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William Shakespeare

The Meeting ~ Ironic Circumstances ~

16/8/2014

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JACK TRUMPS QUEEN
By John Yeo
 He’d gone to that well daily for the past five years. It was only today that fate would lead him to meet her there. An elderly lady dressed in worn out clothes, that could be described almost as rags. Yes, the rags and tatters of a poor lifestyle. No amount of mending and making-do would ever bring them back to their former glory.
An aged lady, very refined and gentle in her mannerisms, revealing a very well to do past that had suddenly changed radically.
The lines and wrinkles embedded in her face were the clues that age, and the corrosive cares and worries, brought on by the shock of losing a very close, strong support in her life was taking a deadly toll.
Unnoticed by the many thirsty visitors to the well, who came to quench their thirst and to draw water for the animals, the lady sat on the ground and seemed to be sitting, waiting.
He watched as she was totally ignored, in the rush and bustle of people drawing water from the well. Then suddenly a smile beamed across her face as a child brought her a refreshing cup of water, it was as if the sun had suddenly appeared. “Thank-you!” she exclaimed!
I heard later that her husband had been an infamous dictator in that very small part of the world, she had enjoyed a fabulous lifestyle that ended suddenly with his death by execution. Now shunned and ignored by all, her family scattered and in hiding, she was reduced to begging and she was slowly fading away. A sad ironic shadow of her former days spent in the reflected glory of a powerful king.

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100 word challenge ~ “TALE” ~

11/8/2014

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THE TWIST IN THE TALE

 Jim and his pals sat around the camp fire telling stories until late into the night. Jim started talking about the ghostly fable of a mad wizard who haunted these woods murdering then leaving the dead behind for fun after casting spells over his bloody work. Jim muttered some incomprehensible words, there was a crash of thunder, lightning flashed, then darkness.  Four blood-soaked bodies were discovered in the cold light of the following day. One solitary survivor was left to add a twist, and tell his gruesome tale over and over again. Feasting on his magical blood-soaked words of despair.
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The edge of the frame~ Waterfront, River Mersey Liverpool

18/5/2014

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We often take  photographs of perfect strangers.
Go to your photo library take the first picture you come to with a stranger in the frame and tell their story.

ON THE RIVER MERSEY WATERFRONT, LIVERPOOL
by John Yeo

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This photograph of the waterfront of the River Mersey  shows the famous Three Graces, three beautiful buildings . On the  left is the famous Liver building, home of the Royal Liver assurance group. Liver refers to the two liver birds perched on each end of the building. Rumour has it that if one of the liver birds ever flies away, Liverpool would no longer exist. The other two architectural “Graces” are the Cunard buildings and the wonderful Port of Liverpool building.

 I snapped this picture using my iPad when Margaret and I took a short train ride from Manchester, when we were visiting our daughter Helen, in May.

On the edges of the view of the buildings there are quite a few strangers bustling around the waterfront.

Take the four young women in the foreground, they look like office workers on a lunch break, rushing back to work. They could be four friends on a visit to the city of Liverpool chasing the past and searching for memorabilia of the famous rock and roll stars to take home for their parents.

  The interesting young lady with a shoulder bag in the front of the picture is going to be the subject of my story. I will call her Marina, a very well liked person, out for lunch, with her three friends, all students from Liverpool University. Marina is studying History with a view to becoming a teacher , she is in her final year and is fascinated by the architectural wonders around the waterfront. Enjoying the company, the sunshine, a wonderful lunch with her friends, Marina is well aware that her student days are ending and the harsh stressful reality of teaching in a modern school, will soon set in.

Then the winning lottery ticket was purchased and her life did alter. ~~~

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