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'Enough is Enough' and 'Stealing' Horse Carrots!
This is a Royal Doulton figurine I was given many years ago. It's called 'Flower of Love" and was hand-made and hand-decorated. It's...
vickyearle
Feb 21, 20245 min read
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'Sewage' and Our Retired Broodmares!
You probably guessed it! The prompt for this month's ten-minute on-the-spot writing challenge during the Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting...
vickyearle
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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Christening Dress and Photos of Prized Spirit!
This is me in an heirloom christening dress. This was a prompt for a writing assignment I completed several years ago. I came across the...
vickyearle
Feb 6, 20244 min read
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'Weird' and Update on Book #6!
Photo by Martin Earle My story is a piece I wrote for our recent Uxbridge Writers' Circle ten-minute on-the-spot writing challenge. The...
vickyearle
Jan 10, 20243 min read
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'Holes' and a Racehorse on Vacation!
This is the latest story I wrote for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge, called 'Holes'. The words I had to use are champagne;...
vickyearle
Jan 3, 20244 min read
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'My Dream' and Our Scrawny Christmas Tree!
Yes, you can see right through our Christmas Tree. We think the Grinch sabotaged it. It was tightly wrapped when we bought it (in support...
vickyearle
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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'Shortbread' and Where Have the Racehorses Gone?
During our most recent Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting, we elected to hold a ten-minute on-the-spot writing challenge. I chose the...
vickyearle
Dec 13, 20234 min read
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'Tatters' and the Greatest Barn Cats!
'Tatters' is my latest story. Yes, it's another word challenge I wrote for an Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting! The words we had to use...
vickyearle
Dec 6, 20238 min read
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'Turning Green' and Great Gifts!
This is my most recent story It's the usual word challenge piece. I wrote it for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle's November meeting. The...
vickyearle
Nov 27, 20235 min read
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What a Ride (So Far)!
We left Tilbury Docks on November 9 and landed as immigrants in Montreal on November 19, 1973. So, we're celebrating 50 years in Canada!...
vickyearle
Nov 17, 20234 min read
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'Colour', More Carrots, and Oh No!
During our most recent Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting, we held a ten-minute on-the-spot writing challenge. The prompt was 'colour'....
vickyearle
Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Happy Halloween: 'Cauldron' - a Silly Story, and It's a Fluke Working Hard!
Happy Halloween! The words we had to use in our stories for this month's Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge were: midnight;...
vickyearle
Oct 29, 20236 min read
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From Last To First and 'Memories'!
It's a Fluke came last in his race in September. (See my September 14 post for more information!). We gave him lots of time off and the...
vickyearle
Oct 26, 20233 min read
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'Operation Caper' and Mimi Being 'Ponied'!
This is a story I wrote about five years ago for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge. The words that I had to use are: agent;...
vickyearle
Oct 11, 20236 min read
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Meet Another New Horse! And 'Bulldozer', a Story.
We had a great time at Amplify Stables where we visited with the other yearling we part own. You'll find a short video of him being...
vickyearle
Oct 5, 20234 min read
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Horse Video and 'The Binder': a Story!
This picture is of a large cactus in Arizona. The cactus doesn't feature in my story, but Arizona plays a (small) role. As is quite often...
vickyearle
Sep 27, 20234 min read
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Sudsy Bath and 'That Morning'!
We visited It's a Fluke at Woodbine on Sunday. There's more about it below this short story, plus a photo. This piece is another 'word...
vickyearle
Sep 19, 20234 min read
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When Your Horse Comes Last and 'Rum'!
The (very) short story below was written in a ten-minute on-the-spot writing challenge during an Uxbridge, Writers' Circle meeting. The...
vickyearle
Sep 14, 20233 min read
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A New Horse! And 'Bingo' (a Story).
In my previous post, I let you know that we were planning on attending the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's yearling sale. It was...
vickyearle
Sep 6, 20235 min read
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Which Horse to Buy? And 'Dock Spider', a Story
Fortunately, Foxcroft Racing is interested in partnering with us for another horse. As you know, we are partners with Foxcroft Racing in...
vickyearle
Aug 28, 20236 min read
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