Monthly Archives: June 2020

Quiet #writephoto

For a moment, the world was quiet, like a breath inhaled. There was no hum of traffic, no roar of planes, no rumble of trains in the valley below. Instead there was birdsong, the buzzing of bees, and the breeze making music through the branches and long grasses. Water rippled, silver, clear for the firstContinue reading “Quiet #writephoto”

Walking Through Rivendell (Revisited)

I forgot. Again. Heat is melting my brain, I guess? I have over 100 Wednesday Wanders just waiting to be reposed, but I keep forgetting. So here we are, Thursday and wanderless. However, in honour of it being such a stinking hot day here (30 degrees and humid), I’ve decided to post, not exactly aContinue reading “Walking Through Rivendell (Revisited)”

When The Moon Is Full #SummerSolstice

I wrote this story a few years ago, for a #BlogBattle competition. But Midsummer is upon us, the forests dancing with life, the land burgeoning with green, and it felt appropriate to share it again. This is my favourite time, when the wheel of the year turns towards autumn harvests and cold winter nights. HappyContinue reading “When The Moon Is Full #SummerSolstice”

Living La Vida Lockdown

(If the Ricky Martin song is now in your head, sorry for the earworm.) It’s a funny old time, this lockdown. Bringing up lots of memories, days past relived, choices assessed, plans made for going forwards. Time has no meaning, any more – the days punctuated only by the alarm going off in the morning,Continue reading “Living La Vida Lockdown”

#writephoto Flight

Well, it’s definitely Thursday now! And with it comes Sue Vincent’s #writephoto challenge, one of my favourite bloggy writing prompts. This week, it’s another evocative picture… Flight We reach, soaring Wings wide against the storm that thunders Deep around us, rumbling in our hearts, Ruffling our feathers. Sometimes we catch an updraft, and float, theContinue reading “#writephoto Flight”

Wednesday Wander Revisited (on a Thursday) – Surfing Santa Cruz

How has another week passed already? Time is very strange of late; it stretches and shrinks, some days feeling endless, others over almost as soon as they begin. When I get asked what day it is, I often have to take a moment to think, the sameness of lockdown life making it hard to rememberContinue reading “Wednesday Wander Revisited (on a Thursday) – Surfing Santa Cruz”

Wednesday Wander Revisited – Rocher De La Vierge, Biarritz

Another Wednesday, another Wander post revisited. While we still can’t travel (or have to quarantine if we do), it’s nice to look back at places I’ve been, as well as consider places I’d like to go once things go back to whatever normal is going to be. This week I’m wandering to Biarritz, somewhere IContinue reading “Wednesday Wander Revisited – Rocher De La Vierge, Biarritz”

The Loss Of Touch In A Post-Covid World

I attended a funeral on Wednesday for a dear family friend, someone I’ve known my whole life. He didn’t die of Covid; rather, of old age and ill health and a broken heart. He did die alone, though, except for nursing staff, his friends and family unable to visit him in his final weeks. Still,Continue reading “The Loss Of Touch In A Post-Covid World”