Disconnected – No longer on the planet

“…And I’m floating in a most peculiar wayAnd the stars look very different todayFor hereAm I sitting in a tin canFar above the worldPlanet Earth is blueAnd there’s nothing I can do…” “…Ground Control to Major TomYour circuit’s dead, there’s something wrongCan you hear me, Major Tom?…” (Extracts from ‘Space Oddity’ by David Bowie)   […]

The Good Life – This old jalopy keeps on going

this old jalopy keeps on goingwith rubber bands and string and suchbut climbing up the steepest hillscan sometimes be a bit much so take it easy, won’t you please?can often be the commandas if I had another choiceno matter what the demand there may still be a willbut there’s no longer a waythe brain suggests […]

We Had – All that we needed

we hada shilling for our meter,coal for our fire and paraffin for our lamps we hadwellies for our toes,gloves for our fingers and hats for our ears we hadporridge for breakfast,broth for dinner and mince and tatties for tea we hada chain for our toilet,tin for our bath and a geyser for our water we […]

Balanced Tulip Glass – Water continues on

I have a tulip-shaped glasswith some water from the taplike a tree with its sap many rivers have dried-upand lakes have come and gonebut life-giving water continues on the river often slowswith challenges round the bendas it yawns and stretches to its end many changes in this lifebalance hard to findbut outcomes mostly kind my […]

Living The Reality – On relationships

be honest and truebefore saying ‘I do’love who you wantdon’t listen to “can’t”and if, with more than one,be equal with everyoneif one plus oneresults in three or morethen commit for lifeeven if shown the doorchildren are foreverregardless of the weatherand any distance apartjust consider it from the startthen, if you separatedon’t leave it to fatestay […]