Tag Archives: friends

Map of the world

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

We live on a spinning globe, and sometimes it seems as if our own private world in spinning too, but out of control … though it’s never quite like that … MAP OF THE WORLD time spins on its axis … Continue reading →

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The War Amps Kid

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

We’re nearly up to Remembrance Day, a special day for veterans and their families, but also for the people who march in the parade perhaps for the first time … THE WAR AMPS KID the boy marches                                              to the beat … Continue reading →

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Lucerne Street Notebook

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

I’ve been remembering the village I grew up in on the North Downs of Kent, walking up the road, re-visiting each house that I pass. I’ve used the old spelling of the village, which changed while I was in my … Continue reading →

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Friends of Mine

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

Friends are wonderful people, all of them different, all with odd quirks that I admire or find amusing. I love my friends and try to keep in touch during the year … FRIENDS OF MINE carry perfume bottles in pockets … Continue reading →

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FaceBook Frazzle

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

I don’t spend a lot of time of FaceBook though I like following what people are doing, admire the successes, and share the griefs. There are occasions, however, when it drives me nuts … FACEBOOK FRAZZLE there’s a pattern                     to … Continue reading →

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3 Grass Haiku

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

Sun and wind have begun to dry wild grasses along the hedgerows and roadsides, in the woods. Hay has been cut, baled, and stored; a second, or even a third, cut is possible … dry grass bends under the wind … Continue reading →

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The Most Essential Thing

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Joanna M. Weston

The title of this poem is a quote from Sir William Osler, a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. And friends are the glue of life; they hold us together when things go … Continue reading →

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Joyous Day

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

It was a truly wonderful wedding day: family, close friends, joy and delight all round. So happy for them. And, because they’re marathoners, tri-athletes, here’s for them … A JOYOUS DAY stride down the skies in quick-march-time slide across lakes … Continue reading →

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Where Did She Go?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Joanna M. Weston

Friends come and go in life, we’re close for a while then either one moves away or we go in different directions and barely keep in touch. I guess it happens to us all, but there’s often a sadness, a … Continue reading →

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Coffee Friends

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Joanna M. Weston

January seems to me to be a slow time of year, carrying a sense of let-down after the excitements of Christmas. Yet it’s a good time to sit down with a friend or three and visit … a time to … Continue reading →

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