Riverside Run GOOD NEWS Somehow in this busiest of weeks I managed to find a spare half hour to go for a run. I'd have loved to have done more than one run this week or to have run further but things have

A Step in the Right Direction It was pretty cold outside today. Pretty wet and windy too and, whilst coming back from injury, it was a very easy decision to stay in the gym for a run! Just under 8km in

On Tuesday night I took the next step on my recovery from injury with a run of just over 4 miles. I hadn't intended to run outside so soon but various factors meant I couldn't make it to the gym as intended.

"I am a runner." Words I would never have used as a child. Happy to run around a field chasing a ball. But just go for a run...no! That changed in 2010 when my nephew contracted meningitis. A

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my friends, from one side of the pond to the other! Have a great day! @g-force1980

Josh and Amelia made their way down the steep, rocky coastal path to the sandy cove below. “You could have warned me it was this far down. I would have worn more sensible shoes.” Amelia stared angrily

Mum Knows Best This is my entry to @Lymmerik's Limericks contest. This week's theme is Thanksgiving. While we don't celebrate this in the UK I can understand that this is a special time when families come

Confession Just over a month had passed since her father had died. Elisabeth had started sorting his belongings. Sifting through some paperwork she found an envelope with her name on. She opened the envelope

Busted This is my entry to @Lymmerik's Limericks contest #420 Back when I was a teen My friends and I used to smoke green But I was caught by the cops 'Round the back of some shops And now my police record

Toy Soldiers This is my entry to @japhofin8or's Ode Challenge Little men Little soldiers In green, in brown, in grey. Ready for war Ready for action There'll be a mighty battle today. Watch the enemy See

Pa's Shack This is my entry to week 5 of @gmuxx's Art Prompt Writing Contest Dust clouds billowed from behind the truck. Cody had been driving for over an hour along the pot-holed track. His destination

French Revolution The last time I dressed up for Halloween I bought an antique guillotine And so I threatened the head Of every child dressed undead So they all ran away with a scream. This is my entry

Gladiator Even behind the thick wooden doors he could hear the chanting from the crowd. Marcus Thaddeus inhaled deeply. He uttered a few words asking the Gods to be with him this day. The gates were opened

Break Up. Make Up? **Storm clouds gathering Lovers exchanging angry words Flowers tomorrow?** This is my entry to week 12 of @goodguygreg's Story Cubes Contest Only time for a quick Haiku this week but

Ode to Steemit Steemit is a place somewhere You can show your creative flair From pieces of art To poems on farts There really is everything there. This is my entry to week 3 of @lymmerik's Lymmerik's

Up In Smoke Image source Steve looked in the mirror and straightened his bow tie. He checked his hair one last time and left the bathroom. Jane, his wife, chuckled “About time too. And you say that I take

I'm Not Fine Was it really such an awful crime To park within those painted lines Beyond my allocated time That now I have to pay a fine. A yellow sticker on my screen I really felt was rather mean The

RAID The question had rendered me speechless. Words and thoughts were now alien to me. A gun was being pointed directly at my head and my brain couldn't function. An overload of emotion running amok in

An Unwelcome Visit Irma and Maria might just be names But since their visit life isn't the same. The wind and rain came with insatiable power Tearing up trees and knocking down towers. Now I look at what

Pick It, Lick It, Flick It There once was a teacher called Rickett Who told all the boys not to pick it. But we all quickly learned That when his back was turned We could pick it, then flick it at Rickett.