new strain. worse. boris.

 new strain. worse. boris.

wine, chocolate orange. too much

christmas clusterfuck

he's in a nightmare

 he's in a nightmare

good god. good kind dad here there

don't know what to say

30 years Be With

30 years Be With,
3 more Do With, 1 week For.
Model. Eternal.

"Markings" ("Seeing Things")

"Markings" ("Seeing Things")
"...marked...spot...time...held it open"
Stone circle / church / lives

yet more grim death and

yet more grim death and
lambs bouncing, football on road
strange war time peace dance

too tired sad to cry

too tired sad to cry
fires omnipotence choking
and this new decade

ignatian poise. new

ignatian poise. new
to me. daily discernment.
concerned actions / peace

drunk old cat on stool

drunk old cat on stool
beauty's so close to me
bonkers strong beauty

million pounds funding

million pounds funding
bid, commissioned, referred in
hundred complex lives

The Old Ways by Robert MacFarlane

give good friends this joy!
chalk sea silt peat gneiss ghost scapes
iamb of i am

Old Ways - Amazon

transition zone come

transition zone come
shekinah has come (good news)
we will come (free will)

how my sonnets speak

how my sonnets speak:
set the scene; not that yet this;
childlike couplets pure

prayer flags round stupa

prayer flags round stupa
rosemary fennel mint bouquet
daphne's loving touch

never moan. far worse

never moan. far worse
and better other lives can be.
come through, make better

12 Years A Slave

here's ways to practise

here's ways to practise:
look up; hear your speech; begin.
"simple and easy"

(Joseph Goldstein - The Mindfulness Summit)

Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone

lakes - district and great
friends loves quakers natives scots
what more can you want?!

Voyageurs by Margaret Elphinstone

new old mental health

new old mental health
mindful plough hoe reap thatch store
eat drink friends stars hope

Tales From The Green Valley (TV) - cf Recovery College (NHS)

welcome mat outside

welcome mat outside
come in even wildest worst?
so say wisest ones

The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth

thralls macs the castel
saes gamel in ire and triewth
to mac them selfs thralls

Author's website here

transplanting tommies

transplanting tommies
at the right time perfect peace
tallis scholars too