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Time

Posted on April 15, 2018 by crispina kemp

Time, Time, racing past, I want my life to last, to last. Time, O Time, slow for me, Let my life be hurry-free, I want to spend some time with me. Time, Time, where did you go? You were too … Continue reading →

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Pretty, By The Way

Posted on April 14, 2018 by crispina kemp

Persistent mist kept me in all week. So my entry for the #2018picoftheweek comes from the previous week’s country crawl. It’s one of my favourite wayside flowers. But too often by the time my camera finds it, the birds have beaten … Continue reading →

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Druidic Gold

Posted on April 8, 2018 by crispina kemp

Of course, we all know mistletoe was sacred to Druids. But if, like me, you’re thinking of that green stuff we hang in strategic places at Yuletide, you might be mistaken. I came across this on Thursday (5th April) Amazing, that one … Continue reading →

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Calm Comes the Day

Posted on April 7, 2018 by crispina kemp

A poetic title for my photo in this week’s 2018picoftheweek #2018picoftheweek Challenge

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Inspiration Called Today

Posted on April 1, 2018 by crispina kemp

For my fellow Plot Bunnies at Camp NaNoWriMo Inspiration called today. You were not here, You’d gone away, Gone away to distant isles Where inspiration hangs on trees And you can pluck it from the breeze. Inspiration called today You … Continue reading →

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Asaric Tales e-book Update #5

Posted on April 1, 2018 by crispina kemp

End of the month, time for an update. And, oh, what a lot I’ve learned this month. Prime of which is that this project is going to take an aeon longer than first I’d thought. But, to work through this … Continue reading →

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Negative Space

Posted on March 31, 2018 by crispina kemp

Norfolk is famous for its flint-built churches, and for the flush-work that spreads patterns across the church walls. Here it adds interest to the porch of Blickling parish church. The ornamentation of this church predates the Boleyn family residence at … Continue reading →

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Beyond Imagining

Posted on March 31, 2018 by crispina kemp

Around her, a myriad of glowing orbs blink into being. Thousands. Millions. Unimaginable numbers. A sphere for every living being: every bird, every person, all beasts, all fish, every individual tortoise, every scorpion and blood-sucking leech, all bats, all beetles, … Continue reading →

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By Blickling

Posted on March 28, 2018 by crispina kemp

The weather being fair on Saturday, I hauled on the walking shoes and hopped on a bus, then on another bus. The intention was a circular walk, from Aylsham—the one-time centre of the Norfolk wool industry, now a quiet market town—and … Continue reading →

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A Patterned Platform

Posted on March 24, 2018 by crispina kemp

Once upon a time, a train line ran from Norwich, westward through many a Norfolk village. Laid in 1882 by the Midland and Great North-Western Railway, M&GNW was better known to the locals as the Muddle and Go Nowhere Line. My … Continue reading →

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