Daily Archives: March 5, 2020

Dressing appropriately ~ Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jim Webster, aka Tallis Steelyard: Some people are notorious for their ability to enjoy ill health. They revel in it. They take to their beds with alacrity and when the inevitable stream of visitors arrive bearing fruit or … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged enjoying ill health, hand painted fishermen's smocks, patients who kick, poppy syrup dissolved in pure spirit, Veterinary surgeons | 10 Comments

Torrential Downpour ~ Reena Saxena #writephoto

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

it all comes back on certain days in a torrential downpour emotions, not just memories emotions lend credence to thoughts in a torrential downpour I feel submerged, but so alive Continue reading at Reena Saxena

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Echoes of the Bunkermen ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I was born in the 1950s. It was an age riven by anxiety about nuclear war. Ten years after the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been destroyed by the first use of atomic-powered warfare, the west was still … Continue reading →

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By the falls.

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on The Ederren:
It’s hard to tell the rains from the waterfall some days. It hammers down like an angry god is casting stones from the clouds above, pausing for but a moment to strike with lightning and…

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Thursday photo prompt: Torrent #writephoto

Posted on March 5, 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 →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Humour, imagination, mystery, short story, symbolism, writing prompt | 99 Comments

Photo prompt round-up: Memory #writephoto

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Ancient dancers pause Hearts open to their secrets Offering welcome A marriage ring of earth and stars Flesh and divinity joined * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at an ancient stone circle in Cumbria. Long Meg and … Continue reading →

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The one that got away…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I am looking forward to April. Not just because it might have stopped raining and warmed up a bit by then, but because I have a feeling we have come to the notice of the water deities through our research … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Photography | Tagged elements, fish, heron, pond, water | 30 Comments

Memory ~ Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Who knew what the old standing stones remembered. I ran my hand along their rough cut, damp moss covered surface as I walked around each one. Did they remember where they came from? Who brought them here and what worship … Continue reading →