Sue’s #WritePhoto Prompt this week:
The pathway was empty.
A strange hush surrounded the area.
Usually the place was teeming with folk, women hurrying about their daily duties, fetching supplies from the grocery shop and market, sloshing the dirty laundry water out, dropping off, or collecting children from school. The men appeared in the mornings and then at around 6 pm, either on their way to work, or returning.
You wouldn’t see a woman out then. They’d be busy getting dinner ready at the table, a feast for their menfolk.
But today, just ahead, if you stepped forward, and looked beyond the arch, you could see them.
All the women surrounded a podium on the green.
A commanding figure stood on the stage, addressing the women.
“I have had a vision. It may not happen in our lifetime, but one day, we WILL be appreciated for all the hard work we put in. It won’t be just the menfolk who are applauded for bringing the money in, but us too.”
A snigger from the crowd.
She looked over to where the noise came from.
“I kid you not. There will be a time where we will step out and work alongside them, and sometimes, even do a better job! Yet we will still be that wife, mother, home-maker… It shall be for one day each year, and one day only, but on that day, we shall celebrate being female. A day devoted to women!”
“In her dreams,” whispered Deirdre to Agnes, “now I’m late getting the tea on… spouting poppycock and nonsense like that. She’ll spoil the young’uns, putting ideas into their heads… Really! I’m off!”
https://scvincent.com/2018/03/08/thursday-photo-prompt-arch-writephoto/
anuragbakhshi
Mar 13, 2018 @ 09:32:35
Thank God it wasn’t just a pipe-dream.
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Ritu
Mar 13, 2018 @ 12:57:53
Indeed!
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dornahainds
Mar 10, 2018 @ 01:59:19
Fantabulous.. 😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀
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Ritu
Mar 10, 2018 @ 07:52:24
Merci!
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Jennie
Mar 10, 2018 @ 00:23:48
Well done, Ritu!
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Ritu
Mar 10, 2018 @ 07:50:47
Glad you liked Jennie!
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Jennie
Mar 10, 2018 @ 12:19:11
🙂
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syl65
Mar 09, 2018 @ 02:07:53
Like looking back in time Sister!
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Ritu
Mar 09, 2018 @ 06:42:57
Precisely Brother!
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syl65
Mar 09, 2018 @ 13:31:54
Hopefully the momentum in these days will continue!
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Ritu
Mar 09, 2018 @ 18:12:47
Here’s hoping Brother! 🙂
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syl65
Mar 10, 2018 @ 03:46:17
Always hoping Sister! 😊
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Ritu
Mar 10, 2018 @ 07:52:44
Always! 🙂
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syl65
Mar 11, 2018 @ 12:51:32
😊
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willowdot21
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:40:22
Great take Sis 💜💜💜
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:51:00
Thanks sis 💜💜💜
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willowdot21
Mar 09, 2018 @ 07:35:45
Well it was just perfect Sis 💜💜
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Ritu
Mar 09, 2018 @ 08:07:04
💜💜💜
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Erika Kind
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:35:10
I am with Aimer! And that counts for everything. If there is equality, respect, compassion, and acceptance in this world, every day will celebrate life and all and everyone it holds.
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:50:49
True dat sis!
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Erika Kind
Mar 08, 2018 @ 20:06:30
💖💖
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Aimer Boyz
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:13:27
If equality ever really happens we won’t need an International Women’s Day !
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:14:40
That is very true. We are stillucky in the western world and 1st world countries but those in other areas are still so far behind with regards to equality.
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Aimer Boyz
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:24:08
We are definitely luckier in the Western World, but even here…who does the school call first when some little one runs a temperature? Not the father 🙂
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 19:50:15
That is SO true!!!!
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eloquentparadise
Mar 08, 2018 @ 18:40:23
The future is female.
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 18:41:12
Oh Yes!!!!!!
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OIKOS™-Redaktion
Mar 08, 2018 @ 18:16:30
Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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scr4pl80
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:57:29
Sometimes dreams come true! Great one, Ritu.
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 18:05:00
They can indeed Janet if we dream hard enough!
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Annette Rochelle Aben
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:44:34
❤
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:46:46
😍
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Akriti pandya
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:22:09
Amazing post 💛
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:23:24
Thanks!
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trentpmcd
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:14:45
Appropriate for International Women’s Day.
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Ritu
Mar 08, 2018 @ 17:23:17
I wasn’t sure what to write but this just kinda came out!
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