Now I am not a great writer – unlike my Norwegian brother, here. And I really don’t overthink these things: I just do. However forgive me if I did feel just a teeny bit vindicated by this argument for honesty-through-voice. By accident this is how I’ve practised my own prattling...
kristin @ going country March 15, 2024 at 11:08 AM @Meira@meirathebear, It depends very much on the way they are treated after they are killed. All red meat should be hung (gutted, in a cool place) for at least 10 days. Two weeks is even better. Some prefer three weeks. This ...
Context: Although I am not currently[1]writing nor submitting fiction for publication, I do keep up with some fiction markets and occasionally send something I think might be a fit for a specific journal/publisher. Dateline: last week. I received a standard rejection email. It was sent to m...
So here I am. Out of the running. I’ll go where I’m told. But don’t ask me to play along. WATTS But when you get back... 20. VICKERS I’ll be five years behind the curve. Out of touch. Over. HOLLOWAY You might make the discovery of the ages. Vickers looks at...
Slogging through the pages of history, I am occasionally rewarded with a gem hidden in the festering bog. Such as this sentence, from a passage about kinship ties between Gael lords and the Catholic clergy: “One sixteenth-century bishop of Clogher was eulogized on his death as ‘a very ge...
I am jealous of those women who have the time to do all the baking and cleaning and interaction that I can’t do. I really am. I envy their lives, their plans, the meaning they give to the days. But I have a choice-I could spend my little time with my children cleaning and orga...
Gutted: With the entire top off, so we can see the five buttons. Barebones: Of course the screen works suitably without the case, if that's what you're after. Packaged Up: You receive a small quick start guid...
When it turned up I wis pure gutted. I thought the booklet had better be snazzy but it wisnae either. Just a wee hing where Joe tried tae mind stuff fae back in the day. Nae liner notes. Nae lyrics. Nuhin. Just some shite photies. My old copy had two discs, a slimmer case and...
lose my dad, I was completely gutted by the loss of my mom. Even though my dad was gone I had still had another parent there to take care of, to care of me. Everything has changed –the makeup of our family, each holiday and its traditions, my everyday life. Whether you ...
But then… reality reared it’s ugly head. “You were gutted like a fish. You’re core muscles torn asunder. What the @#$% did you expect?!?” I tried to lift some weights (once cleared to do so by my surgeon). I’d been curling roughly 25-30 pounds prior to my illness. I ...