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

Cherry

The Out of Body Secret

Having had the letter from Grace, we were prepared for her phone call. “Your dad is not doing well. I think you had better come home,” she said...
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Cherry

My Mother Myself

A Monday in the long, hot summer of 1983, headed for Tooting Bec Asylum.

Stuck in the middle (I.P.)

Clowns are usually small in stature (besides that they are a little chubby too) but this clown in the town of Valencia was over two meters long (and...

Christmas Round Robins (IP)

No Robin rubbin’, feathers ruffling … Like a face-book page it may get trite, artificial, trivial, and sounding over-bright, how much to say? should keep it brief, and remember some recipients may be struggling with grief

Round Robin (IP)

I saw a robin, round and red. “I think I’ll draw that bird”, I said. I drew a circle for a head; a beak and eyes of blue. I drew its body, red and...

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