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The last veteran ~ Iain Kelly #writephoto

Ebb and flow, waving goodbye, waving hello. So the sea goes, ceaselessly. Old feet on fresh sand. The water no longer running red. Memories crashing inside his head like waves on the shore. Creaking knees bend, arthritic hands dig into … Continue reading

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Traced by Angels… Stuart France

* ‘Of wheel-tracks there were none just strange, narrow paths across the moorland.’ * * With the dust well settled over the Living Land Workshop, and already two days into our vacation, we found ourselves in search of a map. … Continue reading

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A Day’s walk?… Stuart France

* …”The why, is always the same.” “In order to connect, or to make whole?” “And in order to then participate in that wholeness.” “Which is connection.” “They call Glastonbury England’s ‘holiest erthe’.” Continue reading Stuart France

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The Little Mermaid Girl and the Great Shark – K. D. Dowdall

Reblogged from K. D. Dowdall: There was once a little girl who believed with all her heart she was a mermaid. The mermaid girl was living in Florida on the beautiful Gulf Coast, when her mother and grandmother took her … Continue reading

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Remains – Robbie Cheadle #writephoto

This week, Sue has provided the prompt “remains” for her Thursday photo prompt. I thought I would have a go at another haibun. I like the idea of prose and a haiku related by a common thread, yet different. All … Continue reading

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Legend of the Miskhorskaya Mermaid – Elder Mountain Dreaming

Reblogged from Elder Mountain Dreaming : In the Crimea there is a legend about this mermaid, in the vicinity of the Village of Miskhor. In one of the small houses there lived a young maiden of Arz. For many years … Continue reading

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Walk don’t jig – Tallis Steelyard

Reblogged from Tallis Steelyard Whenever I have time I like to loiter in one of the city’s markets and just watch the people going about their business. Let us just look at the scene here at the Ropewalk Market. The … Continue reading

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Something fishy in Glastonbury… Stuart France

* ‘It doesn’t feel like we’re in England. It feels like we’re in France or something.’ No idea why France in particular except, perhaps, that my memories of that country shimmer with light and heat, and the sun was beating … Continue reading

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Stride by Stride… Stuart France

* “‘Never look back…’ runs the adage. But it is sometimes good to revisit. I mean, we missed some pretty heavy clues  which may have saved us some time, last time we were in Dorset. St James with his pilgrim’s … Continue reading

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Hill-of-the-Buried-Sun… Stuart France

* …It was, after all, rather disconcerting to be so accosted by a total stranger. “Does this count?” He demanded, ferociously, and pushed an admittedly intriguing photograph across the bar at me. “Does that count as what?” “One of them … Continue reading

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