Why,I almost bought a Harris Tweed skirt until I saw it was only  19 inches long.This puzzles me.Harris tweed is thick woollen waterproof fabric.If your skirt is 19 inches long what do  you wear on your legs? Why bother with a hot skirt that  barely covers the thigh? Very mysterious

I almost bought a poncho till I realised you can’t wear a cross body bag over one.
Cashmere knickers are in short supply.I  blame the Royals
I spent so long wondering if I should buy a  cashmere sweater, I burned  a pan.That kept me warm!

Harris Tweed is very good.if you live on Harris.My husband had a jacket years ago.He nearly died on the Tube.Maybe it might have been a good thing.See a new way to kill yourself without appearing to.
Cause of death: Harris Tweed bra, Arran sweater,Tweed jacket,Tweed overcoat and plastic mac.Suspected wool thief.Human moth

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/28/the-darkening-age-the-christian-destruction-of-the-classical-world-by-catherine-nixey

 

“This is also, however, a book for the 21st century. What concerned Gibbon was the clash between faith and reason; for Nixey, the clashes are physical ones. This is, fundamentally, a study of religious violence. Her cover displays a statue of Athena deliberately damaged: its eyes have been gouged and its nose smashed, and a cross has been etched into its forehead. The story of this defacement is told in her prologue and reprised in her final words. The events happened in Palmyrain the late fourth century, when some of the oasis city’s magnificent temples were repurposed as sites of Christian worship. Her choice to begin in Palmyra is, of course, a careful one. When she speaks of the destruction wrought on the architecture of the Syrian city by “bearded, black-robed zealots”, the reader thinks not of marauding fourth-century Christian fundamentalists but of television images from recent history. “There have been,” she writes, and “there still are … those who use monotheism and its weapons to terrible ends.” What is revealing about that last sentence is not the connection she draws between savage practices in Christian late antiquity and in the name of Islamic State but the phrase “monotheism and its weapons”. Many modern commentators like to speak of religious terrorism as a horrific distortion of religious truth; for Nixey, monotheism is always weaponised and waiting only for someone to pull the trigger.”

Xmas is  a merry time
Except for poets who have bad rhymes
Write free verse
Let form be cursed
Always end with a last line

 

I was once a poet
But I didna know it!

I get a lot of letters from people. They say: “I want to be a writer. What should I do?” I tell them to stop writing to me and get on with it.
– Ruth Rendell

https://geediting.com/the-120-most-helpful-websites-for-writers-in-2016/

 

To make the list easier to navigate, the entries are broken down into 14 different categories so you can jump right to the area you are looking for.

The 14 categories are:

• Helpful Tips on Writing
• General Resources for Writers
• Be a Successful Freelance Writer
• Publishing Your Work
• Blogging
• Grammar Tips
• Writing Groups
• Authors to Follow
• Writers as Business Owners
• Literary Agents
• Writing Associations
• Protect Yourself
• Jobs & Marketplaces
• Fun for Writers

12. Writers in the Storm

Looking for some inspiration in your writing? Writers in the Storm is the answer to getting you back on track. This easy to navigate website contains a well-developed writing blog filled with tricks of the trade, as well as an extensive resource list to guide you in the right direction.

13. Writers Helping Writers

Writers Helping Writers is more than just a blog filled with useful tips to enhance your writing. This website also includes book reviews on various writing topics and an impressive “One Stop for Writers” library which provides all the resources you’ll need through every step of the writing process.

14. Poets & Writers

Known as the nation’s largest nonprofit that serves creative writers, this digital version of Poet & Writers magazine is the jackpot of writing resources. Along with an extensive library of articles, you can also connect with other like-minded artists to share ideas and gain insight into your work.

15. Live Write Thrive

Leg by Katherine

The Error Of Positive Therapy

 

“This was well known to the ancients, who we like to imagine as being a lot less smart than we are. “He who learns must suffer” says Aeschylus:

 

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

 

I saw, while half asleep,  her face was gone
She faded, like the river mist  at  dawn,
From the gallery of my sacred ones

 

Ungrounded by the loss, fearful, forlorn,
Skinless like a worm  picked off a lawn,
I saw, while half asleep,  her face was gone

 

Do not leave me, do not my love scorn
Lost and gone are my beloved ones
I  am human in both ghost and form

 

Heart constricted, lungs  convulsed with pain
Haunted and bereft of human warmth
I saw, while half asleep,  her face was gone

 

I shall have no mother but that one
Now I have become a dried out corm
Lost and gone are all my  precious ones

 

Like a little leaf from its plant torn
Gnawed by slugs,  fragmented  till unborn
I saw, while half asleep,  all trace was gone
In  the  holy space of my  heart’s ones

Small pasta
Frozen peas
Cream optional………
or Natural yoghurt

Grated cheese
Butter if desired
Any small frozen vegetable can be added to pasta

Boil the pasta and drop in peas for 4 minutes.Drain.Add cheese ,butter /cream/yoghurt.Put onto a warm plate. Eat with cherry tomatoes  or  whatever you have got