The night time, heralded by the quick sinking of the sun behind the western ranges brings a sharp coolness that dovetails into cold at which point the moths break out and flap towards the lights when the stillness of the evening gets too complacent.
Looking to the south one can see the continuing summer of Italy
The loneliness of the long distance training deliverer (and other stories)
I was not engaging with them and this was my fault. I can usually break through barriers but sometimes the frustration gets a grip and once my mood drops it’s hard to ‘keep the dressing room’.
{im}perfect is as good as it gets
I was picked up in a seedy bar by a dominatrix called Madame Stoicism. In no time at all she signed me up and ever since then I’ve been an almost committed
Reflect inside and laugh aloud
the treasure finder’s feeling of triumph of discovery. Somewhat like the detectorist that pulls up a Roman coin, much of the pleasure lies in the secrecy of the find. There’s the feeling of picking up a personal message from the past. Like looking up at a blinking star and knowing that its explosion came and went many thousands of years ago and, as the viewer, I’m experiencing a message from a private history.
Peace of Mindfulness Part 1
The good news is that because I kind of knew this would occur my regret is dampened and my anxiety is with the aid of a few legal chemicals, maintained at a low level.
Snakes & Ladders in the medical sense
She told me ‘we’re a surgery, medical tests is what we do’. This was not delivered in a rude or sarcastic way but I felt like all the doctor was doing was sending me for tests rather than coming up with a fix.
“Take my good side”
Many of us have written diaries. It’s not a new thing and if the plethora of available January-December diary/notebooks is anything to go by, is something that still has a market. Entries in your daily diary are very different from what you might put on a Facebook timeline because they are not private.
‘Ouvre le chien’: Bowie / Blackstar, Mercury and Crimson Moon (part 3 of 3)
He had depth that went beyond the visuals and the melodies. The music was varied and the lyrics seemed deep and meaningful. The PR machine was straight into action in letting us know he borrowed writing techniques from the likes of William Burroughs and this soon added to Bowie’s mystique and credentials as an artist and not a ‘mere’ pop star.
Six Nil: Under control and not so bad.
Women were a deep mystery to me as I grew up. I either avoided them or over-killed (myself) with them.