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Inspirations, the Stories Space Coffee House: If you're reading this it just might mean I'm back, sorta. If you're not reading this, well, congratulations.

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She got served with divorce papers after a year of marriage for being too loving and cuddly and having a opinion and not taking any crap from other people. (yes she is my mini me)


Huh? Sounds like grounds for a marriage, not a divorce, in my books. At least she's got a nice Mom to help out.

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Hardest part is telling her son what is going on.


Ugh. Children and divorce are not a good combo. Hugs and good vibes to all of you.

Evening teatime. Green, I think.


Thanks for the hugs.
I agree but her soon to be ex was raised in a family that doesn't show affection and grew up being taught that men dont do "women's work ".
Not easy at all and Andrew adores him and he doesn't even want to see him... Didn't ask for visitation.

My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2

Fresh coffee, hot water for tea, and a bag full of day-old doughnut holes. Life has been much, much worse.

Sara, reading about your daughter's woes reminds me of the astute observation of an uncle of mine. "Some people are proud of being stupid."

Hang in there. Your daughter's lucky to have you, imo.

I'm having one last cuppa java before heading over to the hospital for my infusion. Happens every fourth Thursday. I also get to chat with my oncologist. Nice conversations, indeed.

I'm doing well with a story I'm working on. It has over one thousand five hundred words. It's going pretty well, I think. Here's hoping I can complete it this week.

howdy peeps
A large sweet tea pretty please.
My head feels like it is stuffed with cotton.
Daughter is doing great today and Andrew is adjusting nicely to the change.
*sits out treats for the little critters and double fudge brownies for the humans *
Hope everyone is having a great day
Today is possibly a trip to the library.

My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2

God, I hate that stuffed with cotton feeling. Mercifully, my post-cold sinus trouble didn't last long this Fall. But there's still a whole Winter ahead of me.

Larry, good luck with the story. I just abandoned one (as in, deleted it and then emptied the trash to make sure it was gone). Was uncomfortable with some of the content and it was starting to drag. Sometimes stories lose their way, I guess.

Green tea and brownies sounds good. Library sounds like a good idea. I haven't been to one in a while. Good intentions, not much time.

The old bookshop owner had something special for Dave.

Dash - Writer's Block competition entry

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God, I hate that stuffed with cotton feeling. Mercifully, my post-cold sinus trouble didn't last long this Fall. But there's still a whole Winter ahead of me.

Larry, good luck with the story. I just abandoned one (as in, deleted it and then emptied the trash to make sure it was gone). Was uncomfortable with some of the content and it was starting to drag. Sometimes stories lose their way, I guess.

Green tea and brownies sounds good. Library sounds like a good idea. I haven't been to one in a while. Good intentions, not much time.


I'm not going to miss out on getting this story done. I have entered 27 contests on another site. This will be number 28. The story is actually writing itself. I simply took an observation looking out my back door and went with it.

I'm sitting in my room here at the cancer center. We each get our own room while receiving our IV infusions, and we have this wonderful WiFi so we don't miss out on the world of online.
I brought along some of the coffee I had brewed for a nice drink here.

As soon as the boss gets up we will finish the painting in the kitchen. Finally.

I'm having my second cup of joe for the morning and working on a poem and a story. Switching back and forth. Perhaps I will complete one or the other today.

Hello all that enter

Sure glad to see a few friends that stop over here too.

How this for a sign to welcome people here?




Well its another Friday here in Kansas hope all enjoy their weekend

Please read my latest poem to honour all who have served

Bitch Called Nam

https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/poetry/bitch-called-nam

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How this for a sign to welcome people here?



Doesn't quite look like Victor, but I think it works. Put it on a sign over the front door kind of like a pub sign, maybe.

Anyone else for a green tea? I put out a mix of pecan and butter tarts for munching.

The old bookshop owner had something special for Dave.

Dash - Writer's Block competition entry

Ooo love the new sign for the place.
Howdy folks
A large sweet tea please
Quiet day here.. Chilly outside so I'm stay indoors with a good book and good movie. Gonna try to get something written today.
*sits out treats for the little sweet critters and double fudge brownies for the humans *
Hope everyone is having a great day

My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2

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INSPIRATIONS: Home of the Happy Hound

Anything for an alliteration. ;)


Yep, nicely done, Bill.

My time online has been profitable today. I completed a poem here on Stories Space and have submitted it for approval. I've also completed a story on another site and I'm just waiting for that site to become available once again to submit it for approval.

We shall see how long it takes to get both of them up and on the main pages for perusal by the loyal fans I have.
Even if I never get any comments, I too have some reading material for anyone who'd care to look.
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Even if I never get any comments, I too have some reading material for anyone who'd care to look.


Welcome. Good little piece, too. And you have Beethoven on your profile which always gets brownie points with me.

The old bookshop owner had something special for Dave.

Dash - Writer's Block competition entry

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Even if I never get any comments, I too have some reading material for anyone who'd care to look.


Just an observation FWIW - it becomes much easier to have readers and folks to comment when one has taken part in the process. I try to read and score and comment on the first story or two of every newcomer to the site. It's a rather kind thing to do, I believe. Sometimes it is a little difficult to comment on work that may be rather unusual or subtle. But I do try. Then I just wait and see if the newcomer has any intention of reciprocating. I'm always happy when they decide to actually be a part of the community here.

It's perfectly true that one's intentions may be to simply write and put their work out there for the world to read if it will. To have no other purpose other than that. My purpose when I arrived here was to write, but also to have my work read. And I hoped it would be appreciated. To a certain extent it has. I am extremely happy with my experiences writing on our site here.

It's always the hope of all the old-timers here that our site will grow and prosper. We do what we can to make it so.

I'm late getting to bed tonight. I am awaiting the return of another site to service so I can submit a story for approval. So I had best have some herbal tea as I wait. Other sites are active for reading purposes.

I'm enjoying some of my morning brew. Not too bad.

I've got a ton of reading to do now that I've submitted a story into a competition somewhere else. Then later this afternoon just a short period of touch up painting to do.

Hope we all have great days.

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Even if I never get any comments, I too have some reading material for anyone who'd care to look.


Hi and welcome to Stories Space. I'm afraid that mostly, poetry is not my thing. Do you have a name? Even if only a pseudonym? It is not easy to say, Hi Onlyplatinumbaby!
I hope you get to like us here and post much, much more of your work.



"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

Howdy folks
Late drop in.
A large sweet tea. The weather is nice today .
But no plans to go outside today.
*sitting out cookies for the humans *
*sitting out treats for Miss Purr and Mr Victor *
... Climbing up in my favorite chair and staying put.
Welcome to the new person enjoy your stay.
It's a fun place to be

My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2

Hello, all.

Just having some Tetley's black tea. I just got back from rehearsal for the Nutcracker. I'll have dinner and then go to the first read-through of the short play I will be in next month.

Just getting up to date online now with Victor chewing on his Tiger beside me.

Well the past twelve days have been quite a ride, with himself coming down with the first cold of the season, not too bad and fairly innocuous.

Or so it seemed...

Until weird stuff happened eight days into it, extreme tiredness, muscle aches, fatigue, loss of appetite, fever.

Come on, loss of appetite? Fever?

No I'm fine, no, I'm fine, cough, cough, cough, rinse, repeat...

With the FEVER, yes, fever, breaking last night so he was drenched. Awful.

Today?

No, I'm ok, not great, but it was - interruption for dreadful coughing fit - worse before - cough, cough, cough, trouble climbing stairs, gasp, wheeze, cough, no I'm not hungry but I'll be gasp, wheeze ok. Also the fever may have broken in the night but ahem! Was it over with?

Um, guess not...

So earlier tonight we took a taxi to the 7/7 24h walk in clinic because someone still had a 39C temperature for the third day in a row.



Geez. Diagnosis? Bronchitis, antibiotics for six days as well as a solution to ease the coughing.

At least it is not pneumonia which we both suspected, still, bronchial infection ain't to be taken lightly especially for a person of his age, or any age for that matter.

Otherwise, all is just grand.
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Well the past twelve days have been quite a ride, with himself coming down with the first cold of the season, not too bad and fairly innocuous.

Or so it seemed...

Until weird stuff happened eight days into it, extreme tiredness, muscle aches, fatigue, loss of appetite, fever.

So earlier tonight we took a taxi to the 7/7 24h walk in clinic because someone still had a 39C temperature for the third day in a row.



Geez. Diagnosis? Bronchitis, antibiotics for six days as well as a solution to ease the coughing.

At least it is not pneumonia which we both suspected, still, bronchial infection ain't to be taken lightly especially for a person of his age, or any age for that matter.

Otherwise, all is just grand.


That sounds frightening, Gypsy. I surely hope all is well with those drugs. We all hope he is well.
Healing vibes to all the sick and maybe sick. Got my flu shot yesterday so hopefully I dodge at least that bullet. I've got enough chronic health issues now without dealing with acute ones, too. OTOH, I got a rare summer cold this year which is unusual for me so maybe there's a bad season coming. I mean, it could have been my old hay fever, which has kind of faded in recent years, running rampant but it sure felt like a cold. I can usually tell the difference.

An herbal tea will go nicely before bed. G'night all.

The old bookshop owner had something special for Dave.

Dash - Writer's Block competition entry

Thanks all for the good wishes. Larry, it is really frightening. I filled the prescription for antibiotics and other medication this morning, so he is just starting to counter attack the bacteria. Nevertheless he is still running a fever and is weak and tired and miserable - who wouldn't be?

Sarah, I hope you get better quickly. There is plenty of ginger-ale and crackers here, that is such a basic sick-room necessity. I also prepare a thermos of honey, lemon and grated ginger steeped in hot water for sipping on during the night. In spite of resistance from the (im)patient, he actually drinks it and admits that it helps.

I spent the morning vacuuming the radiators before we put the heat on, which we will do soon especially with someone being sick and running a fever, to try and get rid of as much dust as possible. They are open at the top and have ridges inside which just cumulate dust, and when the heat is turned on, the air gets that horrible, stale dusty smell to it. Plus, I am quite allergic to dust mites so once we have the heat running, my allergies worsen. Then later this week I'll get the flu vaccine.

Sorry everyone, I'm rambling all over the place here, mainly because I'm trying to keep all the balls up in the air, not forget any of them, and not drop any of them.

Scott, what are the chances of installing a ginger-ale barrel so it can be drawn like draft beer is? Because it is already in great demand, I suspect there will be a fair amount consumed.

Right. Off to scrounge something for lunch, wake the patient up in 45 minutes for his next round of medication, and feed the neighbours cat.

talk to you all later, stay warm and healthy!
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Scott, what are the chances of installing a ginger-ale barrel so it can be drawn like draft beer is? Because it is already in great demand, I suspect there will be a fair amount consumed.


What? Like this one I just picked up?

Good morning all. The one nice day we are getting this week and I'll be stuck in meetings for most of it.

Time to fortify with some strong black orange pekoe, me thinks.

The old bookshop owner had something special for Dave.

Dash - Writer's Block competition entry

Good morning in cold Kansas. It is 38F/3C degrees this morning and will not get above 42F/6C degrees later on today.

Nothing planned for this day. I may work on a sonnet. I'll see how I feel.

The coffee is almost ready. It will be here when you need it and the water is always close to boiling for the necessary tea.

howdy folks
A large ginger ale. Off to the doctor in a bit. Happy he could squeeze me in.
Hope to get some reading done today got scamps adventure finished just need to get it proofread. And then working on scamps Halloween adventure. I was hoping to have a scary story written but being sick has messed with my writing timeline.
Have a good day everyone I'll be back later.

My Competition Story : 💜 Milly's Adventure https://www.storiesspace.com/stories/childrens/millys-adventure-2

Sara, hope your doctor's visit goes well. Here's some ginger ale I found in the bottom of Mendala's chiller unit. I'll put the charge on Larry's tab.

Just posted the second half of lit. sites that pay. It includes several poetry and sci/fi sites plus several 'name brand' publications such as: The New Yorker, Poetry, and Analog. Slim odds of getting accepted by any of those but a struggling writer can dream.

The coffee is hot and freshly brewed. Teapots are at the ready.

It is exactly freezing outside and I believe that autumn has officially been bypassed this year. What strange weather.

Nothing much to do today. Just feeling sorry for the ones out there suffering from illness. Be well soon, Sara. I do hope himself is much better, Gypsy.

The pup and I will get on with our computer morning chores.