This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness and indifference.Today’s photo shows how successful nature is at reclaiming land when given the opportunity. The trees here have grown since the forest area ceased to be mined for coal, quarried for …
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This short story was published as a prize winner (placed 2nd) in a UK writing magazine, Writers Forum, that’s since ceased publication. It’s from October 2002. Some readers may find this story disturbing. I hope so, it was written to disturb. BRI Bri laughed as the cartoon mouse hacked the cat into a thousand bloody slices. …
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In this continuing series I’m looking at things seen when out walking. Some of these objects will be familiar to certain readers, but many are likely to be unfamiliar to most. I’m presenting those that caught my attention perhaps by their unusual placing, incongruity, idiosyncrasy, or simply their oddness.This one shows… On this occasion, I’m …
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This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness and indifference.Today’s photo shows the full moon rising over the sea at Lyme Regis just after dusk. I loved the calm depth and deep blue of the quiet sea and the afterglow …
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This is the last in the short series of posts, relating to places of interest in the English County of Wiltshire. I intended here to help visitors know what to expect. Not presenting details of history, etc., simply describing as well as I can, with the aid of photographs, how to get there and what …
Continue reading A Short Visit to Wiltshire: #6 (Final) Avebury
The Tree That’s a Plant PotIn this continuing series I’m looking at things seen when out walking. Some of these objects will be familiar to certain readers, but many are likely to be unfamiliar to most. I’m presenting those that caught my attention perhaps by their unusual placing, incongruity, idiosyncrasy, or simply their oddness.This one …
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This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness and indifference.Today’s photo shows a narrow footpath snaking along the contour of a hillside in Dorset. The gorse is in full bloom, and prickly as ever! But the sky is blue, and …
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This short series of posts, relating to places of interest in the English County of Wiltshire, is intended to help visitors know what to expect. I’m not presenting details of history, etc., simply describing as well as I can, with the aid of photographs, how to get there and what to expect when you arrive. …
Continue reading A Short Visit to Wiltshire: #5 Old Sarum
The Gate A short story, first published as a prize-winner in Northern Short Stories Vol 5. in 1994. This was when I published under my given name, before I discovered, via Google, that there were umpteen writers using that name. I created my pen name a little later.But enough about that. Here's the short story …
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This continuing series looks at things observed when out walking. Some of these objects will be familiar to some readers, but many are likely to be unfamiliar to most. I’m presenting those that catch one’s attention perhaps by their unusual placing, incongruity, idiosyncrasy, or simply their oddness.This one looks at something entirely natural that manages …
Continue reading Oddities Observed On Outings #11
This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness and indifference.Today’s photo shows the sea and sky just after sundown on the Greek island of Skiathos. I found a sense of tranquillity and peace here at that moment. No one else …
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This short series of posts, relating to places of interest in the English County of Wiltshire, is intended to help visitors know what to expect. I’m not presenting any details of history, etc., simply describing as well as I can, with the aid of photographs, how to get there and what you might see. There …
Continue reading A Short Visit to Wiltshire: #4 Stonehenge.
To update you, I last posted about the WIP on 29th April. The word count was then 77,854. Subsequently, the Lawn Bowls season began. I don’t play, but my darling wife’s a keen team member of her local club and, as she doesn’t drive, I’m her taxi for the games. It can be a little …
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Rocky Valley in Cornwall. This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness and indifference.Today’s photo is of the amazing natural feature known as ‘Rocky Valley’ in Cornwall. It is aptly named. Steep, confining a lively stream, lined by precarious paths, …
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Coining it In With A Dead Tree? This continuing series looks at things observed when walking. Some of these objects will be familiar to some readers, but many are likely to be unfamiliar to most. I’m really just presenting those objects that catch one’s attention, perhaps by their unusual placing, incongruity, idiosyncrasy, or simply their …
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