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Arch – Bob Fairfield #writephoto

Bare walls where once pictures gazed down and smiled content in their task, ransacked, the gospels in the glass now gone the sins of the world, through the arch revealed let in with the cold of despair Source: Bob Fairfield

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Amnesia II… Stuart France

* Spontaneous Internal Combustion. You may have heard of the phenomenon? It can now be regarded as the final death-knell for the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection. Continue reading at Stuart France

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Blue – Bobby Fairfield #writephoto

It was the third moonrise since the elation of the first arrival. The seas had remained calm, the large shoals of fish had moved back out of the bay to continue their journeys along the Eastern coast. The return of … Continue reading

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Chapel-en-le-River II… Stuart France

* “It’s a Cop.” “Look again.” “It’s still a Cop.” “Or a very big Long Barrow.” “But it’s a hill.” “Look again.” “It’s still a hill.” “Or a very big Long Barrow.” “They didn’t build Long Barrows that big.” “Why … Continue reading

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Carrot and Coals IV… Stuart France

* The name Arbor Low is of Saxon derivation, originally ‘Eordburh-Hlaw’ meaning the Earth-Work Mound. Wen smiles, “Where did you dig that up from?” “I have my sources, you know.” “As your text only specifies Saxon, are we to presume … Continue reading

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Field of Sheaves…Stuart France

* …I have a bad feeling about this place. But Wen insists, and when Wen insists… not even graphic descriptions of the steepness of the hill itself could deflect her… so here we are… half way up the climb… resting … Continue reading

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Bent-Black-Sun-Day… Stuart France

* “There is one thing that still troubles me,” said Wen who really seemed to have the ‘Rapunzel’ thing stuck in her craw. “Yaas,” said Don, in his most irritating drawl. “Shouldn’t the seasons be sisters?” “On what grounds?” “Well, … Continue reading

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Tee-Pee Tales III… Stuart France

* BUFFALO, FIELD-MOUSE AND RED-FOX cont… …In another part of the meadow Red-Fox was hunting mice for breakfast. He saw one and jumped on him with with all four feet but the little fellow got away. In his disappointment Red-Fox … Continue reading

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Tee-Pee Tales II… Stuart France

* BUFFALO, FIELD-MOUSE AND RED-FOX cont. …Buffalo trampled the grass and tore up the earth with his front hoofs but when he looked for Field-Mouse he was nowhere to be found. ‘That’s put an end to him,’ thought Buffalo. Just … Continue reading

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Tee-Pee Tales… Stuart France

* BUFFALO, FIELD-MOUSE AND RED-FOX. Field-Mouse was out gathering wild-beans for winter when Buffalo came down to the meadow to graze. ‘He will mow down the long-grass with his prickly tongue and there will be no where left to hide,’ … Continue reading

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