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iPanic brush teeth dress not tucked in knickers at the back unplug my hair straighteners lippy keys tissues cash i think i need a wee did i clean my...

We all know the saying, you wait ages for a bus, and then three show up at once. Well how many of you have boarded the third in line. I bet not many...

Food for thought.

My grandson had to create an imaginary creature for his remote English school work. In this exercise he had to describe the creature and explain its habitat and habits. This made me wonder what his two dogs, Packham and India, might make of it...

A soft-centred morning. The spongy surface of day, where ideas graze on crusts of past imaginings. New life flirts amongst old dreams, stirring cold...

Warning! Contains Latin with which I have taken a syntactical liberty. Although strictly speaking, the verb is generally at the end of a Latin period,this is merely a phrase. It means 'fear of death disturbs me' Image is by the 17th century painter Philippe de Champaigne, I don't think he'll mind me using it.

When a country boy met a city girl.

Ending a Story Cycle

in guano arriving aromas of all the world paint travel onto wistful winds human nostalgia chargrilled on hot coals as tiny skyward fingers follow...