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Fortified

I’ve posted an Adnomination before, where I take a morpheme (a root meaning that is shared by many words) and use it in multiple ways. Fun to do and, hopefully, fun to read. Here, as you’ll see I’ve use ‘for’ … Continue reading

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Enter Comfort

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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On a bad day

So, it’s April 1st in a world that is very strange for all of us right now. I’m not that fond of practical jokes, too often someone’s feelings get hurt, and right now no one needs to be hurt beyond … Continue reading

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On Going towards sleep

What do the stars do when we’re asleep? Perhaps they sleep too, or do they play all night? Or do they wait to play during the day when we can’t see them? … ON GOING TOWARDS SLEEP I have put … Continue reading

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Questions

There are some days when I wonder what’s going on. It may be the heat or the orneryness of life, things go missing (my garden trowel), things get found in odd places (a ring on the driveway) … QUESTIONS this … Continue reading

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Logomachy

An Adnomination is a poetic device in which you take a root meaning that is shared by many words and use it in many different, sometimes opposing, ways. Here’s one I worked out with ‘log’ … LOGOMACHY having logged on … Continue reading

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The Music Man

I’m sure we’ve all had moments when we wanted to do something rash or different, and maybe we followed the whim, and maybe we didn’t. Was it a great adventure? or did we look back with regret, wishing we’d dared? … Continue reading

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Help Wanted

The computer crashed and, once again, I’m caught in a confused morass of ignorance (on my part) of what to do when the hard drive is re-established … sigh …. HELP WANTED it opens a grey mouth masticates files                                            swallows … Continue reading

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The Invisibility

Hallowe’en: it’s Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere, and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, both beginning at sunset of this day, October 31! Not only trick-or-treat day, but the Eve of All Saints Day so anything can happen … THE INVISIBILITY … Continue reading

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A Nursery Moon

I’ve no idea why but I’ve been thinking of nursery rhymes, maybe it’s a slightly mad time of year? But I’m remembering them with delight, pondering their historical backgrounds, but mainly just playing around with them, having fun … A … Continue reading

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