Thursday photo prompt "Once the ice was covering this ground, smooth, unchanging. Then the boulders were round still, and the humans nowhere to be seen. The world was young." You were reading my mind, but know better. You walked here, often, you and your tribe. Then there was no human eye to see … Continue reading Rift #writephoto
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Turning #writephoto
Turning Yesterday... We walked in this valley, under the burning sun, hand in hand, believing in the eternal summer. Yesterday, perhaps, more than you, my love, I longed for Autumn, and the fall of leaves. Did I believe Time had stopped? Did I believe Earth was flat, after all? Or was I inebriated, drunk … Continue reading Turning #writephoto
Cracked #writephoto
Inspired by Sue Vincent's Thursday photo prompt The ground was dry, it would be some days before rain fell again, perhaps longer. As we walked through the field we saw the small shell, among the debris of the last harvest: was it murder, theft or accident? You looked at me and said: "Just … Continue reading Cracked #writephoto
A reading of Seveneves
Seveneves, a novel by Neal Stephenson From times immemorial, we have dreamed about it, painted it on caves walls, written fiction and speculations, prayed for it not to happen: it is mankind's common nightmare, Armageddon, the end of our world, the end of our species. Will it be caused by our own misbehaviour, a … Continue reading A reading of Seveneves
Nadia Kamel: Salade Maison (Salata Baladi)
From Women Make Movies Egyptian filmmaker, Nadia Kamel was born in 1961 in Cairo, where she continues to live and work. The daughter of journalist parents with a long history of political activism, Kamel grew up in a house steeped in progressive politics and a passion for the arts and popular culture. She studied microbiology … Continue reading Nadia Kamel: Salade Maison (Salata Baladi)
Berlin, Stadt der Frauen #stadtderfrauen
Until 28 August the Stadt Museum exhibition, "Stadt der Frauen", offers in sound and pictures twenty biographies of talented, heroic, sometimes outrageous, human beings, who lived in Berlin, all women. As is the case almost everywhere in the world, it is mostly men who have written Berlin’s history. In politics, culture and architecture, they have … Continue reading Berlin, Stadt der Frauen #stadtderfrauen
Flow #TheDailyPost
Write a new post in response to today’s one-word prompt. We follow the stream of people, along the ancient road. The air is clear, the mists have lifted, we can feel the rays of sunshine on our skin. Sol, our star, is old, perhaps even older than our priests want to admit. Us, among … Continue reading Flow #TheDailyPost
#FiveSentenceFiction: Family
For Racheal He woke up, immersed in the low hum of the ship, secure and relaxed in the familiar cabin he shared with Anna: she was already up, probably busy in the kitchen. It was his birthday: every earth-year Anna would prepare a surprise for him specially for that day, last year it was the … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Family