Tag Archives: Photography

A horseshoe nail…

For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a … Continue reading

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Fragments of history

Over the past month or so, we have been revisiting places in my local area in preparation for the April workshop we will be running here. There are so many wonderful sites that we would love to include, but time … Continue reading

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Mother of all Living…

* The Spirit planted a garden on its holy mountain in the east. It was sown with trees whose fruits were blazing jewels: diamond, sapphire, and agate, emerald, sardonyx and cornelian, opal, beryl, and topaz, malachite, garnet and amethyst. * … Continue reading

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High Mythology…

For those readers interested in Mythology there are a couple of books published under the Silent Eye Press banner which it would be foolish to be unaware of. The first is the cycle of Egyptian Myths re-envisioned by Sue Vincent … Continue reading

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Still ~ Anita Dawes #writephoto

Dark gnarled branches of the old almond tree Weighed down by time Reaching towards the still cool pond Those who pass here will tell you It has the same feel as Dozemary pool Continue reading at Anita Dawes and Jaye … Continue reading

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The Flickering Present ~ Steve Tanham

I’ve taken a lot of photographs during the past ten years, but none of them like the one above. Taken at Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick, in December 2018, it depicts what I’ve called the ‘green flame’. The photo was … Continue reading

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Helping hedgehogs

I remember, late one night, perhaps forty years ago, taking a shortcut home across a disused railway line in the city. It was a very dark path and seldom used, but it cut a mile or so off our walk … Continue reading

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Afghan adventures #22 with fighting and kidnappings ~ Mary Smith

Reblogged from MarySmith’sPlace: Now we were living on the building site work on the new clinic was speeding up and patients seemed unconcerned about the makeshift consulting room. I still spent part of the day writing out case notes and … Continue reading

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Storm ~ Neha #writephoto

The clouds still lingered amidst the emanating petrichor of the green meadows post rain a sign of another storm Continue reading at Forgotten Meadows

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It’s a lousy, rotten view, but someone’s got to look at it, while it lasts… Ian Hutson

Reblogged from Ian Hutson: It may not be the now entirely foreign country of Hackney, but it is a little bit Chilly (sic). Continue reading at The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company.

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