Solveig Werner

A to Z Challenge – April 2016

Z is for Zoned-Out #AtoZChallenge

Z is for Zoned-Out Last night I zoned-out again. I was sitting on the carpet no longer completely present, no longer completely realising what was going on around me. S called me back to what was going on. I think that zoning-out is something that happens, to everyone. It happens…
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30/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016 Short Stories

Y is for You #AtoZChallenge

Y is for You “Where do you come from?” He asked gazing at her. “I come from wherever you would like me to come from, as for I have no origin nor precise destination!” she replied. “You, you, you know?” he stuttered, turing a bit red in the face, “you…
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29/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016 Short Stories

X is for Xavier #AtoZChallenge

X is for Xavier Xavier rolled his cigarette and gave a sign to the waitress that he was in dire need of another coffee. He opened his battered canvas bag and produced an almost as battered looking stack of newspapers.
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28/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016

W is for Waiting #AtoZChallenge

W is for Waiting waiting for the bus waiting for it to snow waiting for the second pink line waiting for a yes, for a no, an answer waiting for a green light waiting for the rain to stop waiting to be admitted to university
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27/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016

V is for V #AtoZChallenge

V is for V When I speak English I have a very strange accent. A mixture of American and British English depending on the words spoken and the people I talk to. When I moved to France and came back to the USA to visit a year later, everyone said…
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26/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016

U is for Unique #AtoZChallenge

U is for Unique You are unique! You are unique, just like this stone in my hand.
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25/04/2016
#WeeklySmile

Discovering a Drawing #WeeklySmile

Discovering a Drawing A few evenings ago I turned the page in my Moleskine and came across this little drawing:
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24/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016

T is for Teaching #AtoZChallenge

T is for Teaching My favourite T word was already used last year. Seen that I am not in time with this post, I am a bit late, I did realise that many people did write about time too. You might enjoy this post in relation to time. I have…
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24/04/2016
Weekend Coffee Share

Weekend Coffee Share – 23 April 2016

If we were having coffee then we would be having tea. I am currently drinking some Puh Er, but I can make you a Oolong (either from Taiwan or China) or a white tea, or a black or green one (these three are from China) if you wish. I can…
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23/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016 The Past

S is for Secret #AtoZChallenge

S is for Secret Many many years ago, our next door neighbour came to see my mother to share a secret with her. I found my conversation with my mum interrupted so that our neighbour could share what weighed her heart. She said that it would be better if I…
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23/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016

R is for Rainbow #AtoZChallenge

R is for Rainbow When water and sun meet we are lucky to see a rainbow. When in the biblical story of Noah’s arch the rainbow is seen, it is interpreted as a sign of hope, a sign that it will not be raining forever. When I see a rainbow,…
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21/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016

Q is for Quest #AtoZChallenge

Q is for Quest The letter Q does not lack words to write about. But Q did not place a word into my head to let my consciousness flow. Starting at the blank screen, the word Quest popped into my head. Very fitting, after all today I am on a Quest to…
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20/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016 Thoughts

P is for Permission #AtoZChallenge

P is for Permission I have the tendency to ask for permission. Until recently, until coming to the realisation, I had the unexplained need for an acknowledgement of my decisions, a green light, a “go ahead!” All of these things often delayed me in my actions, put me on a…
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19/04/2016
A to Z Challenge – April 2016 Short Stories

O is for Orange #AtoZChallenge

O is for Orange Her hair was orange – a short story Her hair was orange. He could remember her carrot, or was it security vest orange, hair like as if it was yesterday that he saw her. In reality, it had been a few years since he first and…
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18/04/2016
Weekend Coffee Share

If we were having coffee – 16 April 2016

Hello come on in! Would you like to have a nice cup of tea? And what about some fruit? Little one and I went to the market this morning and bought some fruit for the weekend (it won’t last longer than that). If we were having coffee, then I would…
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16/04/2016