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  • Spring cleaning

    Spring cleaning

    Today’s offering is all about wanting to spruce up.   Do you know how to use hair dye What happens if it marks the white grout That frames my tasteful grey tiling How would one start to get it out?   I used to get my hair done professionally I used to get eyebrows, nails,…

  • 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…

  • Two birds, one stone

    Two birds, one stone

    I’m lagging behind in my writing Well, that’s no surprise, you know me I’m stocking my shelves Please go help yourselves Stasherella is open to thee!!!!

  • Poet’s choice

    Poet’s choice

    Number 3…I’m enjoying this A poem can be a ditty if it’s light and sweet and short A useful thing when you want to pen random broken thoughts Or maybe you have too much on And life is chasing you Why then I’d choose a limerick And save on paper too

  • An ode to soft play

    Playing catch up…. Soft play is a misnomer It really tests your mettle A sea of screaming offspring Make you reach for the gin not the kettle My boys seem to love it They’re having a ball They shriek as they fly by Then stumble and fall Soft play is a trial That much is…