Sprightly pensioner makes a run for it
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Whiskey
In the beginning there was breadBread from grain then from that grainWhiskey Kiln dried, it’s Irish you seeSo the whiskey is spelled with a ‘e’ In Scotland it’s boiled over twiceIn Ireland once more – distilled thrice In a barrel three years to gain flavorThen two drops of water to savour From grain to whiskeyContinue reading “Whiskey”
The Barometer
Put it in a clear plastic bag and put pressure on itYou see the needle turn.A barometer. An eight year old’s curiosity, another way to read the weather.Hanging on my wall I haven’t looked at for years.I read the barometer, the weather, on my watch.And I don’t unless someone is coming to stay. When youContinue reading “The Barometer”
Just a sample
Hot, with butter and recently made plum jam.
As Chaucer Might See It
Supermarket Shopping Thys fellowe smyles I knowst hym welle.Yn ower smalle toun. A search, he delvesWhere canst be it, we kannot tell.In Pak and Save among the shelvesBye nite be murmrings, little elvesDo frolik, change thyngs on displaeAnd kepe us guessyng eche new day Yon lane Sixs lirks baykinge powrdre.And be therre Pam’s and EdmondsContinue reading “As Chaucer Might See It”
Yes, a Daylily
Visitor has arrived I return from my river swim An exercise Serious A weed cutter whines Cat stretched on warm concrete “Yes, a Daylily. Hemerocallis”
Ain’t Easy Being a Cat
Planning dinner Shopping Clearing magazines from coffee table Thinking stuff to amuse humans
Lunch on the Way
Thames Junction Hotel. A historic building established in 1869, the beginning of the gold mining days. This was the days of steam. The days and nights of the gold stampers, noise, ground vibrating, and at midnight Saturday the citizens would wake. Silence. The Lord’s day. All this 20 years before the advent of electricity, but,Continue reading “Lunch on the Way”
Head up. Shoulders back
The mysteries of supermarket shelves unravelled. Tomorrow… Prescription, name forgotten, the computer knows it all. Free, long live Public Health. Oops, thought that said pubic for a minute. Find my car. Look casual, keep looking. It’s grey. On bright days a different colour grey. Look casual.
Home Made
Gluten flour, sunflower seeds, sweat and tears kneading. 37 minutes at 180° Celsius.
David in Pen and Pics 