Daily Prompt: Fantasy The Tooth Fairy (or Easter Bunny, or Santa Claus . . .): a fun and harmless fiction, or a pointless justification for lying to children? I am British, so the Easter Bunny never paid a call to our house, but the Tooth Fairy visited at night when our teeth fell out and Santa …
Milk Roll 2
Every scrap of the first milk roll was used - and it made wonderful toast. I do not have any full-fat milk powder yet, nor do I have any visibly white flour, but here goes... Same recipe as last time, but this time using butter instead of oil. The flour is the Bacheldre Watermill Organic …
Productivity
It's 09:25. So far today, I have: showered dressed let the dogs out made the bed checked email let the dogs in checked my feed reader, read several posts let the dogs out again started a milk loaf kneading in the Kenwood Let dogs in again fed dogs emptied dishwasher let dogs out again sorted …
Pratfall
Prompts for the Promptless: Thursday, March 7, 2013 Schadenfreude is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. Suggested Prompts: Share a picture of something that represents Schadenfreude to you List your 5 Favorite examples of Schadenfreude in entertainment (film, comedy, theatre, literature) Consider, develop, or discuss the role of Schadenfreude in human understanding Recount a …
Dear Diary
Today's Daily Prompt has me somewhat stumped. We may have to state some assumptions. Daily Prompt: Seven Days You wake up tomorrow morning to find all your plans have been cancelled for the next seven days and $10,000 on your dresser. Tell us about your week. Assumptions The money left is in usable currency - i.e. …
The ticking crocodile
Daily Prompt: All Grown Up When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? Do we ever really grow up? I think that most of us are a little like Peter Pan at heart; our grown-up-ness is just a front. Who of us does not throw an occasional snowball, or splash …