How to sum up a week of extremely hot weather in 25 words or less? I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Here goes for mine:
Hot and bothered
Too hot to handle
Hot under the collar
Hot as hell
We’re in hot water
If the rain doesn’t come.
This week has been challenging. It’s been a struggle to get through the days and nights of heat. We cancelled a theatre trip we were looking forward to and the school visit I was doing today has been rescheduled.
On the upside, being confined to the house with all the curtains drawn has given me the chance to write every day. I’m lucky that the room where I do my writing is relatively cool.
How’s your week been?
Two things coalesced this month in preparing my piece for the writing group I attend. Firstly, the prompt, which was to use pair idioms. Second, was a comment from a reader, on a previous Wordy Wednesday, using the word kenning, where two words are used to describe something or someone. I remembered how much I enjoyed learning about kenning poems at a writing group and decided to combine a kenning and pair idioms.
Pause for a Kenning
Aloof charmer, people calmer
Tail flicker, nose tickler.
Bright and early, out and about
Here and there, back and forth.
Bed maker, sleep taker
Fence climber, two-timer.
Up and down, leaps and bounds
Heads and tails meet and greet.
Tux wearer, stripe bearer
Sofa scratcher, mouse catcher.
Sooner or later, peace and quiet
Fair and square, they’re always there.
Recently, a friend introduced me to the phrase, ‘having a benny‘. She was describing a situation where she’d avoided ‘having a benny’ because she’d had lots of friends round at the time. I’d heard the term before but not for some time and I immediately thought it’d be a good one for Wordy Wednesday.
To have a benny is to throw a tantrum or get angry about something and is used widely in The Midlands. There are many other phrases used to refer to the same thing. What do you say where you live?
How’s your week been? I’d love to hear your ‘sum ups’ in 25 or less words.
My week:
Volunteer – busy morning
Hospital – pre-cataract
Hairdresser – hair cut
Friends – stroll and lunch
Lawn – mown
Hot, hot, hot
And breathe (try to!)
I’ve been doing more reaching out to libraries this week. I have dates in my diary for Nottingham libraries and thought I’d see if any in Nottinghamshire would be interested. Libraries are great places where I can read from my children’s book, The Clocker, as well as getting children to do some of their own writing.
I’m feeling positive and looking forward to meeting some of my target audience.
Here is the link to my book at Troubador Publishing bookstore.
https://troubador.co.uk/bookshop/middle-grade/the-clocker
Today’s word is shonky for no other reason than I like it. To me, it’s one of those words that expresses its meaning very well. Shonky is an informal Australian/ New Zealand word referring to a person or action that is dishonest, unreliable or illegal. Shonky goings on, for example. The word shonk describes someone who is engaged in dodgy business dealings and its origin is thought to be from English dialect, shonk, ‘smart’ appearing in the 1970s.
I expect we all know someone, or something, shonky.
Sunday is here and it’s time to sum up my week in 25 words or less. I look forward to reading your ‘sum-ups’ too.
Here goes:
Hospital, meds delivery
Going here and there
All disjointed
See old friends, eat and laugh
Back to writing
My (mostly) happy place
I had to add a mark 2 flaunt it Friday having finally cracked my Image Playground problem on Jetpack.
Unfortunately, I can’t claim any great skill in getting it to return despite much faffing about. I sorted it on my laptop, thought I’d check it on my phone and hey presto!
I’ve felt a bit discombobulated this week, maybe returning home after a relaxing holiday or, perhaps, just one of those odd weeks.
I’ve been trying to sort out, since Wordy Wednesday, why my image playground has disappeared. Had lots of helpful suggestions but nothing has worked.
As for Flaunt it Friday, I’ve made it through. Sometimes that’s it and, after all, a nice pot of tea always helps!
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