Published in March were:

William P. Adams, Rosemary Banfield, Sam Banfield-Keller, Michael Barrington, Liz Cox, Graham Crisp, Daniel Day, Barry Garelick, Debz  Hobbs-Wyatt, Héctor Hernández,Vanessa Horn, Gill James, Dawn Knox, Rebecca Coles Lee, Peter Lingard, Rob Molan, Jenny Palmer, Mari Phillips, Paula R C Readman, Pete Riebling, Gillian Silverthorn, Jane Spirit, Kate Twitchin and Frank Zahn,   

 

Top performing posts in March were:

A Bit of Preloved by Paula R C Readman, icy coffee (164)

 Preloved! The word screamed at me from across the road as a banner fluttered above the window of a vintage clothing shop opposite to where I sat drinking coffee— the bitterness of the flat white only added to the sour taste in my mouth. I couldn’t believe the situation I was in after five wonderful years of marriage.

Preloved!

 

Dandelion Clock by Paula R C Readman, dandelion wine  (151)

 ‘You do know you can make three wishes with that?’ A deep, earthy voice pulled me from my thoughts as I sat on the stone step of a gothic f...

 

Going Back To See Alicia by Kate Twitchin, a soothing cup of camomile tea (138)

  You came back. Yes. You do know how stupid that is? I know. Could land you in a load of trouble. Shut up. So, turn around and...  

 

Forgiveness by Barry Garelick, cappucino (123)

In the fall of 1970, during my senior year at the University of Michigan, I convinced myself that I would have a better chance being a writer than a mathematician. I dropped out and figured I would work at any job I could get to support myself. The only job I could get was unloading telephone books from a truck into the cars of people who were to deliver them. The job was to last three days—I quit after the first. During that first day, a

 

Saturday Sample: Because Sometimes Something Extraodinary Happens by Debz Hobbs-Wyatt, Learning to Fly, weak tea (120)  

My brother always cried when he watched TV movies.

            “I thought scousers were supposed to be ’ard,” I told him.

“Everyone’s got a sensitive side, Jen.”

“Not me,” I said.

“Even tomboys are allowed to cry.”

We had a total of 270,804 hits – about a third more than last month.  

 

The Creative Café Project 

I added just one café in April Watermark Books and café – definitely a very bookish place.