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…as this week’s Bedtime Story has been postponed until this evening. It is the [sorry] result of a Big Bet I lost this summer with a writer friend of mine. The prize he won in beating me in our Summer Spectacular Word Count race is…a poem, lauding him and written by me. The performance ofContinue reading “Stay Tuned…”

A glimpse into the world of Lascivia and Hysteria; the Hatchett sisters, housekeepers to Dunsepulchre House. Not a really happy place…                         More soon…!   ~kc

The first in a series of linked stories. We begin with Dorothy Clarke — the story of a very old lady…with a plan.                   More soon…     ~kc

This story is from the realm of my CEILIDH world, though not taken from the actual story itself. It is, instead, a little piece of the periphery of the story, introducing some of the denizens of this universe. A little cat, an owl and, most importantly, one of the less animate, though no less importantContinue reading “Bedtime story – AN EVENING WALK”

In which a life-scribe shares her secrets, if you listen carefully…                                                             More soon…       ~kc

Home for a week and am in the midst of reading a plethora, a colossus, a veritable flood of contest entries. Not quite as many as we’d like, mind you, but still …lots of reading.       And so, I pause in my reading a moment to give a garden update. You may recallContinue reading “September Garden”

This is a piece of doggerel I wrote a long time ago [it’s actually printed on a dot-matrix printer…!] but I thought of it because I was teasing my friend, the Incredible Writing Mountie, Cpl Tyner Gillies, recently, and used the term.   However, Ty is not really a Luddite, and his new book isContinue reading “Bedtime story – THE LUDDITE’S LAMENT [A Venery in Verse]”

In which Hamish and his sister Allie find a few answers — and even more questions.                       More soon….   ~kc

I’m hoping the season hasn’t made it’s way to Vancouver yet, but today it is mitten weather here in Stirling. Rain pelting down, leaves blowing off the trees…a dreich day, to be sure! Have been here two weeks now, with one last week to stay before heading home. It’s been a wonderful time, revisiting favouriteContinue reading “Autumn comes to Scotland”

Since tonight is the last blue moon for a LONG time…a scary story. Seriously. Or, at least for me, since it has many of the elements that just scare the heebiejeebies out of me.       Remember to keep your clowns where you can see them…and maybe just not down at the bottom ofContinue reading “Bedtime Story: THE PORTRAIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS”