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On Losing (9)
Is it unthinkable that you and I might never remain in contact? ~ CLP 10/12/2020 Read more
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Snow Angel
When we spoke And you told me you were away In the mountains Up to your knees in it I could imagine you Flopping back and flapping Your arms to sweep the snow Into shapes of wings I smiled and thought of you Lying with me On decking in sunlight By Lac Leman That first Read more
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Tier 2 (Day 10) Caistor St Edmund
Much warmer today, but the heavy rain promised threw me a dummy by returning when I was miles from the city. I had stopped at a miniature mobile coffee stand at the top of a long slope. I bought a mince pie and large tea when the temperature began to drop and the rain came Read more
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On Losing (8)
Big Pharma profits will have to take a back seat to humanity ~ n.b. Intellectual property rights and patents are all very well, but as with HIV, not worth the paper they are written on if used to hold a gun to the heads of the poor, or inhibit production of effective vaccines for Covid-19. Read more
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Tier 2 (Day 9) Norwic
Who added the ‘h’ to Norwic? East Angles were happy to keep the name for this entrepôt in the north of their kingdom to six letters. Sometime along the way the ‘h’ was added. Down in Sussex there are many places with the “wick” suffix, (e.g. Gatwick: goat market). So a little difference between Angles Read more
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The Trouble With Cake
I can hear it trapped in the tin crying “Release me from my misery” Reluctantly, I must if only to have some piece. ~ n.b. I am learning not to cook stuff just for something to do… CLP 10/12/2020 Read more
Journey of Words 