In a world so conveniently organised there is no need for charm or chat-up lines, all the young have to do is swipe and rate their lives on the number of likes. For those of us who never went on dates, who fell in love with long-term friends, preferring the safety of familiar faces, dating […]
Day: August 17, 2017
Clouds Dancing
No curtains open, no music plays, no corps de ballet on the rocky stage. The only spotlight is the sun, to highlight the faint wisps that twist and pirouette drift upwards and beyond: clouds dancing on a blue background. Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo Thursday photo prompt – Wisp […]
Born to Dance the Blues
Her mother told her she was born to dance. She said, in the womb her heart tattooed her future steps on a kind of fever chart, a balletic horoscope of her every move. The first time she heard the blues, she slipped on her shoes, pointed her toes and pirouetted out the door, jazzed and […]
Shifting
splashes of nature petals open, bloom and fall those shifting seasons Kim M. Russell, 2017 My response to Carpe Diem #1239 shifted flowers (unknown artist) In today’s episode, ‘shifted flowers’, we have a painting by an unknown artist, which Chèvrefeuille says he chose because the flowers fade into a formless scene of colours and remind […]
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