It has been way too long since I wrote anything in here and I plan to rectify that. I'm going to try to post extracts from my daily...

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I've written the following about how I used to view life: He's a loner they say He can be witty and turns a decent phrase Can keep folks...

There was a young fellow from Ware Who flung a Sprout up into the air It brought down a pigeon Or maybe a wigeon I don't know because I...

This latest lock down malarkey has set me to thinking about what would happen if I was to get ill. I live on my own and I'm entirely...

Hyperbolic Bloviation: (to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy) Hyperbolic bloviation, talking Rubbish all day long. Standing there like...

Noises: So, it’s ‘oof’ whenever I stand up And ‘ahh’ when I drink my tea Don't forget 'aroosh’ when I’m sneezing and ‘Urgh’ when I wake...

Koselig has been described as a feeling of cosiness, intimacy, warmth, happiness, being content. Norwegians use it to embrace the winter...

It's a cold and windy afternoon in late September, which sounds like a good opening line for a short story that I think I'll write when...

I have over the years been blessed with good neighbours. I have had the odd unpleasant one but by and large the people I've lived next to...

I’m lost: She’s still in her nighty for heavens sake, why will she not get dressed? We should have been on the road an hour ago, we’ll be...

A Memory A man and a boy, his son, heading down the steep hill Towards the harbour at its foot. The boy, eight or nine maybe, perhaps...

Very trying, some might say but that's not important right now. I was thinking last night that I haven't been putting enough effort into...

Many Questions of Love Walking down this cul-de-sac of love A dead-end or a destination? Who knows? Will you turn around unfulfilled?...

Love in a dream I fell in love in a dream last night. Enfolded into a warm embrace. As I slept, someone, half recognized Came to me and...

Winter Draws On What’s that you say? Winter draws on? The nights are cutting in, Each day darkness falls a little earlier. Imperceptible...

Custard: Good home-made custard is a joy A smooth and sensuous blanket Coating the pudding of your choice Snuggling bananas in its...

This is not necessarily a reflection of my current mood. Circle of Gloom: Every day it seems like you are in a holding pattern of gloom...

Waiting for an idea, any idea, for a poem to come into my mind can be frustrating. What I should do is let my subconscious do the work...