Sue Vincent runs a wonderful writing prompt, #writephoto, each week, using her own photography as inspiration. Maybe it’s the snot monster talking, or maybe, once again, Sue has come up with a great image, but as soon as I saw this week’s photo I heard the first line of a story. And here it is:Continue reading “#writephoto – The Wasting”
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Snow Day
It snowed here on Friday. And Saturday too. Proper snow, like fat feathers falling from the sky, swirling around and settling on trees and pavements and rooftops. The schools didn’t close and life continued pretty much as usual, but it snowed. I love snow. If you’ve ever watched the Gilmore Girls, you’ll know that LoreleiContinue reading “Snow Day”
30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Seventeen – Early Morning
Earlier this week I shared this image on my Instagram account. It was taken one early morning as I walked past the park. Mist hung low beneath the trees, the light behind turning them to silhouettes and it seemed so serene to me, the mist like a blanket on the grass, that I had toContinue reading “30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Seventeen – Early Morning”
A Little More Ordinary
As I wrote in my last post, my daughter and I were heading to a nearby village to visit The Treasure Box, a seemingly magical store where you could find just about anything. However, what I didn’t write was that there was a reason we needed to go there this weekend – the store wasContinue reading “A Little More Ordinary”
Making Magic
It’s been a funny sort of month. A mixed bag, if you will. Oh, nothing too full on awful – simply a combination of things that have left me feeling a bit down, less inspired than usual. But really, who am I to complain? With the state of the world as it is, I knowContinue reading “Making Magic”
Wednesday Wander – Stonehenge
I do love a stone circle. There is something fascinating about the fact that, millennia ago, our ancestors expended the effort to place giant stones in specific patterns across the landscape, and we no longer really know why. And when it comes to stone circles, Stonehenge is arguably the best known of them all. WhenContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Stonehenge”
Everyday Magic
There’s a shop in the nearby village which I swear might be magic. It’s not a large shop, not much bigger than my living room, yet it is packed floor to ceiling with stock. The window display boasts everything from slippers to antique jewellery to thermal underwear to shovels, and the table and racks outsideContinue reading “Everyday Magic”
Into The Blue
I went to the woods the other day. I love the woods – they have always been a place of magic to me. My grandmother used to take me to the woods near her village to gather snowdrops in Spring, hunt for fairies at Midsummer and take long autumn walks golden with leaves. We visitContinue reading “Into The Blue”
Helen Glynn Jones 