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The Greedy Granny


At Dawn by Joy D Matthews
by Joy D Matthews Witten in class in response to a prompt in the Writing Lesson Plan: Night and Day If you want to see them, you must be...
Carol Hall
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Grandma’s Halloween
There’s a Halloween do in our Village Hall .I’m dressed up all witchy, no trouble at all! I’ve dyed my hair black, and I’ve greased up my...
Carol Hall
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Overheard At The Drinks Party
This was a class exercise - we were asked to produce 5 -line verses with a single rhyme scheme in each. Silly, but fun! Oh God, is it...
Carol Hall
Oct 27, 20241 min read
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The Mirror
This story was inspired by Picasso's Girl With A Mirror                                                  It’s a beautiful room, not...
Carol Hall
Oct 26, 20243 min read
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Writing Lesson Plans - General Advice
Everyone has their own idea about how to run a creative writing group. These are just some of my ideas from ten years of running such a...
Carol Hall
Oct 25, 20242 min read
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Writing Lesson Plan : It's Tempting
I wonder what tempts you - chocolate, a sneaky spend at the shops, ditching the chores for a day, or something much naughtier that that!...
Carol Hall
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Moving Mountains
by Elodie Foray (written in response to a Writing Lesson Pictures prompt - pictures of mountains) The rabbits had met that morning,...
Carol Hall
Oct 25, 20244 min read
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Remembering
(written in response to a Writing Class prompt) Your last look for ever will pursue me though I sleep my soul crackles into life at the...
Carol Hall
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Mea Culpa or Words Matter
(Â Devised from a Writing Class prompt ) He was too old for me, by years Hair sprouted from his nose and ears His teeth were yellow, his...
Carol Hall
Oct 25, 20241 min read
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Coconut Flapjack
Quick and easy, naturally Gluten Free, easily adapted to be Dairy Free and Vegan - and best of all, one pan mixing! Lots of easy...
Carol Hall
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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