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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13. 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 …
14. Refuge
The carpet is plush and soft, with swirls in neutral pastel shades, matching those on the heavy blackout curtains. Everything is symmetrical and standard-issue and …
15. Rebel
They’ve got the house sitting picture perfect for, no doubt, another fawning magazine feature. She’d watched the eager little journalist and photographer trailing her mother …
16. Nest
She looks up from the newspaper. “I’m hearing from you here in the Courier, Andy. It’s more than I’ve heard you say in person for …
17. Standstill
Isn’t it lovely to walk peaceful streets, planes and cars faded to almost nothing? Isn’t it perfect to be still and look inwards, to see …
18. Visitors
What is that thing?!! Are we going in there? I’m not going in there. That looks mad. How’s it stuck out on the water like …
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