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Invitation

At five o’clock the table’s laid, The kettle’s boiled, The scones are made. The china’s polished, silver gleams All ready for a guest it seems… Yet here I sit, I’m all alone, The inbox empty, Silent phone… Will no-one send … Continue reading

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Stones by Trent P. McDonald– #writephoto

“See here,” wise Beandor said to his young pupil, Therry, “This arch, though appearing so weak, is very strong.  Although the walls may crumble, unless the keystone is disturbed, the arch will stand and bear weight.” Beandor used his staff … Continue reading

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Something Precious from MS Skyfall #writephoto

No one knew. No one ever suspected her. Swapna had gotten away with the theft rather easily. The speculations and the conclusions all said it had to be somebody from the inside. Everyone had looked at each other suspiciously. But … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Stones #writephoto

Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 12th April and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Gold #writephoto

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken as we watched the sun set from Holy Island…Lindisfarne. It is very easy to say the photographs do not do the moment justice, but in this case, it would be true. The … Continue reading

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The King Of Lies by Isabel Caves #writephoto

High in the sky, in the Kingdom of Lies, the King of Lies sat waiting. He waited on a throne of utter hogwash. Everything in the kingdom was born of a lie. The king himself was made up of all … Continue reading

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Gold by Trent P. McDonald #writephoto

Photo by Sue Vincent People have often called me a “49er”, though I didn’t make the journey across the country until ’52.  I was young and foolish back then, but I guess we all were.  I had “gold fever” as … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Gold #writephoto

Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 5th April and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Empty #writephoto

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken early one morning as we took the long way north for one of the Silent Eye’s Living Land weekends in Ilkley last year. For some reason, the route we had chosen headed … Continue reading

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Empty  by Trent P. McDonald #writephoto

I awoke at dawn, as always, even though his alarm obviously didn’t go off.  I wasn’t hungry, so I did my morning walk through the wisps of the dying fog on getting up.  Breakfast could wait. The fields, ever my … Continue reading

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