Category Archives: shopping

Going Shopping

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

So many of us have stayed away from stores for months that, when we get there, it’s become a real treat … GOING SHOPPING trawling for groceries                            collecting masked smiles kindness & directions between cans    packets before finding prunes cucumber … Continue reading →

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On Going for a Walk

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

Christmas shopping anyone? I plan to be organized this year, get everything done in plenty of time, then relax. It’s not going to happen that way … ON GOING FOR A WALK shoelaces neatly tied                     fall into tangles as I … Continue reading →

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No Hurries

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

I’ve given up on Christmas shopping … too hectic, and too stressful. So, in this time of looking for peace and quiet, I’m doing the simple thing … NO HURRIES no inching through long lines of traffic                             no worried look … Continue reading →

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Stillness

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

The Christmas season is here. We get frantic, trying to get everything done and, all too often, end up exhausted. I try to slow down, take time at some point everyday, to watch birds, the rain … A STILLNESS weary                                            … Continue reading →

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Summer Fete

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

Garage sales are fun, and summer fetes even more so as the choices are so many, and all out of doors. Second-hand books draw me every time, but I always wander through baking, white elephants, clothes, jewellery … A SUMMER … Continue reading →

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This is Downtown

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Joanna M. Weston

We call it ‘the village’. It has a gas station, post office, drugstore, the necessities of everyday life. To go shopping for clothes, appliances, etc., we go to ‘the city’ but we don’t go often. And the poem’s title is … Continue reading →

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Hear Ye

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Joanna M. Weston

Happy Christmas!! Do we, as we holiday, remember the reason for the season? Certainly, the solstice has just passed and we celebrate the changing light, the movement towards spring. It’s the season of birth, renewal, and of joy … A … Continue reading →

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Preparation

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Joanna M. Weston

People are beginning to feel hassled and frantic, shopping, baking, decorating … this is when I have to remember to take time to just be … A A PREPARATION                                          mail cards                   … Continue reading →

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Supermarket Aisles

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Joanna M. Weston

A sapphire is the birthstone of September, and it means clear thinking which we surely need for this busy month. The birth flowers are forget-me-not, morning glory and aster, all slightly on the wild side. And, staying on the crazy … Continue reading →

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