Hmm, now that this place is running again, I guess I should tend to the beds a little.
I've long wanted to write something set in the Borders of England and Scotland at the time of the Reivers. Or, rather, a fictionalised version of that setting. Reading Gifts by Ursula le Guin recently, I was struck by how much her setting there mirrored my feelings about the Reivers. And how much of the story revolved around very human things. I loved it. It sparked my memories and made me want to write again.
Whilst trying to do a write-in, it's been since 2016 so I struggled, with a dear friend and proper writer (seriously, her novel carries so much power and journey just her telling me about it makes my head want to burst with the power of it) I ended up having an idea sleet and this was what popped forth - based loosely on an old exhibition in Carlisle's Tullie House on the Reivers, now long gone and forgotten. And, as ever, I barely stayed on the course I set for myself.
Once again, I use the amazing 750words.com to get some attempts at insight, they may help you decide whether or not to read on, I don't know.
Rating: PG (violence[?])
Feeling mostly anxious, and concerned mostly about family - this is nice, sort of what I was shooting for
Mindset: Extrovert - Negative - Certain - Feeling
Time: The Past; Primary Sense: Touch; Us and Them: Them
24 minutes at 44 words per minute