develop positivity when you write your 3 best events of the year Between Christmas and New Year At the time I write this, we are in the ‘dog end’ of the year; the period between Christmas and the New Year. It is a time when you tend to look forward to the coming year and…… Continue reading 3 Best Things of Your Year (how to have more positivity)
Category: Personal
Finding a Place Alone in a Busy World
It struck me the other day that many of my photos seem to emphasise places to be alone in a busy urban environment. I’m not talking about loneliness but more solitude or somewhere for yourself. A place to be yourself, do or think what you want; a place for yourself rather than shared, or invaded, by…… Continue reading Finding a Place Alone in a Busy World
Love in a City (a poem)
You may recall that I recently explored my attic and found a folder full of poetry from my teenage years. Here is another of those poems. Once more it is a ‘dark’ image; as so many of them seem to be. Again, it is crap but it is my crap. Love in a CityThe silver…… Continue reading Love in a City (a poem)
Snowflakes Fall (a poem)
What a delight it has been for me, if not for you, to have found many of my old poems. The other day, I climbed up into the attic in search of some poems I wrote when I was still a schoolboy. I was not certain that I still had them but I thought I…… Continue reading Snowflakes Fall (a poem)
The Poetry Workshop
The other morning I went along to a poetry workshop, it was the first I had ever attended. Being my first, I was unsure what to expect. This is what happened. … We met in the cafe of an old theatre. There were seven of us in all; four I had met before, two new…… Continue reading The Poetry Workshop
I Once Wrote Some Poems part 2
I handed my poetry to my English teacher… It was two weeks before I got it back. I had expected red marks and comments on each poem, I had expected some grade, some pointers, some advice. Instead, all I got was; “Thank you for letting me read your work.” I’m not sure if that was…… Continue reading I Once Wrote Some Poems part 2
I Once Wrote Some Poems then Suddenly Stopped
When I was younger, I wrote some poems, received praise and had them published. Then I suddenly stopped. This is the story … I blame my English teacher at school. He was responsible for starting this all off. When I was fifteen or sixteen and still at school, our English teacher gave the class a…… Continue reading I Once Wrote Some Poems then Suddenly Stopped
What Does Your Coffee Cup Say About You?
Do you know what this is? Of course, you do; it’s a take-away coffee cup. Yet. It is not any ordinary coffee cup, it is a Starbucks coffee cup. Furthermore, it is not just any old Starbucks coffee cup, it is a Starbucks Reserve coffee cup. This cup says a lot about me. It says…… Continue reading What Does Your Coffee Cup Say About You?
Today is a Great Day to Be Alive
*This post was first published on Medium in September 2017 Photo by Ed Maughan on Unsplash Today has been a day when you feel glad to be alive. I awoke quite early, though still later than usual, and witnessed the first fog of the season. I noticed how strange it was that the grey-white mist…… Continue reading Today is a Great Day to Be Alive
So It Starts
The year starts with both the wife and me nursing physical injuries. Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash For me, it is a gammy knee, which started back in November. For the wife, it is a bad back which we suspect may be sciatica. The doctor at first thought my problem might be a damaged meniscus…… Continue reading So It Starts
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