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  • Scrap Heap Challenge

    Scrap Heap Challenge

    Day 2’s second poem….an homage to using all your scraps up in the kitchen….the glamour!! Fairly loose leeks Kept in the fridge For weeks Brussel sprouts Crying to get out Of their brown bag And other swag From my unlovely shelves Are chopped And skinned And twinned With shining spices And flashing flavor Until we…

  • Rhyme time

    Rhyme time

    April again….Napowrimo! This one is about time and it’s value Foundations Every waking moment is different and unique It will never come back and we can never peek Backwards and relive our time It runs quicksilver gone But always leaves it’s legacy It’s echo and it’s tone. We may lose every minute yes But each…

  • Now

    Now

    I gave Younger an impromptu lesson in mindfulness today. We went to the shop and we bought some bread. Just baked. And it smelt wonderful. And I gave it to him to sniff and I said to him darling, this is what you have to remember. What does that smell make you feel like? And…

  • Knowledge 1

    Knowledge 1

    Discovery is an interesting concept. A tiny piece of knowledge, of information and your life can change beyond recognition. I woke up this morning and I looked on YouTube and read a video blog of somebody’s diagnosis of Parkinsons. Incredibly ,they got the diagnosis from standing start to full knowledge in less than 24 hours…

  • Certainty

    Certainty

    There is a very well-known saying that there Are only 2 certain things in life: death and taxes. Well, I have been exploring a related third certainty: the need to work in order to provide sustenance. There is a lot of philosophising around the ‘post work’ model of social structuring. Basically, as machines become more…