Thursday photo prompt Reaching this corridor had taken time, and my companion and I were exhausted. When was the last time human beings had visited these walls? We had to decipher puzzles, and pick complicated locks. We had lost our way many times, fearing to fall through some traps, and crash down to deep … Continue reading Web #writephoto
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Sign #writephoto
Thursday photo prompt She read the legend under the picture: "the image shows a clouded sky beneath a full moon. There is a wordless sign showing only a pointed hat, of the kind often worn by wizards…" How strange she thought, how and when had they managed to take this shot? The full … Continue reading Sign #writephoto
Taco for breakfast #3TC
Three Things Challenge: PL17 Today’s prompt: kangaroo, light bulb, taco It was one of these mornings! But don't ask me why... The kitchen light bulb popped out, the crazy poster of the kangaroo seducing the dormouse fell on the floor... and she, who must be obeyed, got up in a foul mood... Hence me, writing this … Continue reading Taco for breakfast #3TC
Controversy #SaturdayPrompt
Inspired by https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/controversy/ "No, you won't do that, and as you well know, if you did, you'd be on your own!" The statement sounded pretty final, so I stayed silence: from then on I'd have to demonstrate I understood where I stood, in the order of things. And I did. So we are, in a state … Continue reading Controversy #SaturdayPrompt
Pick your gadget #DailyPost #WritersWednesday
Your local electronics store has just started selling time machines, anywhere doors, and invisibility helmets. You can only afford one. Which of these do you buy, and why? "Really, I don't know what you would do with a time machine!" she said, laughing, "even without one, you creep back on the past all the … Continue reading Pick your gadget #DailyPost #WritersWednesday
#VisDare 114: Prepared #WritersWednesday
On this far-away horizon we fly, age-old balloonists, at peace. I long thought, in the moonless nights, reading, dreaming, of those eons ahead of us - the universe 's infinity, the long journeys, our transformation, progressive, imperceptible, on the shores of time. Old-fashioned I am - we are - in the eyes of the past centuries, albeit not … Continue reading #VisDare 114: Prepared #WritersWednesday
#AtoZChallenge2015: Képi
Ah, le sable chaud... This incomparable military hat evokes La Légion, Jean Gabin, and so much of French lore, cinema... and military disasters! "The kepi (English pronunciation: /ˈkɛpiː/ or /ˈkeɪpiː/) is a cap with a flat circular top and a visor (American English) or peak (British English). Etymologically, the term is a loanword of the French képi, itself a re-spelled version of the Alemannic Käppi: a diminutive form of Kappe, meaning "cap". … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge2015: Képi
