a prudent pilgrim walking in another’s steps avoiding shadows Kim M. Russell, 2017 Somewhere on the Road to Santiago My response to Carpe Diem #1118 Recklessness Today we are continuing on the Road to Santiago de Compostela, but before we can set off, we need a guide. After Paulo said goodbye to Mme Lourdes, he […]
Day: January 5, 2017
Prehistory in Amber
(found in an Science Alert article on research published in Current Biology) at a jumbled stall on a Myanmar market, among curios, rubies, jade and other gems, an amber trader offered an innocent stone, in which was preserved an ancient dinosaur tail of feathers and bone, frozen in a honey glow, unique specimen of a young coelurosaur, […]
Starting the New Year with Visual Verse
After a bleak start to the New Year, my mood is a little lighter now that another of my submissions has been included in the latest online Visual Verse anthology. At the moment, my poem ‘Blue’ is on page 17 of Vol. 4, Chapter 3: http://visualverse.org
First Steps to Santiago
ancient Pyrenees kissed by early morning sun guide to the unknown Kim M. Russell, 2017 © photo My response to Carpe Diem #1117 First steps to Santiago We are on our way to Santiago! In this episode, we have the next extract from The Pilgrimage, together with a photo of the Pyrenees, as inspiration to […]
A Fresh Start
children in fresh snow taking careful pigeon steps welcoming the year Kim M. Russell, 2017 Image found on www.urbanmums.net My response to Carpe Diem Universal Jane #10 New Year’s Day In a new episode of Universal Jane, Chèvrefeuille has shared a series of haiku by Jane, taken from New Year section of the online version of […]
Peregrino
scallop shells in hand the ancient word on my tongue the journey begins Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1116 Saint James Scallops In today’s episode we have encountered Mme Lourdes, an old woman who walked the Road to Santiago several times and is part of one of the orders of the […]
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