Thoughts are our tools #1linerweds
I wondered how many of us are in thrall to our thoughts. Scared of them, scared of their power. How they wrap up in our emotions and give them powerful form. I thought I would go into a little more...
View Article“I haven’t heard that before”
Young and Dumb As a youngster I lived in a street of terraced houses. We used to go the end of the block and throw a tennis ball at the gable end of the last house. The game was to get the ball to...
View ArticleExposure on a night out
Feeling a bit unwell after a night out. My significant other said : “It wouldn’t surprise me if we caught something from the other night. We don’t get much exposure these days.” “Ah, The diseased...
View ArticleHow do you get past writers block?
When I told my wife about my writers block she told me I should kill my darlings. I thought she cared about our children more than that. Happy wife,happy life as they say. I just go along with her as...
View ArticleThe words that got me fired
I never really got to be the best. I spent a lot of time hanging on the coat-tails of giants. At least I was in the same room. I was used to my ideas being overlooked, which is why I started my own...
View ArticleI invented One sided glass windows.
I’ve always hated flies. Depending on the type of windows you have The top opening ones are the worst. The flies get in but there is no way for them to get out again. One way glass – only one side is...
View ArticleLife is treasuring small victories while …
Slow Defeat Who doesn’t want to enjoy the slow defeats within a long life? Let death claim its single victory, while we take a thousand dances under the bright sun of delusion. Each moment another...
View ArticleEach of the following individual words is true #1linerweds
Each of the following individual words is true but I take no responsibility for the factuality of their combinations. Donald Trump The only truth left to us is in words. It is when we combine them...
View ArticleRead this and die -Word Bound virus alert
I’m worried. Ever since I hacked your devices, I’ve been watching. Not every day – I’m not crazy. Just now and then. To be fair it’s quite difficult looking at some of you. Worse than my cracked...
View ArticleThe joke that lasted through two world wars and beyond
This post was originally going to be called – Two paraphrases that lasted beyond the world wars. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde once is… However Oscar Wilde did say : The hardest thing to do is nothing at...
View ArticlePAULINE
Went for a short walk yesterday during the lockdown.We’re allowed a walk.Heard this shouting from a couple of streets over.People are even more annoying than usual, I find…Theres a six feet exclusion...
View ArticleDo you have a CB?
New Questions Everyone stood still at school until one thing happened. A new question arrived. Suddenly the playground came alive with excitement,but what was the question? ‘Do you have a CB?’ CB...
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As a flower asleep to her beauty,can only be beautiful, As each moment that blossoms must die, this peace of mind,that I’m trying to find is like lying back to question the sky. The beauty of each...
View ArticleRebellion and nothing
When I was younger my Nan always used to say to me : “Don’t hide your light under a bushel.” Like any rebellious teenager, I ran out to find any bushel I could. Nobody tells me what to do. I’ll show...
View ArticleIts not always the thought that counts
Consider a lily, part of an anniversary gift of flowers. I’m just like the Lily, I toil not and don’t spin much these days. Not since my days of playing dizzy ducks. Anyway,every 20 years or so I buy...
View ArticlePlappiness,Plappiness
I’m sure you’ve heard of a portmanteau word. Its a word based on joining two words together. Based on a travelling bag that had two separate opening parts. I’d like to pleasantly introduce being...
View ArticleSaying NO to bullies
I think back to my school days occasionally and this incident popped into my head. Something I’ve always wondered about. One thing a child knows,which can cause alacrity or anxiety is that, if youre...
View ArticleA potato,an egg and a left shoulder goofy.
I don’t know about you,but sometimes its difficult to know where to start. I have always been fascinated by the way people try and represent themselves in the best light. I often try and do the...
View ArticleThe hardest thing to do is nothing at all, Oscar Wilde
Some things you come across in life that are so obvious you immediately think “Why didn’t I think of that sooner?” Pascal said ‘Most of mens problems stem from being unable to sit in a room and do...
View ArticleThe joy before words
The road goes ever on and on Reading I used to read a lot, and every book I read, it was my ambition to read one without needing to look in the dictionary. I scribbled down each word on bits of paper...
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