Posted in Writing on May 4, 2020| 2 Comments »
I have been blogging for three years, and one unexpected result from following other bloggers has been the inspiration (and the courage!) to try new forms of creative expression. Here is what I have so far: A Video First: “Cape Elizabeth: 1962” (Video Poetry) A Fiction First: “Beware the Ides of September” (Ghost Story) Finding […]
Posted in Writing on May 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Writing on April 26, 2020| 1 Comment »
Synchronicity. Serendipity. A kindling of the imagination. I am scrolling down the myriad programme options on my TV menu when I see a documentary called, ‘Pipers of The Trenches’ and immediately press the record button as it unites my interests in History and Music. Resolving to watch the programme later I punch the play button […]
via Mark Knopfler : Piper To The End — The Immortal Jukebox
#ThomHickey #ImmortalJukebox #MarkKnoffler #DireStraits
Posted in Writing on April 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
On the 5th June 1944 Margaret McAlpine Bell Macaulay married Flight Lieutenant J.A. Forde DFC who was a Master Bomber with the Pathfinder Squadron. Quite apart from being a mum to four and a wonderful wife to my hero dad, my mum was a hero too.
Unlike Dad’s logbook detailing his flying in WW11, I have no record to refer to Mum’s experiences in the WAAF. The only time she ever mentioned the war she told me she started smoking while sheltering in an underground station, with hundreds of others, as bombs rained down during the Blitz of London.
My husband and I applied (on her behalf) for and received the medals Mum was entitled. I wish we’d been able to show our pride when she was alive.
#AnzacDay2020 #CorpMMBMacaulayWAAF #WW11Heroes
Posted in Writing on April 15, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The novelist Alexander McCall Smith and the actress Helena Bonham Carter have both offered to cheer up lockdown-stricken readers of The Sunday Times.
McCall Smith has written a poem, below, in honour of health workers who are risking their lives to help the sick.
The Scottish author has two daughters who are doctors working on the coronavirus front line. “Now we have come to realise that all about us there are heroes,” he said. READ THE FULL ARTICLE AND HEAR HIS POEM
Posted in Writing on April 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »
My little grandson Bodhi just loves this clever series… highly recommended.
#TingaTingaTales #BodhiLoves #Children’sSeries #AnimatedSeries
Posted in Writing on April 11, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I remember reading his book when I was young and have never forgotten the ending… so tragic and so full of the Africa I knew. If you haven’t read it – I recommend you do.
#BooksOnAfrica #JohnGordonDavis #BOOK:HoldMyHandI’mDying #AfricanWriters
#ZimbabweUDI #TheRealAfrica
Posted in Writing on April 11, 2020| Leave a Comment »
This is my man and I, in COVID-19 isolation!
Had forgotten this one too…
Sketch by Frances Macaulay Forde © 2020
Freo Doctor
Fluffy
birds paused
full-fronting the sea breeze.
Two wanderers grip fine wire,
then gone.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2014
#Poem:FreoDoctor #FrancesMacaulayForde #FrenchCinquain # SeaBreeze #TwoBirds #Poetry
Posted in Writing on April 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I have been spending a lot of time over the last few years, while I was away from here, sorting through my late father’s photographs. They bring me all over Ireland and to some other European countries. They bring me more pleasure than I could ever describe and I hope that there are still […]
via Secret Places — SOCIAL BRIDGE ~ Jean Tubridy connecting with you from Ireland
Posted in Writing on April 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Jetty Supposing at a certain time there is a jetty, suppose it is never used or necessary, suppose no one is permitted on its hardwood boards and no angling allowed not even if it’s autumn, certainly not utilised further into winter to spring and the middle of summer when there’s sufficient stocks of lively silver […]
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