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The Inhuman Enemy NEW
in another tragic Russian epoch Pic.: free at Pixabay The rest of the intercontinental world would feel less threatened by nuclear ...
Hurricane force twelve. NEW
I spent many years at sea, 35 or so. One time we were caught in a force twelve hurricane in ...
The Hollow Men
Written after watching a recent Hard Talk programme, and three in the Crimewatch series on BBC. Pic.: no © All shame to ...
Kismet
It's the stray dog that followed you home, the vandals that smashed your garden gnome, a lifeguard that gave you ...
The mystery of morning
Thick socks fall in loops over ankles displayed like the slipped towel of a naked back pushed further down ...
Shaping the future
We sat opposites at a window table waiting for breakfast after the bed and for me to speak. The anaglypta ...
Watching as Winter makes her entrance
We trees swill our auburn brandy in glasses of cut crystal, try to mingle as the party dies down colourful ...
Morning Cigar
Verse 1 Morning rain keeps me in bed Last nights beer is banging my head I need to get up ...
Inner Contentment
achieved by simply keeping perceptions of life, including whatever it throws at you, in balance! Pic.: my own, it will soon be ...
Have Cake, Eat Cake, Have Cake.
I often think of UKAuthors. But I rarely ever visit. I often think about how much writing has meant to ...
Scotland The Brave!
In the Westminster bubble As an avid follower and somewhat disconnected neutral observer of British and NI politics I have to ...
Understanding
life on this earth from death to birth flowing at ease love, to be in love, to be loved, that ...
A Worthy Child
tasked with repairing the damage Returning from wilderness, wandering wearily homewards, a little girl ran up and presented me with ...
Digital love
Is it possible? Does it work? It depends on what's behind it, if it is supported by the honesty of ...
The only risk
How could I possibly let go of such a beautiful relationship, which costs us nothing and allow us only freedom, ...
Equipped To Think
Two crucial, mentally androgynous variables. Mother said: gather all as good as you are, embrace those nearest! Father said: be ...
The Larks Sang.
How the Larks sang, as if the very clouds were filled with sunshine. But a grey day, cold, the sun ...
A Short Life In Contemplation
'I believe that one place closely explored will yield more than continents passed through.' (From A Stranger At Green Knowe by Lucy ...