Monthly Archives: January 2017

#Blogbattle – Iridescent – When The Moon Is Full

It’s Tuesday, and time for Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle. The rules are simple – each week you get a prompt, a genre and have 1000 words to write a response, which has to be posted on the following Tuesday. This week’s prompt was Iridescent, and the genre was Fairy Tale. Here’s my take: When TheContinue reading “#Blogbattle – Iridescent – When The Moon Is Full”

Navel-Gazing

It’s Monday. Monday means something a little different to me now that I’m back working regularly, rather than freelance. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just different. I’m still getting my new schedule sorted out though, so please do bear with me. I’m going to keep posting as much as I’m able to, though I’llContinue reading “Navel-Gazing”

Thursday Doors – Haven

I’ve been posting in Thursday Doors for a while now. Some weeks the doors have been grand, entrances to cathedrals or palaces. Other weeks they’ve been more humble, just like my door this week. Yet a door, no matter the size or shape, represents possibility. None of us know what lies behind until we chooseContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Haven”

Wednesday Wander – Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland

I saw in the news last week that a massive crack in the Larsen ice shelf has increased by six miles in the past few weeks, with the entire crack being over 100 miles long. When a crack in ice is measured in miles, the size of the ice shelf itself is almost too largeContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland”

Back To A Working Week

It’s a new year, and a new era for me, as I’ve just returned to office work after more than a decade working freelance. My daughter is older now and soon won’t need me to take her to school any more so, when an opportunity came up, I took it. I am still writing andContinue reading “Back To A Working Week”

#writephoto – Lanternlight

Sue Vincent has come up with another beautiful image for her latest #writephoto prompt, and my response is the next part to the story I started for another prompt, Sacha Black’s 52 Words in 52 Weeks. And here it is: Later I sat and pondered his words. Alone in a dark corner, rainbow light fromContinue reading “#writephoto – Lanternlight”

Writespiration – 52 Weeks in 52 Words – Lost Things

The fabulous Sacha Black has set a rather good writing challenge for the year. Each week this year she’ll be setting a writing prompt, which you have to respond to using exactly 52 words. This week’s prompt is: Lost Things. Here is my response: ‘D’you like lost things?’ ‘What?’ ‘Lost things.’ He smiled, gesturing atContinue reading “Writespiration – 52 Weeks in 52 Words – Lost Things”

Thursday Doors – The British Museum, London

It’s Thursday, and time for another door. This week, I have a very very old door. It currently lives in The British Museum, London, but over four millennia ago was part of someone’s tomb. This is the false-door of Ptashepses. Made from limestone around 2380BC, the door is of a type common in tombs ofContinue reading “Thursday Doors – The British Museum, London”

Wednesday Wander – Powell St Cable Car, San Francisco

When we were visiting San Francisco just over a year ago, we took a ride on the famous Powell Street Cable Car. The cable car operates between downtown San Francisco and the waterfront, and is one of the last hand-operated cable car systems in the world. Operators use a system of levers to drive theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Powell St Cable Car, San Francisco”