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Deliberate Fragments
Because life isn’t a neat and tidy experience. Where an entry has an entry similar to this - ≅ 878 - in the title, that shows its approximate length (words).
Problems. Causes. Fixes. Simple! (≅ 830)
Take the realities of climate change and a growing-out-of-control global population and stir well. Throw into the pot the more major problems that those two over-arching factors in turn create … (Read More)
Trust And Verify
They tested the triggers for nuclear bombs here. ‘We all have to be able to defend ourselves.’ Those few words or similar and that’s it – the common belief. It’s … (Read More)
Some Splendid Isolation
Alone. Noticing. Solitary, for a while. Aware that the day is the way it is. Aware that it ends. Aware that it might not be that way. Appreciating. Everywhere –“she … (Read More)
(14 Pauses) The Suitably Seasonal (≅ 878)
It’s almost always good to pause. I paused to look around me in December. ********** What would be suitable photos to accompany an English Christmas-New Year? Appropriate photos? And, indeed, … (Read More)
The Judges (≅ 1,860)
It was just another hotel for Anthony, on the side of an ‘A’ road and not far from Boston. Not bargain-basement but not expensive; its willingness to take a single … (Read More)
Colour Eyes ( ≅ 456)
Walking unhurriedly in an English summer garden. Tasty tea and classic crumbly cake consumed. A warm and bright day. Walking with a camera in my hand, even if only out … (Read More)
Perhaps A Beggar (≅ 436)
Perhaps I’m a delusional fool.Perhaps she isn’t actually poor.Perhaps she’d merely chosen to earn some spare change by singing Middle Eastern songs in the streets of England.Perhaps she needs to … (Read More)
So It Goes
In prison. Doing a stretch. Locked-up. Banged-up. In chokey. And so on. Call it what you like. What you call it changes nothing. “Make me an offer I can’t refuse”, … (Read More)
Jack Frost
With the cold comes Jack Frost, but relying on superstition and blaming Jack for winter is asking for too much cancelled disbelief; it grows ever harder to even suspend it. … (Read More)
