Category: Time
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In Half-Light
Shadows stretch forward as the the Sun disappears behind the derelict abbey, attempting to reach the trees that mark the perimeter of this now disused estate. The trees are clouded in complete darkness, but the space in-between, the space occupied by the elongating shadows, is bathed in a cooling twilight. An eerie half-light, neither day…
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A Fraction Out Of Step
I woke early with the usual Sunday morning feel… All was calm, quiet, peaceful – actually quite tranquil The sky was overcast and the morning seemed quite dark And the outside world seemed so very far away I checked the time; 7:48 the clock said When I remembered suddenly that I hadn’t altered the time.…
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Blue with a hint of green…
I’m celebrating Good Friday with a series of photos (taken on my mobile phone, of course!) concentrating on the colours blue and green. It may be a tad early in England for bluebells to appear, but here in the Grinds anything and everything happens in its own random order. You can get some pretty nifty…
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The Art of Deception
In a previous life, in a land and time far, far away, I was a classically trained actor. I tread the boards before there were any boards to be tread. I acted in the midst of a semi-circle stage surrounded by steps that became seats. I was jeered. Celebrated. Heckled. Commanded. Praised. And bruised by…
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1642
Long-time visitors to my blog may be aware that I had a ‘pull’ to the early Seventeenth Century a few years ago, and in particular the year 1642. For some reason, I felt as if I had a connection to this time period, only I could not find out how. I embarked on a wondrous…
The Mansionic Perspective 