He turned for one last look at the children and walked away. They carried on playing with their friends, laughing and screaming as kids do, taking no notice of the fact that he was going. Turning a corner he was out of sight and soon he could no longer hear them. He shoved his hands in his pockets and quickened his pace.
6 May 2010
Snippet
Walking back from doing my civic duty this morning I passed a chap struggling, one-handed, to manipulate a large wheelie bin along the pavement. In his other hand was a mobile phone, clamped to his ear.
Chap: “Oh aye, you’re off for a week now aren’t you ?”
Mobile phone: “I’M OFF FOR A WEEEEEEEEEK !!!!!!”
It made me smile
3 May 2010
Acceptance
Stormy, obdurate emotions,
hypochondriacal notions,
pustules, piles,
prescriptions, potions,
pills and epidermal lotions,
early start
05.30 am
on the road
little traffic
brain not in gear
mist lies low
on the ground,
primordial swamp
caffeine be good
but I need miles
before the world wakes
and sees me gone
autopilot.
1 May 2010
destiny mediocrity
what makes you think you matter or make a difference? your footfall makes no imprint. no noise above the sound of deafening mediocrity. no matter how big your shoes you are irrelevant. forget it, as you are already forgotten.
Rainfall measurement techniques #1
- hold spectacles horizontally at arm’s length, front of lenses pointing upwards
- remember where the door is (this bit is to a large extent dependent on your prescription strength)
- open door and quickly thrust arm out as far as you can reach – note no upward sweeping movements of arm
- have independent timekeeper count to five seconds – recommend the one thousand and one, one thousand and two etc method
- outstretched arm must be free of all interference – ensure no collateral precipitation occurs from guttering, pub sign above door etc. artificial drips play havoc with the measurements and lessen the accuracy of results. if (more…)
20 April 2010
19 April 2010
the #ashtag rap
When I was in Tesco – looking for Tabasco
I came across a shelf that was empty of goods
I asked them where the sauce was they said they had no more because
The volcanic ash cloud stopped all the planes
18 April 2010
17 April 2010
sleep
shoulders slump
eyes shut I can hear birds in the garden
the spring sunshine streams through the conservatory roof
heart beat slows almost to a halt, head nods forward, soon I will no longer be awake…………………………………………………………………………
dog quotes from Saturday 17th April
I saw a man walking a dog. I thought it was a pig.
woof woof. all dogs must be kept on a lead. woof woof.
it’s a dog’s life.
come by shep, wheeet, wheeet.
siiittt