This week LindaGHill has set us the prompt Point for her #SoCs. Here is how it works. ‘Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “point.” Open a book on your lap, close your eyes, and put your finger on the page. Whatever you land on, whether it be a word, a phrase, or a sentence, write about it. Enjoy’
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Right book on my lap, eyes closed, po roll the pages plonk down the finger and…
“The second anniversary of the fall of the Bastille was nothing like the first.”
Where can I go with this, I have not read the book? It is not even my book it belongs to hubby.
The book is by Ruth Scurr and is called Fatal Purity, ( Robespierre and the French Revolution)
What does it mean to me…
Bring down the *Estates.
A Tanka
Times are a changing
Life needed rearranging
The three estates fought.
The clergy, nobles and poor
Old order to be no more
For years France was divided into three Estates. The First Estate was the clergy. The Second Estate was the nobles. The Third Estate was everybody else. As usual the first and second estates kept the third downtrodden, poor, hungry and abused. As always happens, eventually the Third Estate rose up and the French Revolution was born .
The Bastille was stormed on July 14 /1789 the rest, as they say is History 😀.
Nov 03, 2018 @ 05:17:20
You did well, Willow, without reading the book!!
Nov 03, 2018 @ 06:40:27
Well I knew it was about that period of history so I just wrote what I could remember from school history lessons.💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 06:45:34
Haha, good job, Willow. It worked perfectly! ❤
Nov 03, 2018 @ 06:55:21
Thank you Miriam, I have been left school for a long long time 😉
Nov 03, 2018 @ 21:21:00
Yes, people say you learn everything in high school. At least it covers all the basics before people choose majors in college, then the area of interest gets narrower… 🙂
Nov 03, 2018 @ 21:26:59
Yes indeed, though I never went to college or university 💜💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 22:28:49
Then you have everything you need. Some people went to college but found out that’s not what they want to do for work. ❤ ❤
Nov 03, 2018 @ 21:37:16
I left school at 15 and went into an apprenticeship as window dresser. The rest is history 😀💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 22:51:02
Experience is priceless, Willow. ❤ 🙂
Nov 03, 2018 @ 21:58:40
In the end it is 💜💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 22:36:04
Yes, Willow. Time can tell. ❤ ❤
Nov 04, 2018 @ 06:21:26
💜😀💜
Nov 04, 2018 @ 08:09:04
❤ ❤ ❤
Nov 04, 2018 @ 08:10:35
💜💜
Nov 04, 2018 @ 08:19:04
🙂 🙂
Nov 03, 2018 @ 07:24:46
Great take on the prompt sis 💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 08:34:46
I had to rely on my limited school knowledge from forever ago!! 💜💜💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 09:02:48
X 💜💜
Nov 03, 2018 @ 09:38:27
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Nov 04, 2018 @ 21:12:56
I feel like I should read this book, Willow. Well done on the poem and music choice!
Nov 04, 2018 @ 21:31:44
Thank you, Hubby started reading it last time we in France. I think I will read it too 💜