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To Stay Happy
To Stay Happy should be an ambition for us all and maybe it is. Being happy makes our life better and helps us to get on with others, create and generally feel good. It improves our health, makes us better friends and helps us be in a position to help others.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 days ago in Motivation
The Joy Of Sharing
Sharing Your Facebook Friend's Vocal Stories Yesterday I got a Facebook notification that my name had been mentioned, so I went to check up on it and was shocked in the most beautiful way by what was said about me as Lena Beana shared one of my stories. It was one of my fiction stories that you can read here:
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 days ago in Motivation
Bread And Circuses
An AI Explanation of the phrase: The phrase "Give them bread and circuses, and they will never revolt" is a popular paraphrase of a sentiment from the Roman poet Juvenal, criticising how rulers pacify the masses with food and entertainment to avoid political unrest. It describes a strategy to control the population by distracting them from civic duties.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 days ago in Fiction
Only Five Vocal Challenges Left
Only Five Vocal Challenges Left 5️4️3️2️1️0️2️ Five Challenges To Do On Vocal For Me And You Is It Time For Something New System Upgrades Coming, True Do Not Worry Or Feel Blue New Prompts Coming Any Day Vocal Always Drops A Few 5️4️3️2️1️0️2️
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 days ago in Poets
Songs Of Moonlight
Introduction This was inspired because the moon lit up the bedroom in the Alnwick apartment. My photographs are not very good, but you can get the idea. I am a bit scared of the dark, so it was nice to be able to see my way around the room when it was dark.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 days ago in Beat
Difficulties Of Holidays On Vocal
Introduction Last week I had a wonderful week in Alnwick, but tried to keep up on Vocal, although my time was less than I normally have, plus a little more difficult because I was using a ten-year-old laptop with a faulty keyboard (the space bar does not always register, meaning I have to keep going back to separate words).
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 5 days ago in Writers
How Many Words?
Nine months ago I published my first Vocal story “Coincidentally ... Ken Nordine” which I had lifted from my blog Seven Days In. It has had 40 reads logged against it, that is an average of one read per week. My least read piece has four reads partially because I never shared it on Social Media because it was such a downer piece but I need to get it out of my system and it sits there now as a warning of how not to be.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 6 days ago in Journal
From Newcastle To Whitby
Introduction I love going to Whitby and I used to drive but Whitby is not a place for cars, just park them and that's it. We usually stay at La Rosa (my favorite hotel ever) or Dillons (just a lovely welcoming place) and my stories about them are at the end of this.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 days ago in Poets
The Telling Bone
Introduction This was kicked off by Catweazle's name for the telephone. Catweazle was a medieval sorcerer who ended up in modern times (the nineteen seventies). The full episode is all over Youtube and most of my readers might not even recognise what he is holding as a landline telephone handset.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 7 days ago in Horror
