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Category Archives: fairy hanny
Extract from ‘Trans-Uranic Elements: The Dark Side of Uranus”
Tom scanned the wooden floors, the roof beams, the empty glasses, the empty-headed numbskulls at the bar. He scanned a newspaper, a tin of beans and the police radio in New York. He noticed a group of Gnomes sitting in … Continue reading
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Tagged ken tucky, Mad Tom of Bedlam, wayne down
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Playing with words.
When writing I love to play with words. I always loved how the great, late Ronnie Barker could come up some of the best jokes by just playing with words and their meanings. There is nothing better than the famous … Continue reading
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Tagged creative, fairy hanny, jokes, ken tucky, Mad Tom of Bedlam, Writing
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Creative writing and frustration.
Not many people are happy with the first draft. The first version of my Master’s thesis was so bad and in such juvenile language, that I just deleted it totally and started again from scratch. The second version had about … Continue reading
Posted in Creative writing, fairy hanny, Humour, Motivation, Uranus, writing
Tagged creative, inspiration, inspire, motivation, Writer, Writing
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Creativity, Mindfulness and Daydreaming
In Defense of the ‘Constant Chatter’ Mindfulness, presence, flow states and meditation are all popular concepts right now. In an age where we are constantly stressed, constantly distracted and always being pulled from one thing to another, the idea of … Continue reading
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Tagged creative, daydream, mindfulness
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Trans-Uranic Elements: The Dark Side of Uranus
This is the second outing for Fairy Hanny, after proving herself to be the heroine who helped to cure Peter The Pixy of his Piles. This time she is called in to help solve a problem in Time. She joins … Continue reading
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Going through Changes
It has been a year of change. There I was going to my teaching job every day, wishing I had a job where I could work from home… But it wasn’t teaching. No human interaction. No girls crying. No boys … Continue reading
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The Monk’s advice to a bunch of Fairies.
They sat in a lovely Fairy Circle, with the Monk E at one corner, confusing the dimensions of the place. The Fairies had enjoyed the tale as far as the bit about the 4th and 5th dimensions, as they really … Continue reading
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Tagged Fairy, fighters, funny, gibberish, Mystic Monk, Uranus, Writing
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The Dark Side of Uranus
Moving on tonight with Fairy Hanny and her crowd of weird friends. I created Lady Stuppence from an expressions used by my son Ben – it’s a bit rude… ” The Monk E. “Dear luscious Maidens,” continued the Monk. … Continue reading
Posted in fairy hanny, Humour, Jokes, Poetry, Travel, Uranus, writing
Tagged Fairy, Hanny, Mystic Monk, Sankyu Fairy Mutch, Wonky
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Daft Elves and Time Travellers
“You’re on the ball now!” Wayne adjusted his underwear and sat more comfortably. “Do you know about the Witch King?” enquired Wayne, with a slight look of pain in his eye; though it may just have been a tear of … Continue reading
Prelude: That what must it be.
Two Black holes collided and ate each other without really affecting the fabric of Space-Time, though that has nothing to do with our story. There is a disturbance in the River of Time, wallowing through the sludgy rising tides in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, funny, physics, Uranus, Writing
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