tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post7247943090884478057..comments2024-03-28T07:30:54.930+00:00Comments on The Prediction: Playing lateSandra Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-17435442038262318562016-07-01T23:59:28.638+01:002016-07-01T23:59:28.638+01:00Thanks so much for the kind words and the encourag...Thanks so much for the kind words and the encouragement! I totally forgot to even check back all week, so when I saw this and saw that my story was one of the two honored, I was thrilled!AR Martinhttp://armartinwriter.com/fiction/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-30111035152330543252016-07-01T05:36:14.308+01:002016-07-01T05:36:14.308+01:00Thank you indeed Patricia, Antonia and William - i...Thank you indeed Patricia, Antonia and William - it's so heartening to know others enjoy reading what I have much pleasure in writing.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-81985906202405237282016-07-01T05:30:28.994+01:002016-07-01T05:30:28.994+01:00@ tinysmallfry - didn't they also use urine as...@ tinysmallfry - didn't they also use urine as a bleach? (unless I'm getting that mixed with dyeing) Good to see you here.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-36398199540321949522016-07-01T05:28:09.706+01:002016-07-01T05:28:09.706+01:00Jostling with atmosphere here, and such an excelle...Jostling with atmosphere here, and such an excellent use of verbs.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-3564835253256686422016-07-01T05:26:06.532+01:002016-07-01T05:26:06.532+01:00Four minutes - maybe the sun passing behind a clou...Four minutes - maybe the sun passing behind a cloud! Once again you have managed to evoke a personal twitch of discomfort and abhorrence in this episode, lurking beneath the innocence. Very clever indeed. Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-43786518412578953502016-07-01T00:04:27.338+01:002016-07-01T00:04:27.338+01:00Just barely late. Oops!
The Adventures of Rosebud...Just barely late. Oops!<br /><br /><b>The Adventures of Rosebud, Pirate Princess #31<br />A Childhood Story</b><br /><br />Once upon a time there was a little rose-tinted town called Bliss where everyone was happy. Always. Sometimes little children were sent to the south. No one was worried. They were just on holiday. By themselves. One day a child came back. A little girl named Petronella. She Rosie Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04081720470707818925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-55232587309435564862016-06-30T23:23:32.150+01:002016-06-30T23:23:32.150+01:00I peered down a tudor privy only three weeks ago. ...I peered down a tudor privy only three weeks ago. Something I didn't realise is that the Tudors would hang their clothes in the privy to discourage the fleas.tinysmallfryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627352891420668020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-54530319585511880762016-06-30T22:50:15.512+01:002016-06-30T22:50:15.512+01:00"Luvvly-Jubbly," as Del Boy would say. (..."Luvvly-Jubbly," as Del Boy would say. (If you don't get the reference, then please don't fret over it.) This was about at atmospheric as it could get until someone manages to perfect smellavision. "An old Tudor privy," is so on-point. You can but wonder how they dealt with it all back then. I am loving this serialization. We seem to have garnered so much more Patricia Purvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920488641153954463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-17625682981833256542016-06-30T22:42:54.745+01:002016-06-30T22:42:54.745+01:00Love it, although trying to work out where the hid...Love it, although trying to work out where the hidden camera's are in my den.William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-65161329162290849922016-06-30T22:40:03.635+01:002016-06-30T22:40:03.635+01:00not tint, that should say tiny.not tint, that should say tiny.William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-59017203920183649042016-06-30T22:39:26.199+01:002016-06-30T22:39:26.199+01:00I have struggled to be productive this week in my ...I have struggled to be productive this week in my writing. I know a lot of people who voted leave did so for good and honest reasons, much the same as I voted remain. <br />I was on the other end of an aggressive jibe (last Friday) suggesting I should leave Britain. It got me to thinking if I with my four hundred year traceable history here is not welcome then what is to become of our tint William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-44310201841094048042016-06-30T22:26:28.030+01:002016-06-30T22:26:28.030+01:00I have just so connected with Clive Bailey. Love t...I have just so connected with Clive Bailey. Love this piece.William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-77105188362880399272016-06-30T22:15:20.573+01:002016-06-30T22:15:20.573+01:00Mesmeric. I'm sure this piece with stick in my...Mesmeric. I'm sure this piece with stick in my mind for ever. When ever an Axe and block are mentioned it takes me back to the film of James Joyce's portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. That's no bad thing, except I shall hide the key to the shed of sharp things, and sleep with one eye open tonight William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-4745024614586605232016-06-30T22:09:10.333+01:002016-06-30T22:09:10.333+01:00A most mysterious and hypnotic episode. I find mys...A most mysterious and hypnotic episode. I find myself re-envisioning this world with each episode like unwrapping a never ending joyous present.<br />William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-50224247526628765482016-06-30T22:00:24.060+01:002016-06-30T22:00:24.060+01:00Little Martyn 1665 - Part 4
Dawn broke.
Thomas ...<b> Little Martyn 1665 - Part 4 </b><br /><br /><i>Dawn broke.</i><br /><br />Thomas hobbled into Brindles to open shop, he called for John, then opened the door to his bed chamber to waken him from bliss. As the door swung the stench, like an old Tudor privy. wrenched his lungs.<br /><br />With bile rising, Thomas gagged and hobbled as fast as his peg-leg carried. Outside the strong southern William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-46116453283488908522016-06-30T21:08:35.621+01:002016-06-30T21:08:35.621+01:00I've been sensing a tinge of vulnerability in ...I've been sensing a tinge of vulnerability in the captain, as Patricia said he's an interesting Character of many layers.<br />William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-42884830205838388522016-06-30T21:04:44.482+01:002016-06-30T21:04:44.482+01:00Also loving the physical description (and reminded...Also loving the physical description (and reminded to get back on the diet). You had my skin creeping with the hotel, my company accidentally booked me into such a place once.<br /> William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-36177767244732520662016-06-30T20:51:41.747+01:002016-06-30T20:51:41.747+01:00Loving in the dark humour of this and a fine intro...Loving in the dark humour of this and a fine introduction to your writing.William Davollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705387237656647744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-37739135320800326922016-06-30T19:53:32.553+01:002016-06-30T19:53:32.553+01:00Oh, ten out of ten for the Southern Comfort!! (Hor...Oh, ten out of ten for the Southern Comfort!! (Horrible drink but I was hoping someone would use it in a prompt), and what a little gem this is.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-54528347182303674702016-06-30T17:30:45.392+01:002016-06-30T17:30:45.392+01:00Scientia Potentia Est
Royston Glover's idea o...<b><i>Scientia Potentia Est</i></b><br /><br />Royston Glover's idea of bliss was a quiet evening spent in the living room of his Tudor cottage, sipping Southern Comfort cocktails and researching unsolved murders on his Lenovo Think Pad.<br /><br />One could pick up so many useful pointers.<br /><br />Patricia Purvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920488641153954463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-86149884759245190952016-06-30T17:19:08.901+01:002016-06-30T17:19:08.901+01:00they are indeed vastly different and equally enter...they are indeed vastly different and equally entertaining. This is a fine episode, leaving me wanting the next one sooner than the next set of words, as always.Antonia Woodvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594229396805493611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-73883662328509689872016-06-30T17:17:59.436+01:002016-06-30T17:17:59.436+01:00definitely agree with Sandra here, that centrepiec...definitely agree with Sandra here, that centrepiece, in every way, was a delight!Antonia Woodvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594229396805493611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-40822084283825793592016-06-30T17:16:58.134+01:002016-06-30T17:16:58.134+01:00liked this, clever use of the prompts and good ins...liked this, clever use of the prompts and good insights. Nice one.Antonia Woodvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594229396805493611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-56406161228788812372016-06-30T17:16:03.372+01:002016-06-30T17:16:03.372+01:00interesting perspective, William, and very well ex...interesting perspective, William, and very well expressed. I voted Leave and was over the moon at the result. I voted NO last time round... and was disappointed then. Time will cover over most of the hatred being shown, it will disappear behind the net curtains, where it has been since net curtains were invented. Nothing new about people or their attitude to others, never will be. We're a Antonia Woodvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594229396805493611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187530862792892291.post-53250021962501853132016-06-30T16:08:45.922+01:002016-06-30T16:08:45.922+01:00This was almost poetic in delivery. The first line...This was almost poetic in delivery. The first line in particular could easily be the opening for an epic poem. I am always totally astounded at how your two serials are so vastly different from each other in all respects but one...their brilliance.Patricia Purvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09920488641153954463noreply@blogger.com