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aislingcronin (64)in Freewriters • 10 days ago
The Beast awakens again (freewrite)
The Beast stirs at first light, as he has done every morning for the past three thousand years. His chamber is grey – apart from a single golden beam, spilling through a gap in…
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aislingcronin (64)in Freewriters • 15 days ago
A spy's moment of melancholy (freewrite)
There is still some redness in the sky – sunrise is rapidly giving way to a solid blue, but splotches of scarlet and gold linger on the horizon. I’m out of breath, but not…
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aislingcronin (64)in Freewriters • 23 days ago
Reconnecting (based on #freewrite prompt ‘three thousand days’)
It’s been eight years since we last saw each other. In the early days, immediately after our break-up, I used to look at his name on my phone screen – never sending him a…
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aislingcronin (64)in #creative • 29 days ago
Returning to organic imperfection in the age of AI
Two and a half years after quietly allowing my Hive presence to lapse (for a variety of reasons, none of which had anything to do with Hive) I have recently returned as a way to…
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aislingcronin (64)in Freewriters • last month
Teenage embarrassment, taken too far (freewrite prompt response)
‘Mom, we’ve driven past four times now,’ I plead. ‘Please, let’s just go home – what if Dad sees us? Or Mary?’ Mom lets out a bitter laugh at the mention of Dad’s new fiancée.…
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aislingcronin (64)in #pic1000 • last month
Pirate Patch (freewrite)
There has never been any physical violence – this is what she clings to, sometimes, as a reason to stay. That, and the happiness they enjoyed in the very beginning: their moments…
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aislingcronin (64)in #art • 3 years ago
A Tribute to a Magnificent Fluffster 🐱
When one sees a fantastic cat, the only appropriate response is to pay tribute to them! This is my most recent piece of digital art (proudly home-spun and AI free) — inspired by…
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aislingcronin (64)in Freewriters • 3 years ago
They'll never understand what this house meant to me (#freewrite)
It didn't take as long to pack up as I thought it would. After all the fights, the headaches, the endless back and forth over who was right or wrong... it's proven surprisingly…
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aislingcronin (64)in #writing • 3 years ago
Couldn’t we at least try? (#fiction)
‘Emma?’ Sarah appears around the side of the fruit and vegetable aisle. ‘Hm?’ ‘Are we ever going to talk about the fact that Derek Fitzmaurice keeps coming in here looking…
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trucklife-family (79)in Music • 3 years ago
The Passing Of A Great Irish Warrior - Sinead O Connor
What to say really. Sinead is an icon. A true warrior, who was never afraid to speak her mind. She didn't care who she upset, she just had to share her truth. She was hugely…
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aislingcronin (64)in #loss • 3 years ago
Sinéad, I am sorry the world was too cruel for your light to carry on
I hoped, when the message first came through on my phone, that it wasn’t true. Surely it would turn out to have been a wild rumour – some bizarre notion that had taken hold in…
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aislingcronin (64)in #writing • 3 years ago
Alila stands frozen (#freewrite, 270 words)
A response to the freewrite prompt standing naked in the arena, and a continuation of my Ballroom Project! The zenith of the full moon is here at last. Everyone will be…
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aislingcronin (64)in #art • 3 years ago
Honouring Changing Cycles, Breathing in Solstice Energies and Light
The heart is a multi-layered thing: forever resilient, inherently vulnerable; alight with hope, weighed down by the shadows of the world – this reflection came to mind as I…
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ecency-star (63)in Ecency Support • 3 years ago
[Writing Contest] A country I want to live in
A new round of the Writing Contest has started! 📆 Main dates of the contest: The previous round summary and a new round announcement will be done on the same day…
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owasco (72)in Blockchain Poets • 3 years ago
You Live In Me Still
this stillness is deafening
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aislingcronin (64)in #creative • 3 years ago
This evening, he will not worry about it (650-word fiction)
Another instalment of The Ballroom Project!
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templeflower (74)in Plant Power (Vegan) • 3 years ago
A very wonderful sweet treat for the sweet lovers, coconut honey balls.
Hello my loving Hiveans, How are you, As usual, I wish everyone a good night dear friends. It is believed that you will spend today happily and successfully. I hope tomorrow…
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aislingcronin (64)in #writing • 3 years ago
Neighbours and friends lined up to congratulate him (1,400-word fiction)
A continuation of The Ballroom Project, a story I’ve been working on for a while. Folastar is the third protagonist of the tale, his story beginning after Guenneth’s and Alilah’s. Folastar smiles as he
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aislingcronin (64)in #writing • 3 years ago
Just you and me (340-word fiction)
Mark beamed drunkenly at his wife Sarah. He had, a few moments previously, flourished a hotel voucher in front of her and declared that he had won a bet. “So! We’ll go to Galway this weekend. Be nice to
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aislingcronin (64)in #writing • 3 years ago
Dex's Decisions: The Beginning (250 words)
Next Luxury Friday afternoon: best time of the week. Dex smiled to himself as he reached for another beam – part of a pile he'd be using for a supporting wall on Monday. Two…
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