Prompts for the Promptless Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Counterintutition is a seemingly simple concept– it represents a truth that is contrary to common sense or the expectations of intuition. Some examples of counterintuitive situations: You burn calories when you’re sleeping, flailing around is exactly the wrong thing to do when drowning, and beautifully speckled dart …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
Monday’s Baking
Another attempt on the Milk Loaf yesterday. This time I used the white bread flour from our local shop. I could see the dough in the peep hole in no time at all. The loaf almost filled the tin, but as usual, my shaping was not quite right and I have dimples at each end. …
Dilly dally, shilly shally, shall I… shall I?
Busy weekend with photo stuff – I finally tidied up my photo blog and have images everywhere that there should be images. Mostly the right ones too, I think. As I was in Photo Mood, I strapped a camera or two onto the tripod and played around for a while. It made me happy. It …
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In Contention
No, really, I’d rather not be on the podium, ta.
Warm, salty, lobster-flavoured Sanday
Daily Prompt: Local Flavor Write a piece about a typically “local” experience from where you come from as though it’s an entry in a travel guide. I know that this does not quite fit the brief but we are a small island of around 150 properties, with 500 or so people living in them. Facilities are …
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36 words of nostalgia