Blog – Page 48 – Rereading Jane Eyre

#1linewed #1linerweds Twisted

They look may ornamental, but they’re still twisted, iron bars to keep the princess locked in her tower, or perhaps they’re keeping her safe… Check out Linda G. Hill’s Blog for more One Liner Wednesday posts! How can I unbend my thoughts, Twisted like forged iron window grills? How can I reach the spacesContinue reading “#1linewed #1linerweds Twisted”

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Evelyn, After by Victoria Helen Stone, #BookReview #TuesdayBookBlog @VictoriaHStone

Today I’m posting my review of Evelyn, After, by Victoria Helen Stone, a suspenseful and well plotted psychological thriller. Evelyn Tester had just taken a sleeping pill, prescribed by her husband, who is a well-known psychiatrist. She was asleep when her husband phoned, asking her to drive to meet him in a lonely country road,Continue reading “Evelyn, After by Victoria Helen Stone, #BookReview #TuesdayBookBlog @VictoriaHStone”

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K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge #CosPhoChal ‘Portraits’

This Monday’s theme is ‘Portraits’. I remembered that I have some lovely pictures of portraits I took at the National Portrait Gallery in London, a lesser known gem, right next to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, and others I took at Charles Dicken’s Museum at Doughty Street, London. Here I am as close as I’ll everContinue reading “K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge #CosPhoChal ‘Portraits’”

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#SilentSunday Almeria to Cordoba by Car #SundayBlogShare

Seen today during the three-hour trip from Almería to Córdoba: Is it only me, or do any of you find you get inspiration as someone else is driving you, while you’re taking photos, jotting ideas, writing some flash fiction, checking blog posts and twitter messages etc. The journey always seems so short! It was sadContinue reading “#SilentSunday Almeria to Cordoba by Car #SundayBlogShare”

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#SOCS ‘Manu and Me’

This post was written in response to Linda G. Hill’s weekly Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday. This week it’s “man.” Use it as a word by itself or find a word with “man” in it. Have fun! Manu and Me My husband is called Manuel, but I call him Manu. We met in 1978.Continue reading “#SOCS ‘Manu and Me’”

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Feast on your life. Goodbye Derek Walcott

I’ve just heard the news that the poet Derek Walcott has died. This is one of my favourite poems, and it was written by him. It seems appropriate to feast on his poem which is about love and life and death. Love After Love Love After Love The time will come when, with elation youContinue reading “Feast on your life. Goodbye Derek Walcott”

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#ThursdayDoors Cervantes’ Home in Madrid

Thursday Doors is a weekly feature, hosted by Norm 2.0 allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. Everyone is invited to join in on the fun by creating their own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing it, between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time),Continue reading “#ThursdayDoors Cervantes’ Home in Madrid”

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#MyFirstPostRevisited Rereading #JaneEyre #WWWBlogs

I met the fabulous short fiction writer and blogger, Sara Brentyn, some time ago, in the bloggisphere, although I’m not sure where exactly, but I have a feeling it might have been through Charli’s Carrot Ranch flash fiction challenge, in which we both take part regularly. Sarah has started a new blog hop called MyContinue reading “#MyFirstPostRevisited Rereading #JaneEyre #WWWBlogs”

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#SilentSunday #Sixwordstory #sixwordstories If Life Deals You Oranges, Enjoy!

Sometimes life deals us sour lemons, and others we’re lucky enough to get sweet oranges, so let’s enjoy those wonderful moments and allow ourselves to recharge our batteries and embrace happiness. Perhaps next weeks’ lemons will be sweet, too! I hope you’re having a wonderful Sunday. Thank you for being there 🙂 My cameraContinue reading “#SilentSunday #Sixwordstory #sixwordstories If Life Deals You Oranges, Enjoy!”