The "Brit a Day" series

What does a months-long parade of attractive British men have to do with fiction, you might well ask? These gentlemen have inspired some lovely scenes, part of the life I live in my head. Over time, some of these scenes reach out to one another and begin to form a story. For the present, each one of these pictures provides a writing prompt for me, a way to keep me writing with a sense of passion and narrative, even when the stories are not yet fully formed.



Sunday, February 12, 2012

A Brit a Day [#686]

Rickman contemplates the time.

I bought a watch with left-over Christmas money at a Japanese thrift shop I affectionately call the 99 Yen Store.  The watch devoured three changes of battery in less that two weeks--but I've been mulling over the advantages of wearing a broken watch [first brought to my attention by Eddie Argos some years ago]--when you are cornered by someone you don't wish to talk to, you can always be running late for another meeting.  A glance at your wrist, a look pleading for forgiveness...and you're off.

4 comments:

Lu said...

Does time ever contemplate Rickman, though? :)
Somehow, I think it does...

Jane is a said...

Question is, does Rickman feel our contemplation?

Jane is a said...

Lu, are you in Greece as we speak?

Lu said...

Yes, I live here. Sadly.