Well, considering my illness has taken control of my life today, I'm amazed at myself for actually being able to even write today. Oh, I'll be okay...this sickness just likes to take over once or twice a week--fortunately, I've today off--well, mostly. Still have the chores and laundry to slog through--but, have several hours to myself, yet, to rest...which I'm about to do.

Set up a yet another blog, yesterday--which I'm still working on today, a bit. Just a recipe blog. Not sure why, just felt like it, last night.

So, here's my Accord Hospice blog entry for Sunday--Day 71. Just a reminder, the blog can be found by clicking the "100 STORIES" banner in my blog header.

You can find out more about Accord, its patients and its programmes, by going to their website: www.accord.org.uk

DAY 71

STORY #71

Writer's Block

The writer sat hunched over his keyboard, massaging his temples. He’d just written a movie, called “Day of the Animated Cadavers,” and now the studio was at him to make a sequel. Trouble was, he had writer’s block.

Deciding to go for a walk to clear his head, the writer headed out into the countryside. His stroll took him past a churchyard. Tired, he sat, leaning against a mouldery, tilted, marble headstone--and it moved slightly. A hand reached out from the grave…slowly, towards the unsuspecting writer. There was to be a sequel after all, but it wasn’t a movie.