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Category: One Day at a Thyme

Day Five

On September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 By kesabethIn One Day at a Thyme, StoryLeave a comment

Finally, a day where I wasn’t expected to hare off on some emergency. Today’s little excitement was home-based. The unseasonal weather was not being kind to my garden, so I spent much of the morning checking irrigation tubes and suchlike. I started at the stable, and my usual chores for the animals, then worked my …

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Day Four

On September 1, 2021September 8, 2021 By kesabethIn One Day at a Thyme, Story, Writing ExercisesLeave a comment

This morning’s routine was enlivened by the arrival of the Mayor’s kitchen boy, panting like the bellows. Turned out he’d run the whole way up to my cottage. What was cause? Another of those damn magicked paintings. I started to wonder about the mayor’s wife’s ancestry. One thing I’ll give her, she’s intelligent and learns …

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Day Three

On July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 By kesabethIn One Day at a Thyme, Random Fiction, Story, Writing ExercisesLeave a comment

A 'diary' entry from playing the solo RPG One Day at a Thyme. It seemed the heatwave was a portent of something more. We had an unscheduled solar eclipse today. Really, that’s all I need. People are running around in a complete flap, trying to decide what disaster is about to hit and completely ignoring …

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Day Two

On April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 By kesabethIn One Day at a Thyme, Story, Writing ExercisesLeave a comment

I woke to unexpected heat. The weather had decided to take a turn back to mid-summer and I had to dig out something cooler to wear to visit one of my forest neighbours as planned. The unseasonal weather was not something she’d welcome. As a mushroom sprite, Amanita prefers the darker, cooler weather we’d been …

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Day One

On March 21, 2021March 20, 2021 By kesabethIn One Day at a Thyme, Story, Writing ExercisesLeave a comment

I woke one morning with no plans other than a consultation with a new client. Someone had seen fit to turn the town mayor into a badger and he’d asked for my assistance. For no other reason than to hear the story behind it, I agreed and further agreed to wait on him at his …

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Mountainside Cottage

On January 27, 2021April 1, 2021 By kesabethIn One Day at a Thyme, Story, Writing ExercisesLeave a comment

This is the introductory piece for a solo RPG I've been playing called One Day at a Thyme. I'll add a few of the 'diary entries' as I go... There’s a town at the base of the mountain, it’s hoping to grow into a city soon and the new buildings are already starting to wash …

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