Small stone: Brighton beach

The world turns slowly orange as the sun slides down the sky and slips into the cold waves with a hiss. 


photo by the Prof

small stone 7/7/11: raindrops

The garden is silent except for the quiet plinking of raindrops dripping off the leaves.

small stone 6/7/11: cherries

My favourite cherries, forgotten, went mouldy in the fridge. We drove for an hour to buy them from the farmer.   

small stone 4/7/11: bee

Through my viewfinder, a bee.
My camera too close he rises, buzzing.
I wait while he circles my head, once, twice,
settles down on the lavender and resumes his task. I watch 
from a distance.

small stone 3/7/11: predictably English

Soft, sweet scarlet against rich, creamy white. Wimbledon on TV. 

small stone 2/7/11: Trails

Contrails crossing overhead - sky kisses. 

small stone 1/7/11: fleeting reunion

I dreamed of my beloved auntie, terribly missed for eight years. She appeared, hugged me and I woke, smiling. It was enough. 

River of Stones

I find often the days go by in a kind of blur. I get up, shower, dress, do whatever is screaming at me most loudly that day, and then all of a sudden it's evening again and I find myself  wondering how yet again my day got away from me.

I am looking forward to joining in with the July River of Stones project. I am hoping it will help me to pay better attention to the world.

I know it's not July yet, but here's a small stone for today. 

Breathing in the bubbling sounds and smells of chicken soup in my kitchen, true comfort food.

Small Stone Blogsplash – we need your help…

Kaspa & Fiona have taken over my blog for today, because they need our help.

They are both on a mission to help the world connect with the world through writing. They are also getting married on Saturday the 18th of June.

For their fantasy wedding present, they are asking people across the world to write them a ‘small stone’ and post it on their blogs or on Facebook or Twitter.

A small stone is a short piece of observational writing – simply pay attention to something properly and then write it down. Find out more about small stones here.

If you’re willing to help, we’d love you to do things:

1) Re-post this blog on your own blog any time before June the 18th and give your readers a chance to hear about what we’re doing. You can simply copy and paste the text, or you can find the html here.

2) Write us a small stone on our wedding day whilst we’re saying our vows and eating cake, post it on your blog, and send it to us.

You can find out more about our project at our website, Wedding Small Stones, and you can also read our blog at A River of Stones.

We also have a July challenge coming soon, when we’ll be challenging you to notice one thing every day during July and write it down.

Thank you for listening, and we hope we’ll be returning from our honeymoon to an inbox crammed with small stones, including yours.

Kaspa & Fiona