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JustJoy
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Retired English teacher. I love hiking and swimming in the ocean. I breathe to write, paint and have fun.
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2018-10-02 14:48
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life
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Runaway!
At 7 I ran away from home to find my purpose in life and by 11am I was home, starving. No one had even missed me. When I asked 'them' where they thought I was, they replied, 'in your tree house - probably
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creativity
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The H word!
I love WORDS, Pixabay Spoken, written, whispered, sung or shouted....... They take me by the hand into vast tracts of ideas and thoughts, fact and fiction. I wander in those lush green valleys as my
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life
7y
Fire! Live or Die?
Liz, Nicko and Philippa, new friends of the Survivors' Club trio were delighted to be invited to lunch by Wil. Wil, his fiance Vi and their best friend Lila had thoroughly enjoyed a South African braai
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life
7y
STORM over the hikers, lightning strikes!
Elizabeth continued with her mountain climb adventure……………… The wind did not blow the clouds away. Within 45 minutes we stopped and with a feeling of dread we put our rain jackets on and secured waterproof
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adventure
7y
Never climb a mountain in a storm…………
Lila opened the website of the ‘Wil, Lil and Vi survivors’ club’ and was delighted to receive an invitation from an avid reader of all the survivor stories that were featured on it. She met Wil and Vi
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life
7y
Lion attack! Does the victim survive?
Lila, steaming cup of early morning tea in hand, browsed the website of the “Wil, Lil and Vi Survivors’ Club” and found the most fascinating true story of Harry Wolhuter who was an early ranger in a South
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life
7y
The World Rugby Cup, love it or hate it, is ON.
I fell in love with my husband as a teenager and accepted without question his participation and addiction to the game of rugby. Watching him, tall and lean with the ball under his arm flying down the
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life
7y
Rugby Cup in my house!
Rugby Cup in my house!
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life
7y
Does money makes the world go around?
The short answer to that is 'NO'! Lee and Doug live in Johannesburg. A Zimbabwean works for them as caretaker on their large property combining business premises and a sprawling family home. He went to
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freewrite
7y
Trolley day. 5 minute write
It was our first visit to Canada since our daughter relocated to Fort St Johns some years ago. Himself (my husband) and I found communicating with the locals who were apparently speaking English, challenging
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poem
7y
Temptation..........
The little ones are quarreling over whose biscuit is bigger - Craig is weeping as his has broken in two - 'there there,' I mutter, 'the others only have one each.' His 3 year old eyes narrow, calculating......
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freewrite
7y
Master of the Universe!
Image source 'You remember mom, when I was little and you took me to the movies......with popcorn and everything. We went to see that dude on the flying carpet........all that mushy music and Disney stars
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story
7y
Snake in the grass? Not this time!
Lila arranged a small party to share the joy of Vi and Wil's engagement. The three survivors had joined a group of wine tasters combined with musical evenings and had made several friends. Vi had once
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fiveminuterewrite
7y
APRICOT 5 minute freewrite
My daughter was born after an extremely short labour, all properly in the hospital. My husband was also in recovery..... from the terror of perhaps having to deliver her in the back seat of the car. He
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life
7y
Elephant's Road Rage
Lila was browsing the website of the “Wil, Lil and Vi Survivors’ club” and she read Sander Hoffman’s true account of a rogue bull elephant’s attack on tourists in the Kruger Park. It was stunning to the
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fun
7y
It's the 5 letter H word - HAIRY - sometimes scary!
I love WORDS, Pixabay Spoken, written, whispered, sung or shouted....... They take me by the hand into vast tracts of ideas and thoughts, fact and fiction. I wander in those lush green valleys as my
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fiction
7y
Retrenchment..........is it possible to survive.
The panic was in the waiting. It came in waves especially at 2 am when Lila would wake up with her heart threatening to burst out of her chest. She would sit up and sip water from her bedside glass, first
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words
7y
Live a little - FROLIC!
TO FROLIC is to have FUN............. be funny, suck the juices of joy out of living. Be a friend to the shy girl, introduce her to the crowd. Join in when the silly photo is being staged. Collapse into
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fiction
7y
Friends forever?
Bert and Lucas were enjoying the carefree abandon of a stomach clenching, side splitting LAUGH. Neither of them had had a best buddy ever before and while it felt strange to have someone to go around with
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fiction
7y
Friends forever?
Bert and Lucas were enjoying the carefree abandon of a stomach clenching, side splitting LAUGH. Neither of them had had a best buddy ever before and while it felt strange to have someone to go around with
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