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God is, and is love
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A God at the heart of the universe, a love that is willing to serve us and bless. In person he came – not to...
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False Hope
Risking much for gain or loss on a superstitious toss; ‘Good’ luck fostering compulsion to a frequent repetition thus a strangling addiction slide to...
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Paid! Record Cleared!
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The fine was paid, the prisoner released, foreboding of incarceration ceased. Now free to leave, no...
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Fork Ahead!
DANGER! NO ENTRY! …Desire to peek … dabble and paddle … get back on the other track.
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For a while …
Her “will” was a “won’t” and her “won’t” was “I want”, but there’s safety in “don’t” and “No”, “Not now”, “Not anyhow” from loving parents with more...
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Evokes the warmth and
Posted on Fri, 22 Apr 2016
Evokes the warmth and relaxation and hum of a summer day, where so much is growing and fruitful and living anew. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Where the Bee Sucks
Thank you for the reminder
Posted on Tue, 19 Apr 2016
Thank you for the reminder that it is Parkinson's Awareness Week, and for the perseverance of the two of you, and your daughter's input and willingness in the background. As you say, the brain is such a complex organ, and there seem to be...
Read full commentPosted in Exactly What is Parkinson's, Anyway?
I've just noticed the 'Poetry
Posted on Sat, 09 Apr 2016
I've just noticed the 'Poetry Monthly' section, and so noticed this. You've packed a lot in cleverly. I don't agree with evolutionary assumptions, but in a now 'fallen/damaged' world the poor housefly does show us such a mixture of beauty and...
Read full commentPosted in Musca Domestica (Poetry Monthly)
Chock-full to bursting with
Posted on Thu, 07 Apr 2016
Chock-full to bursting with so much to think about, things to laugh about, things to appreciate of your struggles, be drawn back with you to happy memories of young-mother days (but long forgotten the struggles and insecurities of those times)....
Read full commentPosted in Not Quite Fern Hill (Poetry Monthly)
Maybe if you were trying to
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2016
Maybe if you were trying to inspire young artists and drew them in to look at that detail of the tree, and talked of the changes you'd observed over the years, maybe it would get them interested in drawing the whole with more understanding....
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Art
Hard work and nature-watching
Posted on Sun, 27 Mar 2016
Hard work and nature-watching (lovely to see lapwings) can be very refreshing and shake frustrations out. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in Not Just Any Sunday
I've been bouncing this off
Posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2016
I've been bouncing this off my son who's here at the moment and has just been doing a music PhD as well as teaching violin and piano, and composes. I think the substance of what he said is that electronic music would have to improve a lot in the...
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Enjoyed all the descriptions
Posted on Tue, 22 Mar 2016
Enjoyed all the descriptions of bulbs, and the planting, Tina.
How ironical it is that only entombment
Read full commentwill bring life to these shrivelled, brown beings; so reminiscent of 'unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and...
Posted in The Naming of Bulbs
Intersting tour for someone
Posted on Sat, 19 Mar 2016
Intersting tour for someone who has no awareness of modern art trends, but enjoys occasional local displays in cafes, library etc, and different pottery displays and ideas. I have a friend, who, a skilled painter, spends much time on art classes...
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Enjoyed the series of cameos,
Posted on Sat, 19 Mar 2016
Enjoyed the series of cameos, and especially the waves crumbling at the boy's feet, and the jet-skiers nearly being dethroned. Rhiannon
Read full commentPosted in At the beach
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