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Barn Cats and a Short Short Story!!
I'm excited to share another early review of Dying for Money: "I've read the first four books of this series and thoroughly enjoyed how...
vickyearle
Jul 5, 20232 min read
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Save the Date! And 'Letter in the Posthole'!
This is I'm a Cheetah looking innocent, but she's responsible for a lot of the fencepost chewing on our farm! (Can you see some of the...
vickyearle
Apr 13, 20236 min read
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In the Spotlight! + A True Story, and 'It's a Fluke' Has Left the Building!!
I am excited to be featured in Ash Fitzsimmons' Indie Spotlight! This is the link to the interview. I hope you enjoy reading it....
vickyearle
Mar 16, 20232 min read
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'Smells' and the Barn Bosses!
This is the piece I wrote for the February meeting of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle. It's my word challenge story. The words I had to use...
vickyearle
Feb 17, 20234 min read
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Valentine's Day
This very short piece was written during our ten-minute challenge at the most recent meeting of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle. The prompt...
vickyearle
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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Happy New Year! And 'Gone', a Story.
Happy New Year to all of you! I wish you health and happiness in 2023, aided by lots of great reading! Do you make New Year's...
vickyearle
Jan 2, 20236 min read
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Happy Holidays, a Short Story and I'm Dashing Update
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Holidays, and joyful celebrations with your families during the holiday season....
vickyearle
Dec 11, 20223 min read
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A Day in a Cat's Life; and a Concert!
This is Pepper. He was part of our family until 2017. I found this piece buried in a file. I don't know what inspired me to write it, but...
vickyearle
Nov 30, 20225 min read
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'Donut' and a New Dog!
This was the piece I wrote in ten minutes during the November meeting of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle. It was a time-limited challenge...
vickyearle
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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Mini Story; and Music!
This is a story I wrote 'on the spot' during an Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting - we had a ten minute time-limit! There was a prompt for...
vickyearle
Oct 19, 20222 min read
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Short Story 'Horoscope' and I'm a Kittyhawk
This short story was written a few year ago. I wrote it for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge (the words I had to use are in...
vickyearle
Oct 13, 20224 min read
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The Desert (WWII) and No Race For I'm Dashing
This is a painting that hangs in the hall of our house. The artist was my father, Captain D. F. Symes, British Army. He painted it in...
vickyearle
Jul 25, 20224 min read
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'Illegitimate' and Barn Cats
This story is one I wrote for an Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge a while ago. The words that had to be used are shown in italics....
vickyearle
Jul 7, 20225 min read
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Lost and Found (Story) and It's a Fluke (Racehorse)
This story is loosely based on the life of my maternal grandfather. (I've posted this photo of him before so some of you may recognize...
vickyearle
Jun 28, 202210 min read
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A Leopard Features in this Story; Update on I'm Dashing
This is my latest story and was written for the June Word Challenge, Uxbridge Writers' Circle. I'll include some comments at the end, as...
vickyearle
Jun 11, 20225 min read
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Badger! And Uxbridge Tornado!
First, a short short story that I wrote for a ten-minute writing challenge during an Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting. The 'prompt' for...
vickyearle
May 27, 20222 min read
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Leader of the Herd and Misplaced Loyalty
This is our 'herd'. We have two retired racehorses/broodmares who live together in the large field at the back of our property. Lions Raw...
vickyearle
Jan 11, 20225 min read
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I'm Dashing Won!
I'm Dashing is a home bred thoroughbred racehorse, raced by me and my husband at Woodbine, Toronto. He is three years old and we're...
vickyearle
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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