Tag Archives: Life

Sidetracked

  From the archives: What was supposed to be a quick, two day ‘raid’ on Dorset, back in 2013, somehow expanded, as our travels seem to do, to include a few other places… like Somerset. And eventually, Wiltshire… Sitting on … Continue reading

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More high places

From the archives: The second day of our flying visit to Dorset in 2013… I would not want you to think we had been having a good time. No. Would we? Manfully (or, perhaps, hobbitfully in my case), we have … Continue reading

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Spiralling

Life Spirals To blossom Or lose control Inward or outward Its pressure seeks release Destruction and becoming As part of an endless process Each glowing petal will one day fall A cycle of beginnings and endings Each faded flower nourishes … Continue reading

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In the high places

A post from the archives: Before the virus pinned us all down in our own homes, we were supposed to be going to Scotland for a long-awaited holiday. It isn’t the first time that a trip north of the border … Continue reading

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Seasons and Morning Mist ~ Wallie’s Wentletrap #writephoto

She remembered standing on that ridge overlooking that moorland. It had been a morning like this a little over a year ago. The sky had been that pale, cool pink softening towards a rainy afternoon chill. She remembered huddling under … Continue reading

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Several shades of grey…

One from the archives… as the poem seems to be running though my mind a lot at the moment… It is one of those soggy, nondescript days that England is so good at. Chilly, but not cold for the time … Continue reading

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Hope #midnighthaiku

Bearing Nature’s tears Holding beauty in its heart Life remembers hope

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Lambent ~ Honoré Dupuis #writephoto

We will live another sunset, another night, another dawn. The world is old, but we are still young, and we are learning, to deserve this world, to protect our children, to fight greed and its evils. Continue reading at  Of … Continue reading

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Living Again ~ Balroop Singh #writephoto

I rise from the valley of death The valley you pushed me into The valley I reject… Its deluge couldn’t drown me. I don’t want to mourn for The blessings that I have lost I refuse to crumble under them … Continue reading

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Torrent ~ Kim Blades #writephoto

The caramel torrent feeds the river, flowing between overburdened cliffs, Continue reading at Kim Blades

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