Day: February 9, 2024

I’m alive I’m alive

I have to get used to going outside again so a long with my walking ajds I hobble us to the main road at the end of the Street.

The sky is a strange yellow grey and it’s very damp under foot:there is no one about I’m surprised no parents are on the way to the school to collect their children but maybe they don’t want to collect them today. Maybe all the parents have absconded

I get to the main road and  one van goes by. No bus car or bicycle and still no pedestrians

Should I be here? Do they know something I don’t know? I decide not to cross the road anyway. That’s going to be difficult but I will do it very soon because I want to get to the river to see the swans.

When I get back to the house I can’t turn the key in the lock I had not thought about that when I  broke my wrist.  Bya strange coincidence a royal mail van has drawn up buy my gate and the man gets out and brings me a parcel and then he opens the door for me.

Next time I should to go to the other end of the street. There is bound to be more traffic there. Maybe I could just play a record of noise or something on my phone that I could listen to you through earphones

Outside …..is this a good idea to wear earphones when I’m walking along the pavement. Will I be mugged? That will be an introduction to modern life except I would have to buy an iPhone first otherwise nobody will want to mug me when I judt have my old Motorola sticking out of my pocket.

But it was very pleasant to go outside and smell the damp eartg and see the trees getting ready to bloom as they do at the end of this month

Because I’m alive I’m alive I’m alive

The experts: artists on 20 easy, mind-expanding ways to be much more creative

By Katherine

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/04/the-experts-artists-on-20-easy-mind-expanding-ways-to-be-much-more-creative?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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The experts: photographers on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to vastly improve your pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/26/the-experts-photographers-on-20-easy-enjoyable-ways-to-vastly-improve-your-pictures?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Is it bad?

The church by Katherine


You were the centre of my universe
[What is a universe,by the way?]
You were the light in my life
[What about the sun?
You were perfect in every way
{ Name a few definite ones]
So why did you choose me?
[Why, what’s wrong with you?]
Now, you have thrown me away
Seems as if I am trash
But some folk save the wrong things
Or put them in the wrong wash
[That might be a metaphor]
My washing machine only works on the rapidest wash
[Good grief, that sounds positive]
Since it’s only 14 minutes,I do it twice
[Why would people want to know this?]
Sometimes I just do rinse and spin
‘But I didn’t realise that was an option at first
[Who cares?]
I am trying to save money so in future I shall just do one
{ why wash them at all, just steam them!]
I love elecricity
{ Is that a metaphor?]
I love gas
[Maybe it’s not]
I’ll cook my angel a roast
{ Do angels eat?]
A roasted prayer of thanksgiving
{Sounds more like a threat than a promise]
God will smell the odour
[Not if he doesn’t want to]
God will be happy
[Are you crackers?]
God is neither happy nor unhappy
[Make your mind up.This is not logic class BTW}
God looks divine
[How can we compare the two?]
I have seen him
[Are you high?]
I don’t know what will happen next but I accept it all
[Very gracious!]
I wish Father Xmas would come tonight
{ Don’t we all?]
And to use a cliche,I love the entire universe.What ever that is!
Is that a bad poem?
Do cows eat grass
Do sheep have woollen rugs glued to their heads?
I am finished
[At last!]
But it’s not bad enough
{Stop moaning]