Monthly Archives: February 2025

Change the record!

Sometimes I don’t know how I am feeling until something happens to shift my mood. Like this morning. I had Radio Four on in the background, as I often do, when I muted it to listen to the song linked … Continue reading

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Twisting the Kaleidoscope

Today’s Daily Create asks us to Imagine you find a kaleidoscope. You put it up to your eye, and point it to the sky. You twist it into the light. What do you see? Use either story or poem or … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

53/365 Cherry Blossom flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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Blogging Questions Challenge

Nobody’s asked me, but that’s never stopped me from having an opinion, so here goes. Why did you start blogging in the first place? I feel that I should say something deep or profound, but actually I can’t remember. I … Continue reading

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My Safe Haven

Today’s Daily Create asks us to make a collage of my safe havens. Most of mine are in the West of Scotland, either on or within spitting distance of the Isle of Mull. I grabbed a few from my albums … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

45/365 Sir Walter Pigeon flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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Silent Sunday

38/365 Dusk at the Three Craws flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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Anti Spam Poem

Today’s Daily Create asks us to visit Kevin’s blog and make a poem out of the anti-spam words that you need to enter in order to post a comment. Amusingly, Kevin has moved his blog to a new home over … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

Winter sun flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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Easy Writing

Nearly there flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license People often tell me that they wished they found it as easy to write as I do – because, they think, it’s obvious that writing comes naturally … Continue reading

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