Nature

Cataract

Over the years, I have heard of people having cataracts removed from their eyes. A young friend in her 60's is having hers removed this week. My...

"Brighter Than The Noon Day Sun."

I remember when I was going to night class many years ago and it was dark and very foggy. I didn't get very far, when the first bus arrived, the...
Cherry

Dragon-dinos

Under a carpet in Carlisle cathedral aisle a brass plate over a marble tomb (about 500 years old); engraved with a dog, a fish, a bird, an eel and two mythical creatures (it is said) — or are they? …Did Saint George kill a dinosaur?
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Above CravenArms 29/9/24

Bright September Saturday Lunch at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms: (Veggie lasagne and lemon and oat slice!) Then walk out over...

Seasons’ Round

Summer rose and harebells dancing, autumn … winter ,… spring … .
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A goatherd

The "Historical Site" signpost drags the car off the main road onto rock and grit which make the small rental car groan. In an effort to slow the...
Cherry

Visions Carried On The Wind

Sombre billows shed their weeping, pitter – patter teeters window pane; listening to healing descent of rain. In this quiet room where darkness...
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The Summer of '69

My memory is hazy And a little mazy, But was it so crazy, Or downright lazy, To lie in the sun, Watching that daisy?
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Wonderful.

I remember when I was 60, a friend told me, "Ring up and ask for your free bus pass," I rang up and was told, "It used to be 60, now it has gone up...