My Stories
Biomimetics 2: “Shrilk”
First published on June 20, 2013 - 08:51 | 4 reads
Essential Sunshine and Showers (IP)
First published on June 15, 2013 - 19:30 | 47 reads
Zacchaeus (song)
First published on June 14, 2013 - 10:36 | 23 reads
Elusive Sleep (IP)
First published on June 12, 2013 - 21:52 | 48 reads
Beauty is …
First published on June 7, 2013 - 11:43 | 52 reads
Trickling trick
First published on June 5, 2013 - 10:17 | 30 reads
Peaceful Ramble at Skenfrith
First published on June 3, 2013 - 16:38 | 30 reads
Mind The Gap (IP)
First published on June 1, 2013 - 12:18 | 49 reads
Frustrations. (IP)
First published on May 31, 2013 - 10:57 | 53 reads
Forbearance
First published on May 28, 2013 - 10:07 | 37 reads
Extra Busy Parents
First published on May 23, 2013 - 12:23 | 49 reads
'It's time to complete your tax return...' (IP)
First published on May 17, 2013 - 16:54 | 44 reads
Painting with a,b,c, …
First published on May 10, 2013 - 11:24 | 15 reads
Poor Dad! (IP)
First published on May 6, 2013 - 11:07 | 53 reads
The Times they are A-Changing (IP)
First published on April 29, 2013 - 10:17 | 58 reads
Biomimetics
First published on April 26, 2013 - 11:10 | 41 reads
Jewels in the Tarmac (IP)
First published on April 23, 2013 - 09:24 | 54 reads
Watching Raindrops
First published on April 17, 2013 - 15:06 | 52 reads
Late Spring
First published on April 6, 2013 - 22:30 | 65 reads
Because of Calvary
First published on March 26, 2013 - 23:16 | 48 reads
To‘bottom’ing, at Caer* Caradoc (23:3:13)
First published on March 26, 2013 - 13:10 | 35 reads
Crucial World Events
First published on March 12, 2013 - 10:51 | 63 reads
The calm after the storm (IP)
First published on March 11, 2013 - 13:44 | 68 reads
Weakening Muscles and Mind (IP)
First published on March 6, 2013 - 17:36 | 137 reads
The Carer’s Respite (IP)
First published on February 25, 2013 - 20:22 | 83 reads
the Holiday Getaway! (IP)
First published on February 18, 2013 - 07:27 | 105 reads
Even on the dullest day …
First published on February 15, 2013 - 15:37 | 90 reads
(IP) 10, 20, 30 … 60 …
First published on February 11, 2013 - 11:18 | 78 reads
Shouting at God!
First published on February 8, 2013 - 22:50 | 51 reads
The tangible, and the intangible (IP)
First published on February 4, 2013 - 16:23 | 72 reads
Brr!! Woof!! and Penguins
First published on January 31, 2013 - 15:45 | 62 reads
Holywell Dingle in a Wet Winter
First published on January 28, 2013 - 15:54 | 49 reads
No more ‘junk DNA’
First published on January 24, 2013 - 11:13 | 85 reads
Pride and Prejudice (IP)
First published on January 22, 2013 - 22:41 | 148 reads
Sudden Snow
First published on January 19, 2013 - 01:17 | 88 reads
Scrabble Trouble (IP)
First published on January 17, 2013 - 11:02 | 89 reads
Bird-feeder Drama
First published on January 14, 2013 - 10:45 | 75 reads
Grown-ups missing Santa
First published on January 11, 2013 - 12:39 | 45 reads
Visit to Clun
First published on January 5, 2013 - 01:31 | 71 reads
New Year’s Day Tandem
First published on January 2, 2013 - 01:13 | 96 reads
From the east to the King-child in the house
First published on January 1, 2013 - 18:11 | 53 reads
A brown Christmas …
First published on December 28, 2012 - 18:04 | 74 reads
Cracking the …
First published on December 24, 2012 - 09:18 | 71 reads
Quiet at Christmas
First published on December 22, 2012 - 21:49 | 110 reads
Advent Step 9) The Birth
First published on December 22, 2012 - 13:44 | 49 reads
Advent Step 8) Announcement to the Shepherds
First published on December 21, 2012 - 09:27 | 46 reads
Advent Step 7) Announcement to Joseph
First published on December 20, 2012 - 15:11 | 48 reads
No Man an Island (IP)
First published on December 18, 2012 - 09:16 | 54 reads
Advent Step 6) Announcement to Mary
First published on December 15, 2012 - 17:03 | 39 reads
Advent Step 4) And he will be called …
First published on December 13, 2012 - 11:07 | 46 reads
Advent Step 3) Symbols
First published on December 13, 2012 - 11:06 | 42 reads
The Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder (IP)
First published on December 11, 2012 - 12:51 | 69 reads
Advent Step 2) ‘But you, Bethlehem, Ephrathah…
First published on December 8, 2012 - 14:57 | 42 reads
Advent Step 1)
First published on December 5, 2012 - 17:55 | 59 reads
The Day for Making Promises (IP)
First published on December 3, 2012 - 12:24 | 150 reads
‘Canta’ was a black Ford car
First published on November 29, 2012 - 17:19 | 78 reads
Unique (IP)
First published on November 28, 2012 - 20:23 | 114 reads
Living Tapestry
First published on November 24, 2012 - 16:46 | 112 reads
Is the grass greener ...? (IP)
First published on November 17, 2012 - 17:52 | 145 reads
Tree-line, rewindings
First published on November 13, 2012 - 10:47 | 123 reads
Hey diddle diddle … (IP)
First published on November 10, 2012 - 12:14 | 144 reads
"Priorities" Interrupt, Interfere … (IP)
First published on November 9, 2012 - 10:19 | 120 reads
The Skylarks Rise Again
First published on November 5, 2012 - 15:51 | 102 reads
“Looking after ’Ealth ’nd ’Appiness” (IP)
First published on October 27, 2012 - 09:37 | 133 reads
A clear autumn afternoon
First published on October 26, 2012 - 17:22 | 100 reads
Derby and Joan’s last Holiday (IP)
First published on October 20, 2012 - 09:55 | 134 reads
Elderly Worrier, and his Weary Wife
First published on October 19, 2012 - 13:51 | 85 reads
One autumn leaf (IP)
First published on October 16, 2012 - 14:49 | 90 reads
Leafy lifecycle
First published on October 11, 2012 - 21:50 | 100 reads
Perfect Rebuilds (IP)
First published on October 7, 2012 - 23:50 | 92 reads
Giving, and receiving
First published on September 30, 2012 - 22:31 | 68 reads
Night noises (IP)
First published on September 29, 2012 - 23:43 | 118 reads
A rioter’s hangover (IP)
First published on September 24, 2012 - 11:26 | 113 reads
A relaxed ramble
First published on September 22, 2012 - 20:53 | 75 reads
Self-absorbed
First published on September 20, 2012 - 22:03 | 72 reads
Principles from Psalms 1 & 2
First published on September 16, 2012 - 23:14 | 75 reads
Silver swish
First published on September 15, 2012 - 14:16 | 88 reads
Ugh! a slug!
First published on September 10, 2012 - 12:43 | 86 reads
Back to School!
First published on September 8, 2012 - 12:28 | 79 reads
A sweet or sour end?
First published on September 6, 2012 - 20:18 | 77 reads
One small step = one giant leap, his mother knows (IP?)
First published on September 4, 2012 - 19:15 | 75 reads
The specks in whose eye?
First published on September 2, 2012 - 22:02 | 97 reads
Cloudy Word-play (IP)
First published on August 31, 2012 - 10:42 | 135 reads
Inconveniences
First published on August 27, 2012 - 20:52 | 106 reads
Cloudy Cameos (IP)
First published on August 25, 2012 - 11:02 | 147 reads
When they wanted to drown the Ceiriog valley
First published on August 23, 2012 - 17:08 | 113 reads
Beauty on a Dungheap
First published on August 15, 2012 - 09:30 | 104 reads
The Hare and the Tortoise (IP*)
First published on August 13, 2012 - 09:15 | 116 reads
Harebells
First published on August 10, 2012 - 17:27 | 110 reads
The Disregarded Landlord
First published on August 3, 2012 - 19:58 | 112 reads
Co-operation (IP)
First published on August 1, 2012 - 10:03 | 136 reads
That early morning cup of tea
First published on July 31, 2012 - 09:55 | 155 reads
Impetuous Tongue
First published on July 27, 2012 - 21:43 | 180 reads
of armchair maps, pocket maps, and sat-navs (IP)
First published on July 23, 2012 - 17:30 | 140 reads
Mma Makutsi desires a husband
First published on July 18, 2012 - 16:29 | 104 reads
Cloudy Issues (IP)
First published on July 16, 2012 - 22:16 | 115 reads
Dandelion heads’ bouquet!
First published on July 12, 2012 - 10:18 | 131 reads
The Wood-Wide Web
First published on July 10, 2012 - 21:43 | 139 reads
Awesome?
First published on July 6, 2012 - 15:09 | 168 reads
Words lost in a tide of ink! (IP)
First published on July 4, 2012 - 09:39 | 120 reads
A glimpse of life in the fast-lane
First published on July 3, 2012 - 09:42 | 138 reads
Woodpecker’s shock-absorbers
First published on June 28, 2012 - 22:15 | 134 reads
The Elephant’s Trunk
First published on June 27, 2012 - 22:15 | 139 reads
Looking after Jimmy, next door
First published on June 25, 2012 - 20:20 | 102 reads
Walking on the Dyke, above Knighton
First published on June 23, 2012 - 08:41 | 133 reads
Garden Bindweed
First published on June 19, 2012 - 08:54 | 172 reads
Free Speech – annoying, hurting?
First published on June 18, 2012 - 12:08 | 103 reads
Calls of Wisdom and Folly
First published on June 17, 2012 - 14:40 | 115 reads
Footpath through a Herd!
First published on June 15, 2012 - 12:32 | 149 reads
Floods
First published on June 14, 2012 - 12:24 | 117 reads
A 2-year old’s Birthday Perplexities
First published on June 9, 2012 - 09:37 | 139 reads
An outing for Gran
First published on June 6, 2012 - 20:55 | 102 reads
"The Shard" — by London Bridge
First published on June 1, 2012 - 19:39 | 236 reads
Rabbits! (IP)
First published on May 26, 2012 - 14:13 | 128 reads
The pattern of our love
First published on May 25, 2012 - 16:02 | 153 reads
The love of God
First published on May 25, 2012 - 15:59 | 147 reads
Aber Mawddach*
First published on May 23, 2012 - 10:12 | 115 reads
Truth Revealed
First published on May 20, 2012 - 10:24 | 113 reads
Evening Light after Rain
First published on May 17, 2012 - 12:22 | 144 reads
I’m Bertie the bus! (IP)
First published on May 14, 2012 - 09:54 | 100 reads
I’m no good at cooking while talking (IP)
First published on May 11, 2012 - 11:03 | 162 reads
Woodland blue
First published on May 10, 2012 - 10:49 | 109 reads
The Celts are used to it! (IP)
First published on May 3, 2012 - 10:14 | 117 reads
Near but far (IP)
First published on May 1, 2012 - 15:25 | 136 reads
Duty and pleasure
First published on April 30, 2012 - 16:10 | 131 reads
City in the rain (IP)
First published on April 28, 2012 - 15:07 | 126 reads
A train journey
First published on April 28, 2012 - 14:30 | 108 reads
From a window
First published on April 18, 2012 - 08:40 | 147 reads
Mma Ramotswe’s Little White Van (IP)
First published on April 16, 2012 - 10:19 | 142 reads
Too clever to see (IP)
First published on April 11, 2012 - 13:53 | 166 reads
Grandchildren staying (IP)
First published on April 9, 2012 - 10:28 | 128 reads
Resurrection facts
First published on April 8, 2012 - 09:46 | 118 reads
Barabbas
First published on April 7, 2012 - 21:49 | 125 reads
A foretold gamble
First published on April 7, 2012 - 10:47 | 113 reads
Why ‘Good’ Friday?
First published on April 6, 2012 - 16:46 | 109 reads
Upon the cross …
First published on April 6, 2012 - 08:32 | 106 reads
The Sign on the Cross
First published on April 5, 2012 - 11:11 | 138 reads
Judas Iscariot, thief
First published on April 4, 2012 - 08:38 | 122 reads
He died while young …
First published on April 2, 2012 - 10:11 | 130 reads
Springing Back to Life — nature (IP)
First published on March 31, 2012 - 11:02 | 145 reads
Springing Back To Life, so (IP)
First published on March 31, 2012 - 10:48 | 124 reads
Lesser Celandine
First published on March 28, 2012 - 17:09 | 116 reads
The Weasel (IP)
First published on March 24, 2012 - 17:58 | 141 reads
Creeping past the equinox
First published on March 21, 2012 - 22:24 | 159 reads
Daffodil Bands
First published on March 17, 2012 - 22:00 | 140 reads
A Frenzy of Envy (IP)
First published on March 17, 2012 - 10:30 | 145 reads
Worn down Mum
First published on March 13, 2012 - 17:19 | 153 reads
Rags to Riches (IP)
First published on March 10, 2012 - 18:37 | 165 reads
A gorse seed
First published on March 8, 2012 - 15:45 | 133 reads
The Defeat of the Archetype (IP)
First published on March 3, 2012 - 21:52 | 129 reads
The purple emperor butterfly
First published on February 28, 2012 - 17:50 | 152 reads
I’ve always known best … (IP)
First published on February 27, 2012 - 21:53 | 145 reads
Cultivate or Strangulate (IP)
First published on February 20, 2012 - 11:16 | 149 reads
Hafren* Forest and the Source of the Severn
First published on February 17, 2012 - 18:33 | 131 reads
What is a church?
First published on February 17, 2012 - 11:17 | 156 reads
Car journey, Sat 2/2/12
First published on February 11, 2012 - 21:24 | 144 reads
What if love was banned … ? (IP)
First published on February 11, 2012 - 19:36 | 151 reads
Pussy Willows
First published on February 10, 2012 - 16:25 | 163 reads
‘The day I forgot my pin …’ (IP)
First published on February 3, 2012 - 22:58 | 185 reads
If you had all power …
First published on January 31, 2012 - 18:07 | 163 reads
Nant Gwrtheyrn, and the Goldcrest
First published on January 30, 2012 - 17:23 | 236 reads
Kyre pools
First published on January 29, 2012 - 01:07 | 192 reads
On Aging Loss, Fractured World
First published on January 23, 2012 - 11:30 | 155 reads
Mother’s love, not smother love
First published on January 17, 2012 - 18:07 | 178 reads
Letter from the war (Part 2)
First published on January 12, 2012 - 22:54 | 165 reads
Snowdrop
First published on January 9, 2012 - 15:35 | 166 reads
January trees
First published on January 4, 2012 - 11:33 | 144 reads
Backing up!
First published on January 2, 2012 - 17:22 | 143 reads
1 January, again
First published on December 31, 2011 - 18:47 | 141 reads
The Stretched Generation
First published on December 29, 2011 - 15:34 | 152 reads
Joy to the world …
First published on December 24, 2011 - 18:23 | 157 reads
A letter from the war …
First published on December 19, 2011 - 12:05 | 146 reads
From right outside this universe …
First published on December 19, 2011 - 10:49 | 174 reads
Three-year old helpers
First published on December 13, 2011 - 23:10 | 169 reads
December shopping
First published on December 12, 2011 - 09:48 | 168 reads
Quirky Meadow Saffron
First published on December 10, 2011 - 10:52 | 156 reads
before it was too late …
First published on December 2, 2011 - 12:28 | 160 reads
0 BC, 0 AD, 0 CE – Chosen Moment
First published on November 30, 2011 - 21:19 | 171 reads
The favourite Psalm
First published on November 26, 2011 - 22:03 | 176 reads
Rural and Urban Night
First published on November 24, 2011 - 11:05 | 150 reads
of crickets and grasshoppers …
First published on November 22, 2011 - 14:17 | 160 reads
We too will be old one day
First published on November 19, 2011 - 22:46 | 151 reads
‘Rhiannon’ (IP)
First published on November 17, 2011 - 21:28 | 177 reads
Remembrance Sunday, and remembrance Sundays
First published on November 13, 2011 - 18:26 | 156 reads
November Severn, and its Queen Swan
First published on November 8, 2011 - 11:37 | 182 reads
Soggy November Day
First published on November 7, 2011 - 20:31 | 139 reads
Fireworks (IP)
First published on November 7, 2011 - 09:44 | 164 reads
Nearly three – “You can’t see me!”
First published on November 2, 2011 - 15:53 | 157 reads
At motorway services (IP)
First published on November 1, 2011 - 12:40 | 144 reads
Wigmore Castle
First published on November 1, 2011 - 12:32 | 152 reads
Freedom, from a life in pieces
First published on October 31, 2011 - 11:13 | 155 reads
Martin Chuzzlewit
First published on October 25, 2011 - 15:32 | 170 reads
Creepy-crawlies
First published on October 24, 2011 - 21:37 | 167 reads
Power can corrupt (IP?)
First published on October 20, 2011 - 17:28 | 173 reads
The Great Delusion
First published on October 19, 2011 - 20:31 | 204 reads
A sunlit autumn walk
First published on October 17, 2011 - 17:30 | 169 reads
Ants
First published on October 14, 2011 - 17:34 | 183 reads
Communication – thoughtful language, not just words (IP)
First published on October 10, 2011 - 19:46 | 187 reads
Freedom!
First published on October 7, 2011 - 17:06 | 291 reads
On prematurely awaking from a car-nap
First published on October 5, 2011 - 14:16 | 169 reads
The exact time is … (IP)
First published on October 3, 2011 - 11:32 | 191 reads
Conkers
First published on October 1, 2011 - 18:02 | 232 reads
Truth
First published on September 30, 2011 - 14:09 | 196 reads
The ups and downs of an 8 ft. neck
First published on September 23, 2011 - 22:51 | 200 reads
Hurricane Katia’s tail-edge
First published on September 17, 2011 - 15:02 | 194 reads
Sowing and Reaping
First published on September 8, 2011 - 17:22 | 224 reads
Trumpkin meets Aslan (from Prince Caspian)
First published on September 5, 2011 - 13:42 | 182 reads
View from Stac Polly, (Stac Pollaidh) (IP)
First published on September 3, 2011 - 21:18 | 221 reads
Welsh prounciation, simplified?
First published on September 1, 2011 - 17:55 | 211 reads
Along the Cat's Back
First published on August 26, 2011 - 16:05 | 252 reads
If I lived my life again … IP
First published on August 22, 2011 - 10:30 | 221 reads
"It's just coming out as doggerel …"
First published on August 18, 2011 - 20:05 | 206 reads
Communication overload
First published on August 15, 2011 - 10:31 | 395 reads
4 Life-spans
First published on August 11, 2011 - 21:13 | 226 reads
Brecon Beacons Climb
First published on August 2, 2011 - 11:20 | 245 reads
Queen Wasp's thoughts … during early May
First published on July 28, 2011 - 14:34 | 256 reads
Building Philosophical houses of cards
First published on July 21, 2011 - 17:10 | 222 reads
Seals
First published on July 12, 2011 - 12:25 | 445 reads
The Limitations of Science to study the past
First published on July 8, 2011 - 20:59 | 293 reads
You can’t recall gossip
First published on July 5, 2011 - 14:57 | 370 reads
Chosen Isolation
First published on July 5, 2011 - 14:45 | 371 reads
Is verse a ‘pretty’ thing …
First published on June 27, 2011 - 12:06 | 251 reads
Chapter 14 The Solution Materializes
First published on June 23, 2011 - 16:35 | 250 reads
The Great Wren Escape
First published on June 18, 2011 - 16:08 | 242 reads
How many molecular switches in your brain?
First published on June 15, 2011 - 20:24 | 232 reads
Today is the Day of Pentecost
First published on June 12, 2011 - 14:42 | 240 reads
Central London
First published on June 9, 2011 - 11:16 | 228 reads
Today is called ‘Ascension Day’
First published on June 2, 2011 - 14:11 | 273 reads
Mysterious Lichens
First published on May 31, 2011 - 19:12 | 268 reads
Seashore
First published on May 28, 2011 - 20:22 | 306 reads
Beauty: vast and tiny
First published on May 27, 2011 - 16:50 | 270 reads
‘You do not know on what day your Lord will come.’
First published on May 25, 2011 - 14:31 | 284 reads
Back-seat kids!
First published on May 23, 2011 - 11:18 | 360 reads
Chapter 13 Banished, but then return to wait …
First published on May 20, 2011 - 16:58 | 224 reads
Chapter 12 A place to enjoy, but disobedience
First published on May 20, 2011 - 10:45 | 224 reads
Caring Restraint!
First published on May 16, 2011 - 12:21 | 301 reads
'Let's Start Again'
First published on May 14, 2011 - 19:53 | 400 reads
Chapter 11 Rescue and ingratitude
First published on May 6, 2011 - 16:01 | 237 reads
Tandeming down the Herefordshire lanes …
First published on April 28, 2011 - 12:37 | 249 reads
Easter Sunday
First published on April 23, 2011 - 17:08 | 351 reads
Good Friday
First published on April 21, 2011 - 17:13 | 299 reads
Maundy Thursday
First published on April 20, 2011 - 17:32 | 333 reads
Palm Sunday
First published on April 16, 2011 - 11:16 | 549 reads
Primroses
First published on April 15, 2011 - 19:00 | 291 reads
Chapter 10 Family troubles, family preservation
First published on April 14, 2011 - 11:25 | 255 reads
Lady’s Smock (Milk-maids or Cuckoo-flower)
First published on April 11, 2011 - 20:56 | 456 reads
Biochemistry
First published on April 9, 2011 - 09:12 | 285 reads
Honey Ants
First published on April 6, 2011 - 16:27 | 304 reads
The poor, happy goblin
First published on April 5, 2011 - 11:28 | 349 reads
Is it a butterfly or … ?
First published on March 31, 2011 - 21:59 | 489 reads
Moschatel, or Townhall Clock (Adoxa moschatellina)
First published on March 28, 2011 - 12:30 | 301 reads
Chapter 9 Increasing ignorance, the Owner brings light
First published on March 25, 2011 - 17:38 | 251 reads
Monnow Valley – early spring
First published on March 22, 2011 - 12:06 | 471 reads
The Male Mandarin Duck!
First published on March 18, 2011 - 17:30 | 325 reads
Chapter 8 Dispersed
First published on March 16, 2011 - 21:50 | 247 reads
Disasters
First published on March 14, 2011 - 21:28 | 331 reads
One hour with the twins
First published on March 14, 2011 - 21:14 | 306 reads
Chapter 7 New Start
First published on March 7, 2011 - 20:50 | 318 reads
Chapter 6 It couldn't go on like that
First published on March 1, 2011 - 12:13 | 272 reads
Chapter 5 Solution planned
First published on February 22, 2011 - 12:48 | 289 reads
chapter 4 Perfection Poisoned
First published on February 17, 2011 - 20:55 | 467 reads
Chapter 3 The wardens
First published on February 16, 2011 - 20:51 | 307 reads
Chapter 2 Skill makes the physical
First published on February 16, 2011 - 18:09 | 302 reads
chapter 1 No Matter
First published on February 14, 2011 - 21:39 | 333 reads
