Red Car, White Car, Brown Car, Green.

Posted on January 21, 2019 by crispina kemp

radium springs ga

Jamie looked at the road: endlessly long, featureless, boring. Like her life. She looked down at the river. Turbid. Like her head since her mother died.

She patted her jeans back-pocket; heard the crackle of the blister pack. She patted her purse, heavy with her father’s gun. She looked over the parapet.

Which way to go? Let the traffic decide.

Red for the gun. White for the sleeping tabs, prescribed, never taken. Brown for the river.

The next car was green.

Wordcount: 81

Written for What Pegman Saw

 

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Sunday Fungi: Con-Textured Skittles

Posted on January 20, 2019 by crispina kemp
Skittle-shaped fungi

A probable dapperling: 11th October 2017

Not sure of the species, but I’m thinking possibly a dapperling. Just get a peep at that textured stipe. Wow. That and the cap, a bit of a giveaway.

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An Englishman’s Home …

Posted on January 19, 2019 by crispina kemp

They do say an Englishman’s home is his castle. Seems this chap has raised his drawbridge and issued a warning.

home sweet home

Message received: photo 8th October 2018

#2019picoftheweek challenge: Home Sweet Home

For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  see MariaAntonia

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CCC10: Bread for My Dickie

Posted on January 17, 2019 by crispina kemp
hill cresting cp

Crispina’s Creative Challenge

Up the hill, set to the side,
Is a camp, a gypsy camp.
To there this morning I dare
To take my Dickie fresh baked bread
To show my love that I care.

Just after I took this photo I met with a woman leading a horse, a gypsy cob. According to my grandfather, a horse breeder and dealer, these were ‘dickies’, though I think that’s just a generic Norfolk term for a horse.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #10

Posted on January 16, 2019 by crispina kemp
hill cresting cp

CCC10

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN

Here’s how it works:

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope, and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
If you tag it #CCC others should be able to find it by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN.

Details of the photo are given, if relevant, below this line

A back-lane at Caister-St Edmunds leading to the second-highest place in Norfolk (Upper Stoke) and at a measly 100m asl, it’s still not very high. Photo 14th February 2017

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Surya’s Golden Castle

Posted on January 14, 2019 by crispina kemp
mumbai

Photo: Google Maps

Surya stood back to admire his work. ‘Imagine it gilded, roof and wall.’ A residence suited to Yama and Yami.

He cast a glance at the other sand castles. Nah, none equalled his.

Written for What Pegman Saw. Mumbai, India.

 

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Sunday Fungi: Fungi the Younger

Posted on January 13, 2019 by crispina kemp
common puffball 1

Common Puffball: Photo 11th October 2017

The awfully common Common Puffball in a form less often seen. Young, newborn. It loses its spines as it ages. (I’m sure that reminds me of someone.)

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Freddy the Fourth

Posted on January 12, 2019 by crispina kemp

The weather being such, I satisfied my need to click with a wander around my room, camera in hand. What had I there photo-worthy? Ah, yes. Freddy the Fourth and his historical books.

Historical

Freddy the Fourth and his historical books: Photo 9th Jan 2019

#2019picoftheweek challenge title: Historical

For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge  see MariaAntonia

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CCC9: The Sweeping Tide

Posted on January 10, 2019 by crispina kemp
cromer under sea

Crimson’s Creative Challenge

The sweeping tide’s high
Sand and stone beneath the sky
The shrinking beach lies

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #9

Posted on January 9, 2019 by crispina kemp
cromer under sea

CCC9

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN

Here’s how it works:

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope, and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
If you tag it #CCC others should be able to find it by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN.

Details of the photo are given, if relevant, below this line

The tide runs high on Cromer beach, North Norfolk Coast

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