{"id":9472,"date":"2017-08-21T12:39:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T01:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.com\/?p=9472"},"modified":"2017-08-21T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T01:39:51","slug":"weekly-photo-challenge-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=9472","title":{"rendered":"Weekly photo challenge: Distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s guaranteed to distract you?<\/p>\n

I confess that writing this blog post right now is distracting me from an otherwise engrossing translation project. But I can’t sit writing at the kitchen table all my life. Sometimes I have to get out and get down to the seaside to refuel. And there I’m distracted by small things on the sand.<\/p>\n

Strolling along a beach, heading for a rocky outcrop, I’m easily sidetracked by what lies in the drift-line. Mostly it’s broken shells, seaweed, stones, twigs and branches washed up by the high tide. But occasionally something catches my eye from a distance and I leave the water’s edge and head over to take a closer look.<\/p>\n

It could be a lost thing. Like a coloured water-ski rope. Somewhere in the Pacific, a water-skier is asking “where did that rope go?” Well, if you’re looking for it, it’s on the beach at Guerilla Bay.<\/p>\n

\"\"It could be two lost things. Like shoes. Somewhere along the south-east coast of New South Wales, a young girl is asking “where are my new runners?” Well, they’re on the mud flats of the Clyde River in Batemans Bay. Did they wash off the side of a boat? \"\"It could be a heart. Did someone lose their heart on the beach at Guerilla Bay? Because, well, I found one. Is it yours?\"\"The WordPress<\/a> people have asked this week for photos of our distractions.<\/p>\n

But enough of this blogging distraction. Back to the project.<\/p>\n

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What’s guaranteed to distract you? I confess that writing this blog post right now is distracting me from an otherwise engrossing translation project. But I can’t sit writing at the kitchen table all my life. Sometimes I have to get out and get down to the seaside to refuel. And there I’m distracted by small … <\/p>\n

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