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Beyond the glass…

The half-light of a winter morning swallows the stars, revealing a world frosted with white. The dog, redefining the phrase ‘global warming’, lays across the threshold, letting the heat escape from my comfort zone. Cold seeps in, reality nips at … Continue reading

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Town and country sunrise…

“I can’t remember ever actually watching a dawn,” said my son in a plaintive little voice.  He had been looking at some of my dawn photos, taken that morning from my doorstep. He has seen plenty of dawns… but most … Continue reading

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Dawn #midnighthaiku

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The positives in negativity

“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength…” KJV Psalm 8:2 I passed the entire night in the hinterland between sleep and waking. It is that odd state where the body rests unresisting but the mind … Continue reading

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Living dead

“I might as well be dead.” As the opening gambit to a conversation between mother and son, it was, I admit, guaranteed to get my attention. He didn’t sound particularly cheerless. In fact, if anything, he sounded quite excited by … Continue reading

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Charm

For Colleen’s tanka challenge

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Catching the light

I couldn’t believe it. I’d cleaned the damned things, just the day before, but the windows at the side of the house were once again festooned with cobwebs. Not only that, but at first glance and before my first coffee, … Continue reading

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Hope #midnighthaiku

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Circles Beyond Time – Dawn by Helen Jones

Reblogged from Journey to Ambeth: This is the continued account of my weekend away with The Silent Eye. Click here for parts one, two, three, four and five. 5:11am. Ugh. I hadn’t slept well, and my alarm jolted me out … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Still water… #writephoto

This week’s photo prompt looks out through a window upon still waters … You can find all last week’s entries in the round-up. Please visit and read the stories and poems and explore the sites of their writers. Use the … Continue reading

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