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Monday, May 25, 2015

Old story, new story

I mentioned being inspired to return to an old story idea. In fact, I wrote some pages--long-hand in those days--and thought them pretty good, actually, and when they'd been lost... well, you know how it is with lost writing: It is the best you ever did and you'll never be able to recreate it again... I like to think, however, that in the past 30 or 40 years, I've grown into a better writer, and the idea of going back to those scenes and dialogues is not so daunting. In fact, there now exists a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Gisburn Forest

https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/hL5Qn0 A walk in the woods on a damp and misty day... This feeds fuel to a long-ago story I began to write, and stopped because my character was walking across England, and I had no idea what she'd experience. Since walking in this shadowed wood, I find her wandering around my mind again, and my mind sorting out little problems the tale needs solved... More on this later. Sign in to see full entry.

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We didn't make it...

...all the way to Giggleswick. We didn't even get as far as Wigglesworth. We got distracted along the way, wanting to walk in some old forest. The road to those little villages runs through the Forest of Bowland, and Gisburn Forest where there are many paths and bike trails. And photo-ops... The latest up on FAA are from that field trip, and more will be going up on flickr in a little while. http://cl-redding.artistwebsites.com/ Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 22, 2015

Stairing... Annacita, this one's for you!

I've fired up a contest over on Fine Art America this morning, called STAIRWAYS. It will run for 3 days of entries, then 3 days for voting. If you are fascinated and delighted by stairs, take a look--So far, the entries are a visual treat! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/stairs-and-stairways--photos-only.html?tab=overview In other news... It is a misty morning in the Ribble Valley, but the light is growing as the mist burns off from above. Today we will drive up to Giggleswick, which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Sunny days and hedgehogs

The weather is at least consistantly inconsistant: sun and clouds and sometimes rain, once or twice, hail... pretty cool, most days. Today we drove out to the animal sanctuary and picked up the sturdy little hedgehog that will stay in the hutch my daughter acquired a week or so ago, and set in a corner of the field. The little guy, or maybe gal, will stay until it decides to go. This is a sort of fostering project, re-introducing hedgehogs to the wilds, that were injured or too young, and are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

To all the mothers...

Mothers that are, were, and will be... Ideal mothers, and the real ones... Mothers that did a wonderful job, and those that fumbled it, but did the best they could... Birth mothers and adopted mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers... This is the day for saluting the best, the truest, the trying-hardest, the loved because and the loved despite... Happy Mother's Day! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 9, 2015

Clouds over England

It's a grey day, not raining at the moment, and the sky is filled with dramatic clouds sailing by. The elections are over, and people seem to be either happy or stoic with the outcome, some seeing darker clouds on the horizon as the Conservatives find it easier to have their way with anti-progressive agendas. http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/7-laws-the-lib-dems-stopped-the-tories-from-passing--gkKwqOshgb Today is VE Day: Victory in Europe, for those who don't remember the German surrender... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

After the road trip

Two days with a lot of walking, many steps and stairs... churches, shops, ruins, winds, chill and rains... Amazing how much one can fit into two days! Back at Hollin Hall Farm, next morning: a hot bath helped with some of the aches before bed, and I am taking it easy this morning while uploading the many photos I had polished up by last night. It will take more than two days to share the evidences and experiences of the two-day road trip! Catching up on reading here, too--making a few comments... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

Account updates...?

Has anyone else noticed a lag in account earnings updates? My page is the same since May 1st. After being on Blogit for some years now, I don't watch the pennies stack up every day or worry over them, but it's nice to know now and then. Sometimes they come quite slowly, other times they make a sudden pleasing leap, and every few months, I request a check from Blogit Central that comes in handy. I have discovered, by the way, that if you wish to request such a check of your earnings, it's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Ribble Report: Quiet Wednesday Morning

I'm sitting by another window that looks out onto the front yard of Hollin Hall Farm, taking it easy with a scratchy throat, wary of letting it become a full-fledged illness. The combo-stresses of exhausting travel, disarranged sleep patterns, getting too chilled, on top of the unavoidable exposure of new germs in new and populous places, could add up to a great loss of time exploring and experiencing. Don't want! Yesterday we drove to Preston where we saw my son-in-law off to a couple of days... Sign in to see full entry.

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