The A to Z Challenge 2016 Reflections Post

We have reached the ever popular A to Z Challenge reflections post again  and as you know each year I like to take a different approach and write something new. Only this year there is a problem because I can’t remember what I have written in previous years DAMN. Well no matter, I do know that those of us who write a reflections post have successfully negotiated all the letters from A to Z even those tricky ones like P or F; Phew they can be stubborn like critters hiding in the undergrowth squeaking and nibbling at the edges of our trusty QWERTY keyboards, cant they.

I did take a slightly different approach to commenting this year and only commented on blogs in response to a comment on my own blog and there is no denying this had a profound effect indeed. You see it meant that except for the trusty regulars who visit me all year round only one person came and visited on a regular basis, which meant I commented on their blog on a regular basis. And so this year I would like to thank Tamara Narayan for her persistence in visiting a blog that is generally shunned and looked upon with much horror and disdain by many, particularly when I write poetry. But as I am sure she can tell you herself I do leave some interesting comments at times.

I do like the A to Z and each year despite the cries of O NO GO AWAY I sneak back and hide at the back of the queue and try to do something different, but very much within the underlying principles of the A to Z. Only in a grumpy and maverick way because that is the sort of annoying chap I am, and it is why I am often told to stand on the naughty step. Luckily I always hire a stunt double and they have to stand on the naughty step while I sit at home drinking tea and plotting my next plan and wondering who I can annoy in cyberspace. Well I say annoy, but I fear due to my polite and middle class upbringing, the lack of sex, violence or rude words or swear words rather than annoy I may just slightly confuse folk.

If you have been confused or annoyed by my Poetic A to Z then all I have to say is HAH AHAhahah ahah ah ha haha ha ha ha ha  ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hahah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha   ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Finally I would like to say thanks to Mr B for a grand idea, thanks to all those who work in the background who make it all work and quietly tell folk to avoid a mad bloke called Rob Z Tobor, and not forgetting Miss lily who continues to follow this blog even when I write poetry or alternative Harry Potter stories which Miss JK Rowling shakes her head at muttering about a deranged mind who cannot type or spell . . . . .  

And thanks Mr H and Mr ESB and the Japanese for your continued support.

Well that has just about thanked everyone, but without you all and the continued support of my family and the cats, although the cats are a bit rubbish in truth, I would never have won this Oscar for the best. . . . . . . . . HANG ON . . . . . . . DAMN

    

So see you all next year then . . . . . . Maybe?

Harry the Witch and Princess Malfoy . . . A rather unusual fairytale

Once upon a time there was a young wizard called Harry, (no not that wizard) who was not entirely happy at his new school for wizards (no not that school). You see despite the common perception that wizards fly about on broomsticks they don’t. It is in fact a misconception brought about by that other extremely popular and well-known Harry. The truth is Wizards DO NOT EVER fly about on broomsticks it is just not allowed or possible and a wizard would be in deep trouble if he even tried. Only witches get to use broomsticks as transport and they are often seen flying to and fro, here and there with their faithful black cats smiling and looking ever so slightly evil. 

Now the thing is although Harry was a young wizard he had always dreamed of flying to and fro here and there with his faithful black cat smiling and looking ever so slightly evil ever since he was very very small. But all his life he had been told NO you are a Wizard and Wizards don’t use Broomsticks . . . Well this was all very frustrating for Harry until one day he finally thought I know I will become a witch. So he borrowed a pointy hat and a big gown and various other items of clothing from his friend Henrietta and went off to see the headmaster to tell him that from now on he was going to be called Harriet and was now a witch, Harriet the Witch.

Well as Harry (Harriet) entered the headmaster’s office the headmaster (Professor Humble-Pie) looked up only to chock on his morning cup of newts brain tea . . . What on earth has happened Harry has someone cast a terrible spell on you. . . Harry then explained that he had decided that he wanted to be Harriet the Witch and he (now she) was going to get a broomstick and a black cat called Tinkerbell. Well the headmaster was not happy and tried to persuade Harry (Harriet) that he really would be better as a wizard. But Harriet (Harry) was not going to change his/her mind now.

As Harriet (Harry) walked into class there was much sniggering and pointing and name calling but Harry (Harriet) had spent ages getting all those witches undergarments on and even Malfoy the school bully was not going to get the better of Harry (Harriet) now.  Then after school while the other wizards laughed and pointed Harriet finally got a broomstick to try and to everyone’s amazement was off flying round the school doing loop the loops and all manner of tricks it seems that Harry the Wizard was indeed Harriet the Witch. Malfoy the school bully was not happy though, and was about to cast a terrible spell on Harriet when Harriet turned him into a frog as witches do. Malfoy demanded to be turned back into Malfoy but Harriet (Harry) said he would only be turned back into a wizard when he was kissed by a Prince because that was what always happened.  Malfoy was as you might expect a bit annoyed . . . Kissed by a Prince . . . YUCK.

Well a few days later a young Prince called Prince Percy was passing and on seeing the large frog thought to himself . . . . Ah a frog I really should kiss it just in case, after all this is a fairy tale (sort of).  To his amazement what should appear before him but Malfoy dressed in a long flowing princess’s sparkly dress and wearing a tiara.  And as we know everyone lived happily ever after . . . . . . . . . . AH Well almost.

You see after Prince Percy and Princess Malfoy were married Prince Percy discovered that Princess Malfoy did nothing but complain all the time, particularly at breakfast. So in the end Prince Percy got a friendly witch to turn Princess Malfoy back into a frog, of course yet again he-she (Princess Malfoy) was not happy about this. Prince Percy never kissed another frog after that and eventually met a proper Princess and they lived happily ever after in a traditional palace with towers and stuff.

But it was not the end of Princess Malfoy who after a long spell living in a duck pond and several other adventures re-emerged into the world of popular fairy tales as a wicked Step Mother, and a very good (as in wicked) wicked Step Mother she was too.

As for Harriet (Harry) the Witch, she (he) can often be seen flying to and fro on her broomstick with her Black cat called Tinkerbell in the moon lit night sky, Tinkerbell the cat smiling and looking ever so slightly evil. And they lived Happily ever after too.

The End  

The 2016 A to Z Blog Challenge Shock News

The new look Letter A design for 2016

I have decided that I will probably do the 2016 A to Z thing. But I am unprepared and still do not have my new glasses, so at present I can not see stuff properly (Glasses due in the next couple of days). However I am a very old hand at doing A to Z's and have written them on the day and also like last year pre planned and all worked out well in advance. A huge amount of work went into last years A to Z and so this year I will be keeping it simple and doing what I can do with almost no effort whatsoever and that is write very bad poetry. . . Yes everyone loves a bit of bad poetry and if I do take the plunge so to speak, and you like short bad poems then this might just be the place to visit. 

I have put some of my little drawings through a scrambler and that is going to save me drawing 26 new pictures, I mean no one wants to see the same pics as last year or the year before or the year before that and so on. And you will be pleased to hear I have no plans to do it twice this year either as that is just mad (OK I have done that a couple of times in the past but then I might be a bit mad . . . after all I am a Scot).

OK so there you have it, you  heard it here first . . . Rob Z Tobor will (probably) be doing the A to Z, I plan to leave joining the list to the last minute in order to add some suspense to the whole affair. But should for any reason I end up missing the end of the list I will do it (probably) even if I'm not on the list because I am a rebel (sort of. . . .a bit)

You Have Been Warned