• on sleep

    take it when you canor it will take you by stealth‘sneak preview of death’*~ n.b. Beware micro- sleep. It may mean you miss a slice of a TV show, or worse than that, a bend on the road. Sleep gets us all in the end. *From Dr. John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street CLP 19/08/2024 Read more

  • on Saturday

    special place to bein sunny southern weatherwith friends and family~ n.b. Fratton Park looking as good as it ever has. CLP 17/08/2024 Read more

  • on time

    Straw bales litter fieldsJackdaws stalk exposed stubbleMist rises from soil~ CLP. 15/08/2024 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    Enticed from bunkerTo unfamiliar landVenus flytraps close ~ n.b. The sense in pushing into Russia, rather than sitting like ducks in a bombarded home, is understood. The further from home that the Ukrainian forces push the greater their exposure to risk. It seems that Russia may be more vulnerable to a counter-attack than previously thought, Read more

  • on light

    dappled, thick, heavyshadows lengthen as Earth turnstension of storm clouds~ CLP 13/08/2024 Read more

  • on heat

    In the treesShaded by leavesThe cool cloak of birchA havenGentle tremorsBend of boughAs a pigeon lifts offStill up for itWhateverThe weather~ CLP 12/08/2024 Read more