Inspiration point (IP)

Today is the 100th birthday of naturalist Sir David Attenborough, himself a wonder of nature and one of our very, very few genuine national treasures. So this week, please write about an animal (or many animals, if you prefer!) Animals you love, or hate, or that give you the horrors, or that you once fleetingly glimpsed in passing. I look forward to seeing the results! 

Inspiration point

Undervalued potato?

Nutritious fruit (tomatoes, bananas, apples …) and valued veg: tubers and tap roots – like the humble spud, edible leaves (cabbage …) seeds (peas and...

Seat M 15

I thought it ironic that the part of my anatomy that some say I use to talk with should rest on a seat with a tale to tell..
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Cherry

Sweet Contemplation (Part 2 of 2) (IP)

I knew what Ben had been thinking. He was thinking it was his job now, his inheritance. I hadn’t gone near the vegetable garden after the night I saw Mum.
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Gold cherry
Story of the week

Sweet Contemplation (Part 1 of 2) (IP)

We’ll never know why Dad went out to the vegetable garden. Maybe to see how the cabbages were doing, or to plan the next crop. Maybe just to think. He used to say that being out among living things just quietly growing was a good exercise in contemplation.
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