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Society does not value its artists ~ an examination of systemic contempt
Society does not value its artists ~ an examination of systemic contempt I made myself quite unwell over the last four days, gnawing at a festering sore of an issue without really understanding...
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Masquerade ~ who am I?
Masquerade. When I was young I could not see That there was any way to be The real person I am inside. It wouldn’t do; I’d have to hide. Now I see it is my task: Imagine life without the mask, To...
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A is for Aardvark ~ Close encounter with one of the world’s most amazing...
First view, sleeping beauties A is for Aardvark ~ Close encounter with one of the world’s most amazing animals My husband has long had a love for an unusual creature. Coming at the start of the...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer versus Edward Cullen
Some times the good faeries are listening when I come up with ideas. I visualised this scenario a few years back and look what some clever clogs did. Made me laugh till my sides hurt.
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Shoreline ~ a Poem of the seaside
Shoreline When the wind rages I share the shore With a few brave souls Driven from home By dogs or inner demons. We nod, curtly and pass, Silent, heads down. Today, the sun shines, The waves are mild...
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Guesting elsewhere today ~ the grit at the heart of the pearl
Today I have been given a rather wonderful guest posting at Thea Atkinson’s blog. Go and read. I am rather proud of this one…...
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Heyokah Blues ~ or the Cost of Being the Clown-Guardians of Society
Heyokah blues “When everyone thinks something is good, it becomes evil”- Lao Tzu, Chinese sage, fourth century BC Lest anyone think I am being pretentious quoting Lao Tzu, I should explain I found this...
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Roseberry Topping ~ a poem about conquering fear
Roseberry Topping (July 2006) The last time I stood here, I did not stand at all: I crouched, turning my back On the view I’d come to see, Fingernails seeking purchase On scarred beige rocks. This...
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Lost in translation ~ or the perils of being a teacher of English as a...
Lost in translation ~ perils of being a teacher of English as a foreign language. As regular readers may have picked up, one of my jobs is as a teacher of English as a foreign language; the summer...
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Drawing a blank
Drawing a blank Isobel Hunter had a five pound note and a handful of change to get through the rest of the week and it was only Tuesday. It seemed that she might pay the rent and the essential bills...
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The Magician’s Nemesis
The Magician’s Nemesis ~ I have a very special knack of getting things wrong sometimes. Really, really wrong. I sometimes unconsciously pick up on the underlying currents of relationships and somehow...
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The Longest Barrow
The Longest Barrow The fairies have reclaimed this place of oak and ash and thorn, Tentatively taking the mounded earth Where once the railway ran, Now stripped of iron and engines That once drove the...
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Sexy Beast
Sexy Beast Spring, you sexy beast, you’re back! Blowing hot and cold again, From pheromones and feathers fluttering, Pistils and stamens at it, Hammer and tongs, To nights that end in ice, Frosted...
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Méchant Loup
Méchant Loup The wolf-whistle cut across the cool evening air, shrill and insistent but the girl in red did not respond. Instead, her pace picked up as her shiny red shoes clattered along the path....
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The Aurochs in the Mist
The aurochs in the mist (October 6th 2015) It’s the print in the black mud, So fresh it steams and bubbles, Vast hoof-print holding water Like a dark clay vessel cupping The rain as it cascades off my...
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Things of Winter Beauty and Wonder: Advent Day Eight
Day 8 Red lipstick Perhaps this is one that is best suited to the female of the species, but I won’t judge you; if Johnny Depp can rock the whole kohl-around-the-eyes scene, I’m sure there’s room for...
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Gerhardt the Monster-Hunter
Gerhardt the Monster-Hunter Gerhardt’s obsession with the paranormal that led to him becoming a semi-professional monster hunter began when he was barely four years old. His eccentric aunt Grethe...
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L is for Lists
L is for Lists I like a list, me. Not useful ones like shopping lists where each item is carefully inscribed onto the back of an envelope; no, most of us know what we need when we go to the...
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Z is for Zen
Z is for Zen A quick scan of the internet shows that the definition of the word Zen is a troublesome one. The most basic, factual one is this: a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the...
View Article“The Idiot Brain” and me ~ a review and some thoughts
“The Idiot Brain” and me ~ a review and some thoughts Everyone likes a bargain, don’t they? When I was browsing the reviews of another book on the brain, a negative review of that book suggested that...
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