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https://videopress.com/v/zSK9D3Jt?preloadContent=metadata This is really weird! My students seem to like the sound of my voice and I do too I must admit, so added to the fact that I love poetry and find there's always a moment in the day that reminds me of a line or two.........the other day I went for a walk… Continue reading TIZ-WOZ!

No no, I don't mean I'm moribund, I simply mean that today I've decided not to read any news, not to read any social networks, switch off the anxiety promoters, the fake news pundits.......and go outside. I struggled to undress my heavy teak armchair fom its winter storage and dragged it into a sunny spot… Continue reading Approaching Heaven

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA I think the first big thing we can all do, for the community, as well as for ourselves, is stop vomiting those really nasty thoughts and judgmental spew on the internet. There is no fighting, there are no bombs, no ethnic cleansing, so get your act together. Our grandfathers went to… Continue reading A bit of love, a bit of breath, a bit of peace

How a very ordinary day becomes extra- special. I've been thinking about this for a long time now....why am I so often really happy? I've got all kinds of aches and pains, I work hard, I'm getting old (well you are too), I'm nowhere near rich. Yet often I'm ridiculously happy. It's waking up in… Continue reading Head over heels in love

Well it's time to get my act together. It's getting harder by the minute to write this blog, yes it's an uphill struggle, maybe I've bitten off more than I can chew because I've certainly got my work cut out .I'm beginning to feel the weight of responsibility on my shoulders dragging me down! My… Continue reading Idiomatic advice to myself

Well in the last post I was still hovering over la douce France .... and finally I'm in Italy. What a wonderfully varied patchwork that is!  It's like the  contour models  we had at school showing mountains and deep cleft valleys, green and white. I love to see the snowy caps or the steep-sided mountains… Continue reading Not home yet!

I had been very careful choosing my seat, if you like looking out of the plane window I think the best is probably row 10/window. And the day was wonderful! The few clouds were lower than us and made patterns on the landscape or we played peek-a -boo through the gaps in the clouds, Absolutely… Continue reading Leaving home/Coming home

I caught the train to Ely yesterday to visit this rather sleepy little town but which of course is not a town: I'm not sure quite how it works but if you have a cathedral, no matter how small and sleepy you are , you are classed as a city. The trip through the flat… Continue reading Trip down memory lane….

ozedfcofBefore you go do read up a little because the guide, being a monk is not an art historian. The ground plan is a Latin cross with chapels opening along the aisles; 12 square ones and 2 rectangular ones. As they are decorated by painters of the stature of Perugino, Bergognone, il Morazzone, Procaccini, il… Continue reading Just a little more about the Charterhouse

Late Friday afternoon I was invited to go and see some paintings, which I liked .I wish art were more accessible for everyone, there are some pieces you'd like to live with. I'm not a big fan of artyfarty "art talk" because I think it keeps people away. There were several artists there; it's always… Continue reading Vernissage