Kylie Moppert

A rare family portait, recovered by a family friend, born 5 years later.

A man makes me coffee. 'Perfect,' I lie. The cup's too hot to touch and the froth looks like river scum caught on a snag.

This creative writer is usually a word whizz
Until day thirteen, and I’m all in a tizz
But soaking in bubbles
Eases the troubles
And ideas emerge from the fizz.

#30Words30Days #Fizz

She went with the flow, letting the children dance, open-mouthed, as rain drenched their hair and strong limbs. She'd always gone with the flow. Sadly, her body was never found.
#30words30days #microfiction #writingcommunity #flow 1/30

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#30words30days

Day 1 - Flow

Happy Writings! ✏️

#writingcommunity #amwriting #flashfiction #microfiction #microlit #writing #shortwriting #30words30dayscommunity #writingprompts #prompts #flow

This!!

I like to think the Murdoch factor is > than the Aus-arrogance factor, but some of the meat-heads I went to primary school with 50 years ago give me pause.

That's awesome! Congratulations. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

True?

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The silhouetted shadow of the photographer, long legs in the foreground, rocks and scrubery of a cliff; amongst shadows of bushes on a beach below, the torso and waving arm of the photographer.

My shadow waved from the bottom of the cliff.

Withput being pro-Putin, Trump or war, nor against the good people of Ukraine, I see a glimmer of hope of peace.
For a detailed history by the encyclopedic Prof Jeff Sachs:
www.youtube.com/live/s9V-UtD...

He doesn't do solidarity. He does diplomacy.

Happy to read an intelligent response (if you can offer one).

Jeffrey Sachs' roaring speech at EU Parliament, schools US Europe over Ukraine war YouTube video by The Economic Times

www.youtube.com/live/s9V-UtD...

Jeffrey Sachs' roaring speech at EU Parliament, schools US Europe over Ukraine war YouTube video by The Economic Times

www.youtube.com/live/s9V-UtD...

Prometheus... i'll check my schedule. Thanks for the tip!

Let's catch up after Womad re-wires my rhythms. xx

I hosted @writersvictoria.bsky.social Friday Write Club today. My prompt for 20+ quiet writers:
Interiority: write to 3rd person the inner thoughts as they go about a mundane existence. Meandering whims? Crazed fantasy? Task orientated lists? Go wild, let your imagination guide & enjoy discovery.

On a yellowy-orange gradient background featuring a green leaf motif, there is a photograph of Nadia Niaz. Beside Nadia’s photo is text that reads: Poetry of Place and Belonging with Nadia Niaz, in-person, 10AM to 4PM, Sun 13 Apr

In this workshop with author, poet and educator @nadianiaz.bsky.social, you are invited to consider your relationship with place and how this emerges in and shapes your writing https://writersvictoria.org.au/calendars/events/event/?id=1298

The man with the white ute wears an I've-got-a-job vest, and perhaps he does, but through the campsite bathroom walls I learn he doesn't have a home.

#flashfiction #homeless #employment #campsite

We're thinking of buying ourselves a pop up toaster for Christmas.

From my 1987 journal.

Looking forward to it.

Excellent. I'll be there.

Feeling like my project is spinning in a mud bath, I turned to old journals and began typing them up, only to find I was imagining this project – as in writing about it – over two decades ago.
#memoir #grief #dailylife #journal

Hello BlueSky. Goodbye X.

Congratulations! Beautifully told, real life dilemma.