Tag Archives: song

Enter Comfort

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Joanna M. Weston

It’s a weird world right now, talking to a neighbour with the road between us, spending time on Zoom to be with family and yet there are still joys, if strange ones … ENTER COMFORT we close windows still the … Continue reading →

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The taste of yellow

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

Summer is the time of golden suns, bright yellows everywhere, and blazing heat … too much for me, but I like the brilliant colours … THE TASTE OF YELLOW the yellow finch                                             flies off the page lands on a dandelion … Continue reading →

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Three bird haiku

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Joanna M. Weston

Birds, summer or winter, a joy wherever they are, whether in flight or singing their hearts out from a branch. And then there’s their imitators, animal and human … red-winged blackbird sings from the reeds maples in bud                                ***** high … Continue reading →

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This Long Week

Posted on December 26, 2018 by Joanna M. Weston

Christmas lasts for a full twelve days, but there’s just one week between Christmas and New Year and I’m never sure whether I should be watching Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or playing party games … THIS LONG WEEK Christmas bells still … Continue reading →

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She Sang Swannee River in the Morning

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Joanna M. Weston

I’ve been thinking of my mother recently (she’s the subject of my book ‘A Bedroom of Searchlights’), and remembering her eccentricities. I’m sure all of us keep our parents in memory for special things they did, or were … SHE … Continue reading →

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