The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: quotes
Inspirational Quites
Do you sometimes come across a quote and think ‘yes, that’s exactly right.’? These aren’t those…. These are more likely to make you think ‘well, quite’. Those fluttery things at the ends of branches are called leaves because every year … Continue reading
Laugh And The World Laughs With You
I’m occasionally asked for a favourite quote or to join in a three day challenge. One quote by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is ‘Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone’. This is a little piece of … Continue reading
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Extracts From a Philosophy – Part Three
And so day three of the three day quote challenge. Up front I was a bit abrupt, rather ya-boo-sucking at the rules. I don’t mean to be churlish and I’m sure there’s no reason why they shouldn’t apply. I’m just … Continue reading
Extracts from a philosophy – Part Two
Here we are at day two of the three day quote challenge set me by Marje at Kyrosmagica – thank you Marje. Do go and have a dander. She’s lovely is Marje. Yesterday it was Kipling rewarding me with a … Continue reading
Extracts from a philosophy – Part One
Not everyone admires Rudyard Kipling, some berating him for what they see as his jingoism and empirical grandstanding. But to me he was a bloody fine poet who captured the essence of his age. He also brings back sharp memories … Continue reading
Three day quote challenge: day two
Judy at Edwina’s Episodes asked me to join this challenge and here we are, already at day two. I said, yesterday I wouldn’t nominate anyone I lied. I finger my brother, the Archaeologist who blogs at the Curious Archaeologist. Do … Continue reading
Three day quote challenge – day one
Judy at Edwina’s Episodes asked if I’d like to do a three day quote challenge. Yes, Judy, I’d love to. I’m not playing ball completely. I won’t post the ‘rules’, because I’m subversive like that. And I’m not really as … Continue reading
Christmas Travel
This is part of Colleen’s Writer’s Quote Wednesdays
Quotes and trees
This covers two prompts, both by Colleen at Silver Threading: Writer’s Quote Wednesday and Christmas trees from around the world – this being Surrey circa 1967 And then there was the time I took the fairy on the tree to … Continue reading
A Question of Perspective #writer’squotewednesdays #bewow
Sometimes you just have to see things from the other person’s point of view; I learnt that from my dad who always held the other person’s point of view in his discussion with me. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy … Continue reading
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