Tag Archives: history

TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  A little about your beliefs, faith, lack thereof, or why you don’t want to talk about it (please, no attacks on other’s beliefs). I was brought up in a pretty strict Catholic household. Every Sunday at 6.30am … Continue reading →

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Manic Monday #4 Challenge – Summertime Blues

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti38LFY7x1Y   When I saw this song and the grainy old edition of Eddie Cochran I thought how things have changed regarding production. They made do with the basic equipment and produced sounds that have stood to test of time. … Continue reading →

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Mundane Monday Challenge #120 : Learn Photography

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Michael

When I was a kid, this wheel was on an old wheelbarrow, but I think before that it may have been part of an old steam engine of some kind. It sits in my yard keeping the weeds company. https://trablogger.com/mundane-monday-challenge-120-learn-photography/

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of July 18, 2017 – Brand’s Steps

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Michael

Image: JS Brand Part of my exercise routine each day was to run up Brand’s Steps on the far edge of the park. They were sandstone blocks laid by convicts over a hundred years ago and back then the top … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Derelict #writephoto – Mrs Savage

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Michael

The story was that Mrs Savage had lived in the old place and after her death it had been left to ruin. She had been married to Mr Savage, a railway fettler who was killed working on the train line … Continue reading →

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Wordle #155 – Keta Moments.

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Michael

This week’s fun words: Never Chair Keta (n. an image that inexplicably leaps back into your mind from the distant past.) Shard Thirteen Short Colour Weed Engulf Magnitude  Disgrace Elusive Never could it be said that the chair had any … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Obelisk #writephoto – Old Bert

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Michael

Old Bert maintained the obelisk was there as testament to his virility. His girlfriend Rona said he was dreaming. Old Bert did a lot of dreaming. But one thing he didn’t dream about and was grateful for was what he … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Enigma #writephoto – The Stones

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Michael

It took Pomo and Tomo four days to find the stones, the druid had told them to collect. It took four days for them to plan the dig. Four days to get them out of the ground. Found days to … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Stones #writephoto

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Michael

When I came across the arch I knew it was a very old archway. The conglomeration of stones, the crude but effective mortaring had obviously worked for it was still standing so many centuries since. It was a structure to … Continue reading →

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Whiteout Wednesdays #5 – Herring

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Michael

Herring Scots salt them. The Dutch love them. Swedes find them curdling. Jamaicans prefer chilli pepper. Germans and the English enjoy pickle’s bite and brine. the herring has done much to history. Men catch them, bring full nets to shore. … Continue reading →

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