Microfiction #writephoto: Watching for the raiders – Jane Dougherty

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

flight

They said they would be back. I didn’t believe them at the time. They had taken my father and older brother, and all the able-bodied men. The rest were dead. Why would they bother with the women? What use were we to anyone?

So we settled into a routine of back-breaking work—the ploughing and the building that the men used to do before, as well as the sowing, reaping, milling, cooking, weaving…Well, you know what a woman’s work is like. There isn’t much time left for anything else, but we had to find time, or die.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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6 Responses to Microfiction #writephoto: Watching for the raiders – Jane Dougherty

  2. chris jensen says:
    June 30, 2017 at 15:25

    So very true in today’s world!

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  5. robbiesinspiration says:
    July 2, 2017 at 18:19

    Very nice post, Sue.

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