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Thursday photo prompt – Wisp #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt. Throughout the week I will feature a number of the responses here on the Daily Echo as space allows. Every week, a full round-up of … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Alone #writephoto

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken as a golden sunset filled the sky above the Cow an Calf rocks at Ilkley where we held the Rooted in the Land workshop a couple of years ago. The moors above … Continue reading

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Alone #writephoto – from Of Glass and Paper

Mist has invaded the valley below, a diffused light veils the details of the landscape. But where am I? Where is this cliff? Is it day break, or dusk? Should I know this place, how did I get here, and … Continue reading

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The Big Picture – This, That, and The Other #writephoto

“Sorry, I don’t see it,” Hank said. “Oh come on,” Marilyn said. “Look again. Look harder.” “I’m looking as hard as I can,” Hank responded, his eyes squinting as he stared at the rocky mountainside dark against the setting sun. … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Alone #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt. Throughout the week I will feature a number of the responses here on the Daily Echo as space allows. Every week, a full round-up of … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Watchers #writephoto

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken on the slopes of Fin Cop. You can see these rocks from a great distance, but it is not until you get closer that you see the Giant whose story still lingers … Continue reading

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Watchers #writephoto D. Wallace Peach

I There are moments when the eye is beguiled and the old brain fails to glean meaning in signals relayed through rods and cones, the biological light-catchers coloring our worlds. Continue reading: Watchers #writephoto | Myths of the Mirror

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Family Tree #WritePhoto by Sarah Brentyn

He built it, brick by brick. Carved from boulders in the valley or stones found weathered by time… He stacked them. Each one a testament to his regrets. He spent his life there, in those mountains, building walls to shut … Continue reading

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Microfiction #writephoto: Watchers – Jane Dougherty

My first reaction to Sue’s Thursday Photo Prompt was a poem. The poem led into a piece of prose. I’m posting them both. When the world was young the stones were old, And no bright gemstones, ivory or gold, Were … Continue reading

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City of Stone – Jim Adams, #writephoto

On a secluded mountain mesa, I shouted, ‘I am sure this is the way to the ancient ruins of the legendary city of stone, which was once inhabited by the Incas.  This has to be the trail that the famous … Continue reading

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