RDP Saturday: SANCTUARY

Sanctuary. What do you think of when you read this word? That bolthole in the house or garden where nobody … More

RDP Saturday: EFFORT

Well, we’re into February now. Any New Year Resolutions you might have made may by now be distant memories. Time … More

RDP Saturday: FROSTED

Well, it’s all right for me, living towards the north of the Northern hemisphere. Of course I know about frosted … More

RDP Saturday: Cook

It’s gotta be done. We have to cook. Like it or loathe it, we all have to eat. What will … More

RDP Saturday: RIVER

I’ve always had this notion that a city isn’t a proper city unless it has a river running through it. … More

RDP Saturday: THREE

I’ve chosen ‘three’ as today’s prompt, because tonight and tomorrow, Spanish-speaking countries will be celebrating the arrival of the Three … More

RDP Saturday: ABSTRACT

Abstract: ideas, thoughts, images that are less than tangible. Abstract: a summary of a longer piece. To abstract: to extract or remove. … More

RDP Saturday – White

White washing drying on the line; white sands; white as the driven snow; white as a sheet; white lies; white … More

RDP Saturday – PLAY

It’s that time of year. Parents will be crowding into their offspring’s primary school, seating themselves awkwardly on small-child sized … More

RDP Tuesday: Rain

Here in Europe, Christmas is beginning to take over. Let’s take things back to basics, and consider the weather: rain. … More

RDP Tuesday: WALK

What’s it to be? A walk into the sunset? A long walk off a short pier? You’ll never walk alone? … More

RDP Tuesday: Broadcast

Were you, like me, brought up on listening the the radio? Or do you prefer more modern ways of communication? … More

Ragtag Tuesday: Past

This week, I’m suggesting a look at the past. The idea’s been prompted by the often sensitive recent coverage of … More

RDP Tuesday: Parcel

Parcel. It might be a present, or that useful thingummyjig that you ordered from eBay. It’s a unit of land. … More

RDP Tuesday: Dead

It’s that time of year again. Here in the northern hemisphere we’re busy sweeping up dead leaves, and dead-heading the … More

RDP Tuesday: Flag

Will you begin to flag as you lay the flags for your patio in the garden? Perhaps you should hang … More

RDP Tuesday: Serendipity

Serendipity: you know, that lucky chance. When you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. … More

RDP Tuesday – RUGGED

‘Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran’, runs the English tongue twister. My tastes too run to rugged rocks … More

RDP Tuesday: CONTRAST

Ah! The contrast between the shortening days of autumn, when the mornings are cool, damp and misty and the nights … More

RDP# Tuesday: MIGRATION

It’s that time of year. In our part of the world, many birds have long gone to their winter haunts … More

RDP# Tuesday prompt: CREPUSCULE

It’s getting towards the equinox. For us in the northern hemisphere it means ever-shorter days, with the crepuscule – twilight … More

RDP# Tuesday prompt: ORANGE

Here in England in summer, oranges were not the only fruit: apricots glowed on the greengrocer’s market stall, and peaches and … More

RDP# Tuesday Prompt: ENERGY

Energy: those small people in the playground; that compost heap promising vigour to the plants that will make use of … More

RDP# Tuesday prompt: Fair

A gentle fair maiden was going to the fair. ‘Well really’ her brother said, ‘That’s not fair.’ What dreadful doggerel. You … More

RDP 82#: YARN

Are you a spinner, a weaver, a knitter? No, me neither. But I am a blogger. So are you. Spin … More

RDP # 75: BLUE

Blue. Well, that leaves the field wide open. You can write about almost anything: show us almost what you like. … More

RDP # 68: PLAY

Well. You could write a play. You could show and tell about baby animals or children doing what they do … More

RDP# 61: PULSE

Pulse. That’s the word for today. Will it be your heart, rhythmically beating, perhaps thumping energetically because of disappointment, fear, … More

RDP # 54: Reflection

Time for reflection: gazing into a country pond; an urban plate glass window….. or simply pondering. What will you choose?

#RDP 47: CLOUDS

There seem to be many clouds on the horizon these days, at least from where I’m sitting in the United … More

RDP# 40: DAPPLED

Today’s word is a summery one. ‘Dappled‘. It’s sunlight and shade in mottled patches on a woodland path. It’s farm … More

RDP # 33: SERRIED

The jagged peaks of mountains marching off towards the horizon; a forest; birds crowded onto telephone lines; demonstrators in a … More