What’s 2.6 Writing about?
The 2.6 challenge is about helping charities make up huge fundraising losses due to covid19 and lockdown restrictions.
I am doing a piece of writing every day for 26 weekdays, each exactly 260 words long, and on a different aspect of the theme ‘At home.’ I’ve chosen Scottish Women’s Aid, to help women and children who don’t have the safety that home is supposed to mean.
There is a link to my Justgiving page after each day’s entry. If you enjoy even one of the days and donate a few pounds for that one, that would be something! I’d also love to hear any feedback, ideas or comments. The trickiest part is finding different angles and meeting the exact word count. Wish me luck, happy reading, and please do share…
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1. Leaving
They’ve gone into a home. We clear their house over several slow weeks: their possessions and everyday habits preserved. Tea pot with cosy, thimble collection …
2. Web
Each evening we observe her. Fine, silvery strands spun across the window corner – outside, of course. I’ve to shut the curtains, as A. won’t …
3. Apart
I’m lying here, eyes smarting and fists clenched tight. I’m staring at the ceiling, everything now knotted and on high alert. She comes …
4. Lodge
Flow-stymier, conjurer of habitats, tireless labourer, he beavers on. He glides, dips and splashes and with only a few flaps of his huge paddle tail …
5. Free
The bed is no bed as I know it; it is hard as wood. The room feels worn and old, with dirty cream …
6. Speech
Tap, tap goes the ball on his foot, regular and even. Right, right, left, left, flick: catching it snug in the crook between foot and …
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