Empire of Whimsy

 I remember  Rough rope knots digging into aching flesh Dappled light Sour sweetness of salted skin seasoning  the scent of the clematis. To...

 The magpie brought the message sent. It flew into the tree and then I looked and looked and looked again  But there was only one.  It said ...

 Hard to explain how much I hate the word humble Insidiously supplanting sincerity and stumble- Spoken into each gobful of gratitude as toke...

 And so we come to the end of the dread days. May brings blossoms and sometimes rain. The Cailagh cackles. Her twigs are crackling in her he...

 Laying waste to laziness this month I have ravaged the paving and surged forth purging intentions and replacing them with actions. Playing ...

 The aurelian ratio’s rationale corrals all things into patterns recognisable  for the cognisant, rational thinker. It is easy to be blinker...

 Bifurcation, crossroads, choices. Cacophony of conflicting voices. This way, that way, take a step Try not to seed a new regret. Who are yo...

 Open the door. It could be anything. The possibilities are, if not endless, at least more numerous than listable. And to remain here, listl...

 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It induces hubris. And hubris by nature is insubstantial, pinned to power inconsequential, like th...

 Spiders crawl. Their sprawling limbs deftly spinning false narratives into unrecognisable realities. Nets of untruths bind and gag honest o...

 Laundry lots and sunny spots and warmth outside our windows -  open now. New ideas, bicycle rituals and clearance. In more ways than one. I...

 I was sick of the shape of the lounge.  The windows ignored and the mess all around. So we made a plan to move some shelves. Well, one in p...

 Another one gone. Another three songs  poisoned by emotional association. It's a strange wave that breaks when they shoulder that box. ...

 It's fascinating to watch the transformations, the faces changing, shapes and shading molding the old into the new. Glued to metamorpho...

 Because the darkness remains, despite action to the contrary. Because the dampness pervades, despite the open windowed remedy. Rani ranidae...

 Stoicism in the face of Caprice  is a skill  that still  evades more than it is exercised. Long term goals require long term planning and I...

 Counting down the days and ways that I have missed you. The moments that we haven't shared. The times I know that I was scared but to o...

 The swoop of this pendulum gives me vertigo. Up I go! And down. And how far down depends on things entirely outwith my control. Slower in t...

In this tempestuous Spring I'm spinning untethered, buffeted and way off course, of course.  These searing winds bring new beginnings,  ...

 It’s heady times we’re living in! Full pelt, high tilt, heading for oblivion, watching the numbers on labels go up and  pounds in pockets g...