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Photo prompt round-up: Tokens #writephoto

Gestures of respect Tokens left in memory Gratitude displayed Anonymous offerings Minds and hearts freed by magic * The photo for this week’s prompt was a strange choice. I knew, when I stumbled across it, that the photograph had been … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: Stepping Stones…

Dear Wen This clinging to the classical world has always puzzled me and can only be down to those pesky Romans (Acch-Phut)… When in Rome do as the Greeks do. This was over sixteen hundred years ago mind and ‘Pythagorean’ … Continue reading

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Tokens ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

There’s a kind of déjà vu a message going on here First Jaye calls me into the office to see one of our followers Beautiful pictures of an eagle Who while flying above his head? dropped a flight feather Continue … Continue reading

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Dear Don: Superstitions…

Dear Don, ‘Standing under’ and ‘hanging over you’? The immediate image to arise was that of the Sword that was hung by a single strand of hair above the head of Damocles when he experienced the trappings of power for … Continue reading

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Moorings…

* We had watched the ferry moored as we waited to disembark. * And its something we do by habit down south… Always returning via Avebury. * Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Dear Wen: Superstitions…

Dear Wen, Understanding, for some, has been around for millenia… But is ‘standing under ‘ a concept the same thing as having a concept ‘hanging over you’ ? Or is that merely superstition? Sheep really shouldn’t be behaving in that … Continue reading

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The Matter of Britain…

* Could there be an image more redolent of the true majesty of these isles? * We are minded of the church at Kilpeck with its famous and resplendant Sheila… * The fact that we had failed to get here … Continue reading

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Black Forest… Stuart France

* … “My most dear and beloved Lady, what art, or learning can perform, with all due speed shall be accomplished, for never shall rest take hold of my heart, nor sleep close the lids of my eyes, until I … Continue reading

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Dear Wen: ‘Dead Enkidu?’…

Dear Wen, … I expect that is what is so endearing about Thomas ‘the Covenanter’ although his leprosy does become a metaphor for our culture and its ‘outcasting’ of the land. A ludicrous idea if ever there was one, I … Continue reading

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Kirkoswald…

* … “That’s the church we nearly used in December for ‘Full Circle’. It was on the back up list in case it rained heavily.” * “I thought the name sounded familiar. I didn’t realise we were so far down … Continue reading

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