in the Vatican.
The rather bigger Colosseum.
The Pantheon. Yay!
Decius Marius Venantius wrote this when he was drunk.
Very dodgy looking Vatican guards (this was just after the scandal broke with the Vatican guards and the transexual prostitutes … and dressed like this I'd look worried, too).
I especially like this one. Boffo, Phil!
The Tiber at night. Be careful crossing that bridge.
Colin being Colin.I might post some more of these another day. He took lots of spiffy photos.
Oh, and an easy two points for anyone spotting the post title reference.
Enjoy!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
What's Cooking With Dive? - Quickie Sucker Salad
I've not done a 'What's Cooking With Dive' post for ages. I keep meaning to, but time is a problem right at the moment.
Having said that, Lulu's story from last week's 500 Words assignment (which she just rushed in late) is such a doozy, and probably the most scary and disgusting thing ever written about seafood - check it out: it's at the end of the last Story Time post from a couple of days ago … just don't eat before you read it - that I decided to post a quickie 'What's Cooking' today.
I read Lulu's story just as I got home from David the fishmonger and it's only the fact that I am a truly gross and disgusting person myself that enabled me to eat seafood after reading it.
David's just expanded his mighty emporium with an enlarged shellfish section and as well as my usual stuff I grabbed a bag of marinaded octopus and some little prawns to make a donburi-style lunch.
With a true donburi, you pile the food on top of the rice but I had too much octopus so I plopped it in a plate.
Anyhoo … Not much cooking involved in this one. Just crank up the rice steamer, add a handful of Jasmine rice, boil the kettle for some miso soup, then plonk the whole lot on the table and eat it. The green stuff's wasabi by the way.
I promise I'll do some proper cookery posts soon, but this tentacular affair kinda suited Lulu's story as most of you find such things icky.
For any newbies, do click on the "Eat Me" link in my sidebar and check out further forays into cephalopod heaven, including the utterly disgusting "How to dismember fresh squid with your bare hands" post that grossed so many of you out. The creepy one with the live razor clams is in there somewhere, too. Squeamish, beware!
Having said that, Lulu's story from last week's 500 Words assignment (which she just rushed in late) is such a doozy, and probably the most scary and disgusting thing ever written about seafood - check it out: it's at the end of the last Story Time post from a couple of days ago … just don't eat before you read it - that I decided to post a quickie 'What's Cooking' today.
I read Lulu's story just as I got home from David the fishmonger and it's only the fact that I am a truly gross and disgusting person myself that enabled me to eat seafood after reading it.
David's just expanded his mighty emporium with an enlarged shellfish section and as well as my usual stuff I grabbed a bag of marinaded octopus and some little prawns to make a donburi-style lunch.
With a true donburi, you pile the food on top of the rice but I had too much octopus so I plopped it in a plate.
Anyhoo … Not much cooking involved in this one. Just crank up the rice steamer, add a handful of Jasmine rice, boil the kettle for some miso soup, then plonk the whole lot on the table and eat it. The green stuff's wasabi by the way.I promise I'll do some proper cookery posts soon, but this tentacular affair kinda suited Lulu's story as most of you find such things icky.
For any newbies, do click on the "Eat Me" link in my sidebar and check out further forays into cephalopod heaven, including the utterly disgusting "How to dismember fresh squid with your bare hands" post that grossed so many of you out. The creepy one with the live razor clams is in there somewhere, too. Squeamish, beware!
Friday, March 19, 2010
500 Words XXXI - This Week's Sentence
This week's sentence - should you choose to accept it* - is taken from Willa Cather's slow-burn masterpiece 'Death Comes For The Archbishop'.
It is:
'Muerto,' he whispered.
Have fun with it.
* Requiescat in pace Peter Graves (muerto also), who this week set off on one last Mission Impossible.
Let's raise a glass to the man who gave us Captain Oveur ("Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?").
Good luck, Jim.
It is:
'Muerto,' he whispered.
Have fun with it.
* Requiescat in pace Peter Graves (muerto also), who this week set off on one last Mission Impossible.
Let's raise a glass to the man who gave us Captain Oveur ("Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?").
Good luck, Jim.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
500 Words XXX - Story Time
This week's sentence was taken from E.M. Forster's 'A Room With A View'.
It was:
'It tasted partly of the paper in which it was wrapped, partly of hair oil, partly of the great unknown.'
I expected ickiness and was not disappointed.
First up: a big, friendly Blogville welcome to a new writer, the wonderful Adonia!
Adonia's 'Part 1 - Adonia'
Adonia got me hooked right from the start, with a gloriously disgusting description of an old lady's hat. From there, she upped the ickiness factor considerably.
Funny, fabulously imaginative and genuinely stomach-churningly delightful.
A great debut! Let's have more from Adonia, please.
Only one other story for your coffee-time perusal this week (so far):
Dive's 'Misrememberie'
Seems like I cannot stroll down memory lane without stepping in something disgusting.
Enjoy!
Next week's sentence will be posted tomorrow and a spanking administered to those (you know who you are) who said they might actually come up with the goods and write a story this week.
Hey! This just in:
One of our recalcitrant writers has avoided a spanking by handing in her homework at the last minute.
Robyn's 'Miss Bernice Takes A Job'
Some lovely descriptions and delightful little details as always with a Robyn story.
This one involves a heroine with a surname that always scares the crap out of me, but it's nowhere near as scary or icky (yes, more ick … yay!) as what happens at the end.
What a splendidly icky week we have had here in Storyland.
Holy crap!
Better late than never, Lulu comes running in with what is without doubt the scariest thing I have ever read:
Lulu's 'Cooking With Benni'
Brace yourselves, and whatever you do, do NOT eat before reading this (you certainly won't be able to afterwards). Lulu, that is the most truly disturbing and utterly disgusting thing ever set loose on the internet.
I'm still shivering (and giggling) … Brr!
Be afraid, readers … be very afraid.
It was:
'It tasted partly of the paper in which it was wrapped, partly of hair oil, partly of the great unknown.'
I expected ickiness and was not disappointed.
First up: a big, friendly Blogville welcome to a new writer, the wonderful Adonia!
Adonia's 'Part 1 - Adonia'
Adonia got me hooked right from the start, with a gloriously disgusting description of an old lady's hat. From there, she upped the ickiness factor considerably.
Funny, fabulously imaginative and genuinely stomach-churningly delightful.
A great debut! Let's have more from Adonia, please.
Only one other story for your coffee-time perusal this week (so far):
Dive's 'Misrememberie'
Seems like I cannot stroll down memory lane without stepping in something disgusting.
Enjoy!
Next week's sentence will be posted tomorrow and a spanking administered to those (you know who you are) who said they might actually come up with the goods and write a story this week.
Hey! This just in:
One of our recalcitrant writers has avoided a spanking by handing in her homework at the last minute.
Robyn's 'Miss Bernice Takes A Job'
Some lovely descriptions and delightful little details as always with a Robyn story.
This one involves a heroine with a surname that always scares the crap out of me, but it's nowhere near as scary or icky (yes, more ick … yay!) as what happens at the end.
What a splendidly icky week we have had here in Storyland.
Holy crap!
Better late than never, Lulu comes running in with what is without doubt the scariest thing I have ever read:
Lulu's 'Cooking With Benni'
Brace yourselves, and whatever you do, do NOT eat before reading this (you certainly won't be able to afterwards). Lulu, that is the most truly disturbing and utterly disgusting thing ever set loose on the internet.
I'm still shivering (and giggling) … Brr!
Be afraid, readers … be very afraid.
Monday, March 15, 2010
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