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On Water xiii
a pause to reflect it was here that fate pushed me I’d to cross a bridge ~ n.b. Time and tide and all that. Choices, decisions, life goes on. ~ CLP 23/04/2021 →
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Around Midnight
timing was never more important than opportunity when hungry we ate out, or would grab something maybe just an amuse-bouche at the bus shelter, a first course perhaps irrespective of weather because hungry is no respecter of climate we always ate together we rarely went without without in sun, the rain, the snow until naturally →
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On Physical Distancing
Who’ll help cut me free? Held back by self-defences. What is the damage? ~ n.b. Someone? Anyone? ~ CLP 27/03/2021 →
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L3 (Day 76): Holt
Are these people showing off about not having Covid, or has the local sub-editor got a sick sense of humour, riffing on the vulnerability of olfactory and gustatory senses in these coronavirus times? Here, there is a growing feeling of cabin fever mixed with de-mob happiness. Is the prima donna yet ready for la grande →
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On The Beach
These amongst others Mother of pearl and sandstone Everything but you ~ CLP 22/03/2021 →
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L3 (Day 75): Back at Square One
A year ago I came here to take refuge; it changed the direction of my life. Tonight I am back here again, but without the self-doubt, without the fear of the future. Thank you to everyone I have shared this year with, particularly my elder sister, without whom I would have been somewhere else. ~ →
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L3 (Day 71): The Waterfront
This hulk retains buoyancy despite it all, but to what end? Is remaining afloat enough? Is there still life in this wreck? ~ CLP 18/03/2021 →
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L3(Day 70): Underground
While we stumble around up here, the moles are busy churning through the soil, turning up the earth into little mounds of fine tilth as they go about their usual business. Meanwhile I try to remember what usual business might mean; try to maintain a balanced perspective; try not to create insurmountable mountains from the →
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L3(Day 68): On Screen
It was disarming to see my friend online today after so long. The voice I know. The face, so recognisable. The smile, more beautiful than I could remember. ~ CLP 15/03/2021 →
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L3(Day 64): Uncharted Territory
It has a name, but where the hell are we heading? And how’d we get here? ~ CLP 11/03/2021 →
Journey of Words 