My View Today

My View Today

Have a thought? A flash of inspiration? What is your view today?

Pen a para-graphic - a picture painted with words. Let the world see what you see.

In no more than 100 words, the fewer the better – written or spoken or videoed or…whatever way suits you – say what is, “My View Today”.

Then voice it in the Coalshed at:

Email Address: voicesinthecoalshed@gmail.com

Dave Alton

(Writer in Residence at the Mining Museum)

From a Wellington Window

From our window, at a distance, is the sea. We walked there yesterday, a crisp winter’s day with the sun shining. We still move aside on the pavement, without thinking, to give space; we still carry hand sanitiser in our pockets; teddies continue sitting in our window. But now the playgrounds are noisy with children. We meet friends in cafes, buy beer and pizza at our local pub.

Outside our window, birds visit. The best thing about the last few months was birdsong. The traffic stopped and for a time we could hear the birds better.

Janis Freegard