Farewell, Adieu.

I’m cancelling this site. I found I was spending too much time on the computer and need to get out more. A big thank you to all the wonderful people I have interacted with over the last 2.5 years and wish you all the very best. Live long and prosper.

Rainy Days

” Resistance is futile you will be eliminated, exterminate, exterminate, ” I screamed, as I chased the grandchildren around the house pelting them with socks, ducking to avoid the barrage of socks I received in return. I was channeling my inner Dalek, bad guys from the planet Skaro, perennial enemies of the Time Lord from

Spiders

I sit curled on my bed, clutching a broom, staring at the cobwebs appearing on the ceiling. I see no spiders, just cobwebs. How can that be? Where are the spiders? Cause and effect. I see the effect but what is the cause. I jump up on my bed and sweep the broom across the

A Rum Tale

Captain Jebediah Morgan looked down on his crew swilling their daily ration of rum, contemplating that the volume of rum he and his crew had consumed over the last ten years would fill an ocean. Rum had been very kind to him, it kept his men content, and had led to his captaincy ten years

Lonely Planets

We are 7.8 billion lonely planetary bodies, circling each other, affected by gravity, pushing and pulling against each other to stay on course. We are 7.8 billion separate ecosystems, struggling to co-exist, trying to make sense of our environment, attentive to our own needs, less so to others. We are 7.8 billion conscious beings, waiting

Kim’s Game

Serena, turned off the TV, forcefully proclaiming her boredom, making Grandad, close his Kindle, smile at Serena and say ” How would you like to play a memory game, it’s fun to play as well as good exercise for your mind”. Grandad, asked Serena to remain seated while he searched the house for objects to

Table Talk

Setting: My daughters house, family celebration of the triplets 15th birthday, Brianna, Kayleigh and Devin. Fourteen people seated around the dinner table. Devin: Are kitchen cabinets made in the factory. Grandad: They can be made in a factory or custom crafted. Why do you ask. Mom: Devin’s into carpentry. He made his own bookcase. Devin:

The Tea Party

” Polly, if it’s not too much trouble, can you please put the kettle on, we are expecting the queen for high tea this afternoon”. “I would be delighted to, my dear Sukie, it’s not every day the queen visits, and we must do our best to make her comfortable”. The boys were not very

Liars and Thieves-Book Review

I’ve read and followed many interesting bloggers since joining WordPress in March, 2018. Each writer/blogger claiming their own space from prose to poetry, horror to sci-fi, self help to self awakening, religion to fantasy, and so on and so on. We are a very imaginative group. One such blogger/writer I have followed for a while

Break Time

We are in the dog days of Summer, and wanting to enjoy the last rays of sunshine, I’m fasting from social media, including WordPress for 2-3 weeks. Hoping to come back in the middle of September to continue to share this blogging feast with you all. Happy days. See you in a couple of weeks.