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Town and country
Well, I’m typing away here with that old saying running through my mind… all dolled up and nowhere to go. I was supposed to get into town today, and thought I’d better make an effort to look...
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False colours
I’d been gardening all day and had nipped into town on the way back from a trip to the garden centre to pick up a few things, calling at one of the more up-market stores to look for a brooch to wear...
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The first lesson…
In the few weeks since I had last driven north the countryside has changed. The harvest is in, fields are scattered with bales of hay and the leaves are beginning to turn quite visibly now. Splashes of...
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The Journey of the Fool
Some ideas simply arrive fully formulated, coming out of nowhere, with no clues, no warning, and the first thing you know about them is when they come out of your mouth. Such was the whole stepping...
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A horseshoe nail…
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message the battle was...
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Learning to teach
Re-shared from The Silent Eye The two most beautiful women I know are Teachers. I use the upper case ‘T’ quite deliberately as they teach simply by Being who they are. One, on her own admission prefers...
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Soul-Calibre
Reblogged from The Silent Eye Utopia of the blessed from Soul Calibur “It’s like, imagine all the atoms in your hand… billions of them… they all have to move together to make it do this.” He wriggled...
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Eyes of a fish
After five hours of being stood upon, my feet ache and my back is not in the slightest bit happy. On the other hand, I did manage to catch a fish. This was not, I hasten to add, a mere dangling of rod...
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Book launch! Gorgon, the second volume of the WhipEye Chronicles by Geoffrey...
I recently had the pleasure of hosting a guest article by author Geoffrey Saign whose new book has just been released… GORGON WhipEye Chronicles Book 2 “WhipEye” Book 1, 2015 International Book Award...
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Rooted in the Land – Ancient marks
While there has long been an interest in the lives of our ancestors, until relatively recently that interest was largely limited to a small group of passionate antiquarians. Modern archaeological...
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A royal road to immortality
King Athelstan (reigned 924-927) the earliest known depiction of a crowned British monarch. Coincidentally, he has a red beard. Scanning the news, I came across a photograph of a red-bearded Prince...
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The Disease of Being Busy-from ALK3R
Reblogged from ALK3R: I saw a dear friend a few days ago. I stopped by to ask her how she was doing, how her family was. She looked up, voice lowered, and just whimpered: “I’m so busy… I am so busy…...
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Cave – from Jeanne at Seasons #writephoto
Reblogged from Jeanne at Seasons: A poetic journey of a thousand miles Cave Walking elegance, her heart padlocked, thoughts chained. Unearth the putrid and quiet the noise. Lying in inner turmoil,...
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Pause for Thought
For a good many years, my days have begun very early and ended very late. For most of that time, I have been working, whether it has been on the nine-to-five treadmill (which very seldom was just...
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A horseshoe nail
From the archives: For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For … Continue reading →
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Empty by The Urban Spaceman #writephoto
We dug into the ground with pick and axe, iron and steel biting into rich earth. We delved for everything which sparkled and shone. From the ground we tore everything precious, and some things which...
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Chain reactions
I caught myself singing while I was hoovering… ‘Give a Little Whistle…’, a song I haven’t heard in years. It comes from Disney’s Pinocchio and the more I look at the story as it is told in the film,...
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The Elizabethan age considered itself scientific, indeed the word ‘science’ was used to mean ‘knowledge’. The so called Age of Reason was a much later term applied by historians of science to...
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The pearl lace gouramis seem to think spring is in the air. While the female is looking fatter than usual, the male’s chest is brilliant orange and he keeps blowing bubbles. Gouramis build bubble nests...
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For a good many years, my days have begun very early and ended very late. For most of that time, I have been working, whether it has been on the nine-to-five treadmill (which very seldom was just...
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