It emerges like a blush from variegated leaves, a beauty hidden in a bush beneath overhanging eaves. Its petals radiate scarlet and the whole plant exudes the intoxicating scent of harlot, earthy and a little rude, with citrus zest and peppery hot, a geranium blooming in a pot. Kim M. Russell, 5th September 2019 My […]
Month: September 2019
Reading Together
We get to know each other first, talk about books and reading until some children are fit to burst, they’re so keen to find out what I’m offering. I take out a book and the child says ‘Easy!’, explores the cover, reads the title, explains what they think it’s all about, and then we read […]
St Cuthbert’s Way
all the hills are green from Melrose to Lindisfarne mystical causeway Kim M. Russell, 4th September 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1739 St Cuthbert’s Way (Scotland) In today’s episode, we have a pilgrimage in Scotland, a route established in the late nineties between Melrose in the Scottish borders and England that ends on the […]
Easter at the Salt Marsh
Pale rays of sea aster and heads of lavender smear the salt marsh mauve and purple, a wave of Easter colour, pungent with a salty, muddy scent. Seaside spirits sing a hymn, a cheerful noise, a chink of halyards and a flap of sails, wind, waves and distant whales. Kim M. Russell, 3rd September 2019 […]
Camino de Fatima
faith personified sun rise is a miracle in a young child’s eyes Kim M. Russell, 3rd September 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1738 Camino de Fatima (Portugal) In a month of pilgrimage all around the world, we are on a journey to shrines or other locations of importance. Today our inspiration is a lesser […]
Labour Day
No wonder they call it labour – it’s hard work! The build-up was difficult enough, what with the move from Germany to Ireland via London, getting to know new people and surroundings, having to travel forty miles and back to the nearest hospital for check-ups, and then falling over a paving stone on my way […]
Crow at the Castle Gate
There is no lonelier spot than the castle on the moors, hung over with scudding cloud where a lone tattered crow soars. As it guards the castle gate it utters raucous caws, eyeing the path with a shiny eye while sharpening beak and claws to pick at the first stars of twilight, a shadow unzipping […]
Adam’s Peak
so many footprints on the sacred mountain’s path steps of devotion Kim M. Russell, 1st September 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1737 Introduction to a month full of devotion: Adam’s Peak We have started a new month of prompts entitled ‘An Act of Devotion’ on the familiar theme of pilgrimages. Today we’re visiting Adam’s […]
Indian Summer
in the mountain’s shade early snow and late roses scattered on the grass in the mountain’s shade tended by a silent monk monastery garden early snow and late roses Indian summer merging with winter scattered on the grass the only signs of autumn brightly coloured leaves Kim M. Russell, 1st September 2019 My response to […]
Rust
The track she was following curved and swerved through ancient trees and undergrowth, muffling the sound of a gurgling stream until she passed a gap. Pushing through tangles of brambles, she glimpsed sunlight sparkling on water and slid down the bank in her haste to reach it. A river coursed through the forest and, just […]
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