Category Archives: musings
Home (part 1)
It’s the place that you leave When you no longer cleave Somewhere you don’t have to achieve It’s the corner where you grieve It’s the chorus in your song You don’t have to be too strong In the right or … Continue reading
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Signs that made me smile
An occasional series – daft signs pictured on my travels …
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I have been inside the corridors of power
I have been inside the corridors of power. And they are more often rooms with chairs and a table in them. Often they are used by ordinary people who have ended up there by accident. Or design. Or votes. Or … Continue reading
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The Tweets of Brandon Cummerbund, Pt 4
Coriander Fitzshertbert called to borrow gramophone. Baboon in cellar. I have quick toe count: still all there. Recital today. Must gargle. Baboon squatting for monkey rights. Have called cousin Bertie who has blunderbuss. Hailing outside. More taxis than usual. Breakfast: … Continue reading
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School daze
First piece written for the Revival Media podcast – October 08. I’ll post an mp3 once it’s available …. School days, they say, are the best days of your life. Which isn’t a cheering thought when the dog’s eaten your … Continue reading
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The cocktail stick: an appreciation
What can one make of the simple cocktail stick? A sliver of wood, with a sharp point at each end, it can, surely, only have been invented by someone interested in making it into the Guinness Book of Records for … Continue reading
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10 matters of key national importance
At times I worry that some of the things I write about border on the trivial. At other times I worry that I may have the gift of understatement. Most of the time, I don’t worry much at all. But … Continue reading
One man went to mow
One man went to mow, went to mow a meadow. One man and his dog, went to mow a meadow. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’d query the value of the dog. It would tend to scurry about, … Continue reading
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