Life with cats, and other things…
1735/4th March 2021 Perhaps listening to Russian choral music is not what I need to be doing at the moment, but it is so very lovely. It pierces the heart. The piece I am listening to is Tchaikovsky's Hymn of the Cherubim sung by the USSR Min. of Culture Choir. There is something about the … Continue reading Detective stories
My virus poem, be it ever so humble: Came a wee virus Out of the East Spreading its wings, Heading West, In its onward quest To slay the pest. Searching each cleft For another chest. “Nature called me out” I heard that virus shout. No colour of the skin, No search for kith or … Continue reading Virus poem
We need a plan. For a better way. To go forward after the sickness is gone. It must be done, if our planet is to survive. We must learn to live together, to tolerate those who are different. We should not force our ways on others, nor should they force theirs on ours. We need … Continue reading Questions
An awareness of someone else's upset, yesterday, distressed me and took away my resolve to write. It was nothing to do with me personally. It was another outrageous story of abuse via social media, that has become all too common. It seems there are a lot of vicious, unbalanced people out there. Which brings me … Continue reading Out-of-trim
This is the first image that popped up this morning when I went looking for inspiration. I found the original the other day when I was looking for something, which I seem to do about 12 times a day. The picture takes me back, all the way to November, 1983. It was still Burma then. … Continue reading Warning… 🙁 end…