Fandango’s Story Starter

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It wasn’t surprising. Mom was a scheduled person, every task completed on a certain day, weeks on end. At least we always knew what to expect and what was expected of us. Just like this key and the day she wanted me to find it, open the dusty rooms and clean the house.

She was adamant that on this day, we kids were to meet and fix the house for sale. It was more like a donation to her church at the time, because in their will they had set this date because it was the anniversary of their wedding. Somehow she knew she and my dad would die together, and made this promise in their will.

My brothers and I set about dusting, washing and cleaning so the house would be ready for the church to use or sell.

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Fandango’s Story Starter #268

Simply Six Minutes

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Joe put his back against the wall and then sprung forward, looked around behind him, and saw his worst nightmare! It was crawling with spiders, every type you could think of, and the size of them, unbelievable! He shrieked and then clamped his hand over his mouth. Joe didn’t want the others to hear him. He slipped on the plastic gloves and grabbed the cloth he was supposed to retrieve with one of the ugly frightening creatures. He spied a small one by itself and shut his eyes to grab it. Then he opened the cloth to see he had squashed it…dare he pick a bigger one? The time on the contest was almost up. He had to get one and bring it back or suffer the consequences. That would be a lot worse, so he grabbed another larger spider and quickly closed the cloth around it. At least now he could avoid the punishment – a bathtub full of the nasty creatures!

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 10/13/2026

dVerse Poets

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Autumn leaves crowded the forest floor, and as we walked along, we could hear crunching sounds as “the dead were settling in under their mud roof, and something was shuffling overhead”. The trees were thick in this section of the woods and we expected some small critters were around, but above us? It was almost frightening and we dared each other to look up. A baby raccoon and his mother were sitting on the maple tree branch and looked more scared than we were. Raccoons usually come out at night, but this densely packed woodland area was hidden from the sun in late afternoon. We hurriedly left them, not wanting to scare them away. I think they climbed up when hearing us approach.

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Prosery:  Something shuffling overhead

MLMM Wordle

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It was Joe’s charm that he used and carry on, settle in with, as a habit he developed and thought a thorough solution to his life problems. He could cast himself as the loser in a fist fight, amuse his opponents in any contest, and chart his mistakes in his mind. Joe was wary his memory might not serve him well as he aged, but knew the friends he made with this attitude would last.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #498

SYW 10-12-26

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Here are this week’s questions:

1.  What is your favourite season?Autumn🍁


2.  Would you like to live by the seaside or in the country? Country


3.  When was the last time you used the bus? A few years ago


4.  If you took a walk, would it be in the woods, to the shops, walk the dog, to a park, or somewhere else? The woods, definitely 🌲🌳

Gratitude: I am grateful to myself, weird, eh? But I finally spoke up instead of suffering in silence.

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Share Your World: 12th October 2026

W3 10-10-26

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Ghuttan, a perfect word for the feelings I have

It’s not that I’m completely sad

But breath taken in seems short and fumbled

Every news article is rumbled

When will it stop, this frustration

When will it stop, refresh our nation

Leaders here are unconscionable

Walking streets is unreliable

Safety gone along with compassion

When will it stop, this frustration?

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W3 Prompt #232: Wea’ve Written Weekly