Category Archives: Film

Shades of the Golden Age…

As a child, I loved the old movies of the swashbuckling variety. Even then, I knew the stories were not real and the history likely to be wildly innaccurate. Romance and adventure did not wait behind every tree. Magic, though, … Continue reading

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Hinting at… Happiness? by Sarah Brentyn

Reblogged from Sarah Brentyn: What does a Harvard University professor have to do with flash fiction? Nothing. And everything. Or, at least, something. I’ve thought for a long time now that good flash fiction packs a punch. It heightens emotional … Continue reading

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Guest author: Olga Núñez Miret – Apropos of nothing

Thanks to Sue Vincent for asking me to be a guest and write something for her blog. Oh, Sue, you don’t know what you’ve done. Since you asked me, several weeks ago, and I told you I was taking a … Continue reading

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Bassett Hall, A Jamie Dark story from Geoffrey West

Reblogged:  Jamie Dark , Psychic investigator and architect, a story from Geoffrey West. As the huge oak door swung inwards, I stumbled and fell flat on my face in the hallway. The lovely aroma of freshly applied paint and new … Continue reading

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Flying high

I don’t really need to say much about these videos… my sons were skydiving for charity  yesterday. Nothing I could write says more than their faces.The two of them have been through so much together over the past few years… it … Continue reading

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Fripperies

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” Marcus Aurelius Okay, I give in. I’m female. In all the worst ways. Apart from … Continue reading

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“Not all tears….”

Tears rolled down my cheeks yet again as the film drew to a close…. It had been one of those days, where many things had moved me. A loving message and photograph from a beautiful old lady whom I love … Continue reading

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