Loss – Rereading Jane Eyre

#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The Sun Will Rise’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862. After darkest night Sun will rise on horizon Bringing light and warmth **** We cannot avoid dark nights, there will be one every day, as surely as the sun will rise. As the sun sets, the night gradually darkens untilContinue reading “#ThursdayPhotoThoughts ‘The Sun Will Rise’ #March2021 @Pixabay #Haiku #ThursdayMotivation”

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#Tuesdaybookblog ‘A Grief Observed’ by C. S. Lewis #BookReview #Memoir @Audible

This is a short and intense first person account of C S Lewis’s (1898-1963) emotional journey as a result of his beloved wife’s death. Lewis was a British writer, best known for The Chronicles of Narnia, who was professor of English literature at both Oxford and Cambridge University. From the blurb Written after his wife’sContinue reading “#Tuesdaybookblog ‘A Grief Observed’ by C. S. Lewis #BookReview #Memoir @Audible”

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#AtoZChallenge ‘F’ #NationalPoetryMonth ‘Funeral Blues’ #NPM17 #amwriting #poem

This year to celebrate National Poetry Month and to take part in the April A-Z Blogging Challenge, I’ll be posting two poems a day, one written by me and another poem written by one of my favourite poets. The title or first word of both poems will begin with the corresponding letter in the BloggingContinue reading “#AtoZChallenge ‘F’ #NationalPoetryMonth ‘Funeral Blues’ #NPM17 #amwriting #poem”

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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 7

This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch October 7, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a thief or a theft. Consider motives and repercussions. Is the act a matter of perception? Is it a daring maneuver or a desperateContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 7”

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Writing 101, Day Four: The Serial Killer. Loss.

Today’s prompt is: write about a loss. The twist: make this the first post in a three-post series. Write about a loss: something (or someone) that was part of your life, and isn’t any more. I didn’t want to get sentimental today. I’ve tried hard to write about loss in a positive way, but I’veContinue reading “Writing 101, Day Four: The Serial Killer. Loss.”