tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16714750643548824012024-02-20T17:18:27.178-08:00Trip to Ultima ThuleSandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547539967767233597noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671475064354882401.post-2558180559541362402011-11-11T06:11:00.000-08:002011-11-11T06:12:54.951-08:00A leaf on Putney HeathIt is 6.30 on a crisp autumn evening. The air, still warm despite chilly gusts of wind that announce the coming front of cold weather. <br /><br />The rose evening light gives everything around me a dreamlike palpable quality, as if I were surrounded by marshmallows. <br /><br />I walk. My eyes wander towards a virile tree in front of me. The branches, heavy with leaves, invite me closer. A single leaf stands out. It’s large. Stretched out like a man’s hand. It is a noble dark green colour. Through the middle of the leaf run veins of blood.<br /><br />As the evening light shines through the leaf I see the blood haemorrhaging out into its fragile green flesh.<br /><br />As if I hoped to save it from a certain death, I reach out and pick it, plucking it neatly with a small snap from the tree. <br />Today, on Putney Heath, a leaf died.Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547539967767233597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671475064354882401.post-51141351189248515742011-11-11T06:07:00.000-08:002011-11-11T06:10:34.577-08:00What is Ultima Thule?The term Ultima Thule in medieval geographies denoted any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world". <br /><br />In this blog I will always be striving to go beyond the borders of my known world through my writing. <br /><br />I will be posting things I have written both for my degree and in my own time. <br /><br />Comments, opinions and criticism are always welcome :)Sandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547539967767233597noreply@blogger.com0