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]
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).
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 – … [Read More]
(14 Pauses) The Suitably Seasonal (≅ 878)
It’s almost always good to pause. I paused to look around me in December.
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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 … [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]
Dartmoor Voice (≅ 985)
Kim was pleased: a foul day up on higher Dartmoor and it was as deserted as hoped-for. Some real peace and quiet, at last, far away from anyone prying.
A … [Read More]
(50 Pauses) So She Left (≅1,483)
She had a cat called Sid and a husband named James; she would introduce them as “Sid, James”. In the main only older people got the joke though. Neither Sid … [Read More]
