Fiontan Fleming
@fiontanfleming.bsky.social
Writer, musician, optimist. Stories, tunes, happy outcomes. Long and shortlistings in writing competitions. Published in Scribble, Parracombe Prize anthology, and Gemini Magazine
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Love the sense of light
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Love the sense of light
Oh my, and so niche. Hope they're warm.
December 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oh my, and so niche. Hope they're warm.
Brilliant.
Freeze his assets, says Mr Softee, and fine him hundreds and thousands.
Freeze his assets, says Mr Softee, and fine him hundreds and thousands.
December 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Brilliant.
Freeze his assets, says Mr Softee, and fine him hundreds and thousands.
Freeze his assets, says Mr Softee, and fine him hundreds and thousands.
Love the colour of the sky. You've captured mid-winter. The scene makes me shiver.
Hope your gran always had a decent fire going.
Hope your gran always had a decent fire going.
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Love the colour of the sky. You've captured mid-winter. The scene makes me shiver.
Hope your gran always had a decent fire going.
Hope your gran always had a decent fire going.
Went to a Lowry exhibition a few years ago. Spent about two hours there. Wonderful experience to see some of his most loved works up close, but came out desperate for a sight of something green to lift the spirit.
December 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Went to a Lowry exhibition a few years ago. Spent about two hours there. Wonderful experience to see some of his most loved works up close, but came out desperate for a sight of something green to lift the spirit.
Love the colours. So evocative of winter
December 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Love the colours. So evocative of winter
My tip for maintaining joy (I tick 'over 70' on forms that ask) is to play banjo. Difficult to be glum when you're making happy sounds.
Whether those around you are fully supportive is another matter.
Whether those around you are fully supportive is another matter.
December 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My tip for maintaining joy (I tick 'over 70' on forms that ask) is to play banjo. Difficult to be glum when you're making happy sounds.
Whether those around you are fully supportive is another matter.
Whether those around you are fully supportive is another matter.
Wonderful. A town meeting reaching a happy concensus.
I see why it's one of your favourites.
I see why it's one of your favourites.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Wonderful. A town meeting reaching a happy concensus.
I see why it's one of your favourites.
I see why it's one of your favourites.
My first thought also was that it's young Paul McCartney
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My first thought also was that it's young Paul McCartney
Working in IT development, the word I struggled with when the team started using it was performant, as in good code performs better than inefficient.
I was sure they'd made it up, but no, it's out there.
Undoubtedly of US origin, I'd say.
I was sure they'd made it up, but no, it's out there.
Undoubtedly of US origin, I'd say.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Working in IT development, the word I struggled with when the team started using it was performant, as in good code performs better than inefficient.
I was sure they'd made it up, but no, it's out there.
Undoubtedly of US origin, I'd say.
I was sure they'd made it up, but no, it's out there.
Undoubtedly of US origin, I'd say.
Absolutely, with top quality production
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Absolutely, with top quality production
So evocative of my childhood in a farm cottage down a lane in Sussex.
I can even hear the rooks
I can even hear the rooks
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So evocative of my childhood in a farm cottage down a lane in Sussex.
I can even hear the rooks
I can even hear the rooks
Brilliant. That's some thrill
October 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Brilliant. That's some thrill
I imagine the book had a great hook
October 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I imagine the book had a great hook
Thanks so much for sharing. A lovely composition. I can hear the rooks cawing in the bare trees on a winter's afternoon.
The dark line is the background could be the south downs
The dark line is the background could be the south downs
September 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Thanks so much for sharing. A lovely composition. I can hear the rooks cawing in the bare trees on a winter's afternoon.
The dark line is the background could be the south downs
The dark line is the background could be the south downs
You're spot on.
The picture also brings memories of my upbringing on a farm in the high Weald of Sussex. The style of the building, colour of the bricks and shape of the trees are also spot on.
The picture also brings memories of my upbringing on a farm in the high Weald of Sussex. The style of the building, colour of the bricks and shape of the trees are also spot on.
September 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
You're spot on.
The picture also brings memories of my upbringing on a farm in the high Weald of Sussex. The style of the building, colour of the bricks and shape of the trees are also spot on.
The picture also brings memories of my upbringing on a farm in the high Weald of Sussex. The style of the building, colour of the bricks and shape of the trees are also spot on.
Not sure I'd want to work there. I've heard the vetting process is a stiff challenge.
September 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Not sure I'd want to work there. I've heard the vetting process is a stiff challenge.
Love the crossed legs.
He reminds me of a history teacher I had at school. Mr Nightingale. We called him Flo
He reminds me of a history teacher I had at school. Mr Nightingale. We called him Flo
September 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Love the crossed legs.
He reminds me of a history teacher I had at school. Mr Nightingale. We called him Flo
He reminds me of a history teacher I had at school. Mr Nightingale. We called him Flo
On YouTube recently, I stumbled across a very early version she recorded with The Straws. Just wonderful.
I think she wrote it in her teens. Amazing
I think she wrote it in her teens. Amazing
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On YouTube recently, I stumbled across a very early version she recorded with The Straws. Just wonderful.
I think she wrote it in her teens. Amazing
I think she wrote it in her teens. Amazing
Love the colour scheme.
Probably of no interest to anyone else, but we had our daughter and family to stay last week, and all the clothes she picks for her nearly two-year-old are in that scheme. She dreads the day when he wants to choose his own clothes.
Probably of no interest to anyone else, but we had our daughter and family to stay last week, and all the clothes she picks for her nearly two-year-old are in that scheme. She dreads the day when he wants to choose his own clothes.
September 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Love the colour scheme.
Probably of no interest to anyone else, but we had our daughter and family to stay last week, and all the clothes she picks for her nearly two-year-old are in that scheme. She dreads the day when he wants to choose his own clothes.
Probably of no interest to anyone else, but we had our daughter and family to stay last week, and all the clothes she picks for her nearly two-year-old are in that scheme. She dreads the day when he wants to choose his own clothes.