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Spreading wings

The hill was a verdant emerald rising into a sapphire sky that sparkled with motes of light… so high and clear. My companion walked behind, following at a far more sedate pace as I ran headlong to the summit, an … Continue reading

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Afghan adventures#35 Goodbye Bamiyan, Hello Yakolang~ Mary Smith

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Autumn 1989 Khudadad was full of apologies for the fact the truck was very old, and indeed I had reservations about its ability to take us very far. It resembled something made out of a rusty meccano … Continue reading

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Sapphire and Topaz…

* Abadam and his brother Abadel contended for the favour of Yva… * Abadam offered her sapphire while Abadel offered topaz. Yva was pleased with Abadel and she lay with him. Continue reading at France and Vincent

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Indie-Ani Bones ~ The Small Dog does archaeology

When we are all allowed to go out and play together, my two-legses sometimes let me share their adventures. It depends if there are going to be sheep and stuff. Not that I mind sheep… much… but ‘pparently, the sheep … Continue reading

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‘War in Heaven’… Stuart France

* … We have to wait until the final book of the ‘New Dispensation’ before we encounter a Dragon. * “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon…” * The Dragon in question, though, … Continue reading

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The Green Harper…

* ‘…Peedy Weedy…Pally Ludy… Lady Whistle… Lody Wassel and Great Big Hodyman Dod…’ -Traditional Toe Counting Rhyme * …Wen becomes pensive for awhile, ‘we need to go to Cerne Abbas…’ ‘Father Corn…?’ ‘Possibly…and then there’s the Long Man of Wilmington…whose … Continue reading

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Telling Stones…

* …Gazing into the depths of the reflection the moving torches seemed to open the gates of vision and she saw herself in an Other-Where… Dressed in strange garb, looking across time with other eyes, watching herself made her feel … Continue reading

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Priest of the Sun II (A Thousand Miles of History)

Giant Hill, Cerne-Abbas * …We stop, looking out across the processional way… as the torchlight approaches. The sky is clear, and the Hunter’s Moon illuminates the white outline of the giant. From the Trendle comes the sound of drum beats… … Continue reading

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Sentinel Stones…

* …But she knew. She had seen it when the vision took her there… Following the spirit path on the hawk’s wings… They marked her when they had realised that she knew… She would bear no children now, save at … Continue reading

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Priest of the Sun… (A Thousand Miles of History)

Cadbury Castle * ‘…Reality is now shimmering in the heat as the air sparkles and I remember that King Arthur sleeps beneath the hill of Camelot like a child in a giant’s womb… ready to wake in the hour of … Continue reading

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