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Weekly writing prompt: Galaxy
What do you think of when you imagine a galaxy? A swirl of stars and planets, space dust and other wondrous sky stuff? Or are you going straight for the chocolate bar? Is that a thing where you live? I know in Britain and Ireland there are galaxy bars but I honestly can’t remember if…
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How self-sufficient are you? Skills check
Food, water, shelter, clothing and hygiene are our basic needs. Some people say “sleep” or “warmth” instead of shelter but I’d argue both are met by a shelter. I mean, even clothing is debatable, especially if you’re a naturist! To be self-sufficient in SHTF or in life as it is at the moment, where we…
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How to build a tribe on Facebook
Facebook is the most time-intensive platform to master. I successfully grew my author page to 3k likes/follows before I closed that account. Why did I close my Facebook author account? What an admission at the beginning of an article about how to grow an audience on Facebook! Consider the dead donkey dropped (if you don’t…
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Misadventure: Shipwrecked
Where I grew up, there was a brook, which is something a bit bigger than a stream but smaller than a river. The brook was probably the most interesting thing about Cheadle. Its path spanned the town. It meandered through the fields between my concrete council estate and the next estate over (a decidedly upmarket,…