Memories remain
Moments of joyous freedom
Nourishing the soul
In wistful sanctuary
We birth a new beginning
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The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Ilkley, up on the moors above the old quarry behind the Cow and Calf rocks. It is a magical place for me and has, in a strange way, been my heart’s home since childhood.
Oddly enough, I chose both the photo and prompt word before the nation went into mass quarantine and began looking wistfully out of windows. While my role as a carer takes me out to work every day, and I am lucky enough to live in a fairly rural area, so I do get to enjoy the waking spring mornings, like everyone else I am thinking wistfully of the freedom to roam the wild places.
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Hayley R. Hardman at The Story Files
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Honoré Dupuis at Of Glass and Paper
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Balroop Singh at Emotional Shadows
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Brian F. Kirkham at The Inkwell
Craig Towsley at A Bunch of Dumb Words in a Row
Joe M at Does Writing Excuse Watching?
Keith Hillman at Keith’s Ramblings
Goff James at Art, Photography and Poetry
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
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Thank you for sharing the round-up, Goff.
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My pleasure, Sue. Happy Day. Stay Safe.
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Will we ever go back fully to the freedoms that were?
Just as differing wars or ‘depressions’ in time have left lasting imprints on other generations…
May we continue to be able to enjoy some freedoms as we are shuttered by social distancing.
Continue to be safe. I help a particular older neighbor, we have made some modifications for dealing with doctors appointments and bringing take-out in.
Stay safe.
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I imagine there will be changes when we come out of the other side of the current crisis, but I cannot see the public being happy about curtailing our freedom long-term.
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I was thinking of the children and grands… More washing of hands, keeping some social distancing… becoming just a tad paranoid about supplies… I still have a neighbor who living through the tail end of WWII, while generous in other regards still will not get his favorite canned soup unless it is on sale.
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Many people are already too distanced from each other… so that may become a problem, if we are ‘taught’ to fear human contact, we risk raising a generation afraid to show affection unless we handle this situation with love and care.
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We already have had that issue of non-contact. I used to teach pre-schoolers. I cannot tell you the year, but because of fears of inappropriate ‘touching’ many schools would not allow for diaper changes – the child had to be able to go on their own… and no hugging was allowed. A sad state… now further complicated by fear of the spread of disease.
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While I applaud any measure that protects children, we have an equal duty to protect their ability to grow into well-rounded human beings. And children need to be hugged.
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Sometimes cautious rules go overboard. I will always hug my family…
Touching with kindness is natural. Abuse of any kind is not, whether toward children, elders or any one in between.
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I agree, Jules.
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thanks Sue
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What a beautiful place and accompanying poem to honor it.
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It is a place I love dearly, Liz.
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I can see why! Such a beautiful place.
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The wild moors stretch for miles here and are full of prehistoric remains.
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