Monthly Archives: January 2020

From the Poetic to the Factual: Two Book Reviews ~ Annika Perry

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Children’s author Annika Perry reviews books by Bette A. Stevens and Mary Smith: After a lifetime of New Year’s resolutions … and often failing to keep them, these last years I’ve steered away from making any. However, one aspect of … Continue reading →

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Voices in the Mist (1) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had never been to the First World War monuments and graves in northern France. As a young man, I considered them part of a national mindset that glorified war. But, over the decades, that view was moderated and I … Continue reading →

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Thursday Photo Prompt- Day Break #WritePhoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Keep it alive:
Sue Vincent is the host of Thursday Photo Prompt Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. This week’s prompt ~ Daybreak ? (For visually challenged writers, the?image shows a morning sky aflame above dark landscape,…

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Thursday photo prompt: Daybreak #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Entrance #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Bewitched and entranced Accept the journey within Embracing shadow Light and darkness meet and meld One step beyond the threshold * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in the hills above Castleton in Derbyshire, at Odin’s Mine. … Continue reading →

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Lifecycle

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Within each seed a birth From every birth a passing Light born from shadows In self-sustained perfection A frugal Mother’s design * For Colleen’s poetry challenge

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Entrance ~ Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The return journey home was a long one but finally after all these years they had been gained back the country of their great-grandfathers. The land was war torn and reclaimed by nature but they didn’t care about that. They … Continue reading →

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Gold #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Lost in the darkness Floundering and seeking light Friendship parts the clouds *  

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Afghan adventures #19 ~ Mary Smith #Health #Leprosy

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Mubarak’s clinic was a shambles. The premises, rented from a local farmer, consisted of several dreary rooms round a central courtyard. I suspected if just one of the posters Mubarak had stuck on the walls to brighten … Continue reading →

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Career Options ~ Geoff Le Pard #writephoto

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Cynthia Der Ella pulled off her rubber gloves and took a step back. Running a cleaning company in any magical realm was a challenge but in Fairyland… well, no one had yet written the book, had they? From composting bean … Continue reading →

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