About me
I'm a freelance writer - fiction, nonfiction and anything else that happens to tango its way through my mind. That's for me, and I've won a competition or two, and been published in a range of media. To keep the wolf from the door, I also edit, proofread and write for other people. Love it all. Aren't I lucky?
Six Weeks in Summer – Helen Meikle. Available on Smashwords and Kindle
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Daily prompt: How to waste democracy
DAILY PROMPT Prophecy I don’t fully understand the implications of the Brexit vote, and I doubt if I would even if it were explained to me. I’m not an economist, and I’m not British. But I’m old enough to have … Continue reading
Daily prompt: What to say about summer when it isn’t
DAILY PROMPT Summer Summer? Bummer! Which is all I have to say on a subject that is currently so far outside my field of reference that I find it hard to believe it will ever again be inside my field … Continue reading
Daily prompt: Aimful thoughts
DAILY PROMPT Aimless I was thinking about aimless last night as I stood at the sink doing the washing up. Not because doing the washing up is aimless when you consider I don’t have a dishwasher (one plate per day, … Continue reading
Daily prompt: I’d rather you didn’t ask
DAILY PROMPT Perfection The thought of holding forth on the subject of perfection makes me feel slightly queasy. I’m not sure why this is, but it’s certainly not helped by the fact that today is Sunday – the black hole … Continue reading
Daily prompt: Shame on me – or can I blame my parents?
DAILY PROMPT Open Except for those things the Government does in our name but considers us too stupid/immature/unreliable/unimportant to know about – except for those things, you might say that the world is an open book these days. All I … Continue reading
Daily prompt: The pragmatism of age
DAILY PROMPT Struggle I’m pretty sure we all struggle at some point in our lives. I imagine even those rich enough to make practical problems vanish have the odd existential twinge from time to time. And on the whole we … Continue reading
Daily prompt: Hatred is a flawed foundation on which to rebuild
DAILY PROMPT Rebuild In the midst of the horror and grief following 9/11, I do remember having one coherent thought. Please, President Bush, I thought, please think before you act. Please ask yourself why this happened, and the best way … Continue reading
Daily prompt: Ho hum
DAILY PROMPT Simplicity Back in the olden days, before Political Correctness galloped in on its white charger to churn up the turf with razor-sharp hooves that waved in all directions with intimidating imprecision… Back in those days when we were … Continue reading
In Aus, it’s June 11
Seventy-three today Seventy-three today I’ve got the key of the door… …I think… somewhere… Now where did I put it? https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/mountain/
Daily prompt: New every morning…
DAILY PROMPT Transformation I have been transform-éd! This morning I sprang from my bed just as the little birdies were tweeting sleepily at the first rays of the sun gliding over the hills and gilding the treetops with the promise … Continue reading
