The stuff around my blog

The Theme, the Widgets, the Menus Daily Prompt: Island of Misfit Posts Todays idea is to write about something I don’t normally write about. I haven’t paid much thought to all the stuff… Continue reading →

The Papa Hemingway Writing Challenge

The idea: find a bloated, nasty, air-filled paragraph. Copy it in all its former glory into a new post. Paste it a second time so that you can edit it until it cries… Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: People and Boats Through My Eyes

Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes When I was out cycling one day I saw this scene with my eyes and I thought the light was good. It had meaning to… Continue reading →

Daily Prompt: Moment of Kindness on Fathers Day

Describe a moment of kindness, between you and someone else — loved one or complete stranger. The time that comes to mind would be last Sunday, Fathers Day. My gesture was to go… Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curvy wire (random?)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves I liked this accidental photo somehow so I’ve messed around with it and posted it. I like the way the light catches the shape. The curve of the wire… Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves of Waterloo Station

I took this photo on a grey January day while waiting for my train home. Often we go about our lives not noticing the architecture around us in something as mundane as a… Continue reading →

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Curves of Silverstone

We took these photos on our recent visit to Silverstone Racing Track. My girlfriend took the first two. Imagine the Formula One racing cars hurtling around these famous curves. Related articles Weekly Photo… Continue reading →

Daily Prompt: You’ve Got the Power – to rant about fouling.

Daily Prompt: You’ve Got the Power The question: “You have the power to enact a single law. What would it be?” In such a fantasy I would banish dog dirt from the streets… Continue reading →

Fleeting: Waiting and then gone.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting I was waiting to catch the train to go and see my loving, wonderful muse. My presence there was transient, fleeting, leaving no lasting impression on the place. I… Continue reading →

Bluebells – gone too soon.

Having gone out to find the bluebells that grow in the woods near my home like a magical blue carpet I found they were mostly already gone. Far too fleeting to pose for… Continue reading →