Author Archives: Sally Beeson

No11 #365 #TaleIn10

Images through the spyglass.
(Secrecy, confidences, a never-ending silence.)
Mirroring.

Today’s posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No10 #365 #TaleIn10

With a haughty swagger he left the scene. Responsibility none

Today’s posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No9 #365 #TaleIn10

Old friends, rekindling their pact, begin nature’s timely challenge. Ageless.

Today’s posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No8 #365 #TaleIn10

The track no longer bridged the ravine.  A traveller’s imaginings

Today’s posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No7 #365 #TaleIn10

The bees had returned. Their Journey could begin. A connection …

Today’s posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No6 #365 #TaleIn10

As Zephyrus blew wet kisses, despondently, she began to swell

My posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No5 #365 #TaleIn10

As voices reached a crescendo, close harmonies ripped through worlds.

My fifth posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No4 #365 #TaleIn10

Slow, gentle across those tracks. A treacherous cliff edge. Oblivion.

My fourth posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words

No 3 #365 #TaleIn10

Rosa Parks-inspired, he makes a stand; he begins to breathe.

My third posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words made on the anniversary of the birth of a much-celebrated lady

I did agonise over this one.  I mean, does a hyphenated word become a single word or does it still count as two words even when hyphenated?  I decided to add the second “he” as I’d used a hyphenated word and then, well, should I have added another hyphen between Rosa and Parks, potentially making it nine words? Oh, it’s a quandry. In the end I settled for it as it is. After all, these are my own rules!

February cold is here

So that surely is a great time to get writing and crafting and telling. Perfect time for cosy fireside tales, quiet reflection and dark and magical enchantments. Time to recall the stories from childhood – who told what and to whom …

When I was young my Grandfather used to tell me a story about Paddington. No, not the bear. He would tell me about the station and all the different trains that visited – their distant journeys and their exotic passengers and the quiet corners of the station that cosseted its secrets and allowed those who wished, to hide from their fellow travellers. London seemed such a long distance and time away back then.