He hangs around the Christmas Tree,
gets tangled in the lights,
baubles rain down on his head,
we hear them fall at night.
He steps upon the presents
wrinkles the wrapping paper,
I don’t know how he does it,
he’s only smoke and vapour.
He joins in with the carols
though…
It used to be barren, dusty and as rust-red as the Nevada buttes.
Who can remember those early days? Not these children, tall, slender and healthy, as they scamper across grassy fields under a blue sky. The trees stretch higher than Earth trees. If anyone were to stop and…
They say I love gold,
as if it’s all I think about;
as if it would please me to lie
amongst goblets and platters
and candle-sticks made of yellow metal. No.
What I crave is freedom — the leave
to be left alone.
The skies are mine to bring about eternity
and clouds…
Your average sloth doesn’t look particularly helpful. He hangs around in a tree all day, moves so slowly that algae has time to grow on his fur and he only comes down once a week to relieve himself. …
The late, great Ian Dury sang about reasons to be cheerful — but he lived in the not-so-long-ago, before the climate situation became a crisis, before much was known about plastic pollution, and before the detestable Covid.
So what do we possibly have to be cheerful about?
Despite all the…
Hi Luba - I'm astonished. I've had a very similar experience to you except that my parents were Italian and I was brought up in England. We always ate evening meals together - I've never known anything else. We had other Italian friends in our neighbourhood and visited them often. Sometimes the men came to our house in the evening to play cards and I remember their raucous enjoyment. I too am surprised by the way people in the UK dress - jeans and sloppy loose tops. Why wouldn't you want to look smarter than that? Most English people are taught basic French or German but promptly forget it when they go on holiday and expect everyone else to speak English. Your article really spoke to me. 🙂
Uncle Bertie was no slouch,
he lay dying on the couch,
with his will yet undisclosed.
We all stood round and supposed.
‘I’m his favourite niece,’ squeaked Dee.
‘His fortune’s bound to come to me.’
‘Not so fast,’ said Jereboam,
‘he’s pledged some to that orphans’ home.’
‘But he has…
1. I am the one true planet. Thou shalt not have any other planet before thy face. Honour and treasure the very ground upon which thou walkest and all living creatures which abideth in it.
2. Remember to keep holy the watery expanses of the globe, not over-fishing or polluting…
