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  • Lamb’s pride

    On the train, back from preston. I was 14 when I moved to Germany but its still my home town. I took some pictures of Avenham Park, a stunning homage to philanthropic industrialists. Our pandas particularly liked the Japanese Garden’s bamboo fence. As you can see. Nom, nom. I also had a lovely lunch with…

  • Clamshell

    This could be a serious one so skip if you’re wanting happy thoughts. Clamshell I’m ruminating, rather like a cow How It is That illness makes you insular Inwards looking Closed. You’d think you’d be the opposite Push it away Run far away And yet your focus drags back To your back Or your feet…

  • Hi wire days

    It’s not all doom and gloom here at Stitch towers. Tonight I saw the circus and loved it. Space to think too. That’s magic too.

  • The mystic one

    Flow Swans glide on sheet water Skaters swing past smooth as glass Friction. What’s that? Oh yes. I remember. Flow. That’s my nirvana. To lose myself in the task. To shake off dead weight thoughts And float. Calm and soft. Dousing could work. Of a sort. Feel my way, listen hard. Tremors are, after all,…

  • The serious poem

    The serious poem

    Well, it had to come up at some point. It’s Parkinson’s Awareness Week starting Monday. The campaign is focused on what it’s like to have PD – you can see more at http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/myshoes Here’s my take… Have you ever felt time slow right down? Seen yourself from afar and adrift? Left yourself, stepped away and…