Tag Archives: #writephoto

Thursday photo prompt – Scattered #writephoto – Mr Bashyaup

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Michael

The teacher, Mr Bashyaup, looked down his large roman nose and announced as if a fact of life that my son was a scatterbrain. He informed me in no uncertain terms that my son’s mind was scattered to the four … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Fading #writephoto

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Michael

She knew the expression ‘when your ship had sailed’. But what to do when it literally had sailed? She stood watching as he sailed away across the horizon and out of sight forever. The emptiness was overwhelming, there was nothing … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Sight #writephoto – Foresight.

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Michael

He wished he had the gift of foresight. Hindsight he had in bucket fulls. As he stood and watched her walk away, he was filled with that sense of dread that he may never see her again. If only he’d … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Cracked #writephoto

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Michael

He was told often enough that you didn’t need to be cracked to live here but it sure did help. Around him was one disorder after another. People crying, screaming in the night, accusing him of things he could not … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Wisp #writephoto – Cousin Daphne

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Michael

She was just a wisp of a girl. I spied her across the parking lot standing against the telegraph pole a cigarette in one corner of her mouth and an odd checked coloured cap on a head that said there … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Alone #writephoto

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Michael

He took the job out of desperation. He needed the money. His wife was at him day and night to get off his arse and find a job. The kids needed food and clothing. So, goat shepherd was what he … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Watchers #writephoto

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Michael

It was a normal school excursion, and the kids were so excited to be going to Alien Rock to study the rock formations and see if they could find any traces of gold in the small creek that ran through … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Sails – #writephoto – Circles Of My Mind

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Michael

“Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.” It’s what rolled in my head today as we laid you to rest. I never thought this day would arrive. Everyone gets sick, you go to the doctor, … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Mask #writephoto – The BBQ

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Michael

Cyril Rum was different to all of the people on Bush Street. Cyril was an angel. An angel on sabbatical as fate would have it who wore his human mask so well no one knew his true identity. That was … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Messenger #writephoto

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Michael

She hadn’t heard from him for so long the hurt of it was crushing on her. Ever since time stopped and distance shifted into the realms of impossibility she wondered about him. Now her days were about surviving as best … Continue reading →

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