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Empty
Welsh slate roof,grey quoins, red bricks.Pilasters pseudo marble. Stair risers,glazed tile decor.Window panes,bevelled etched glass.Arched glaze bars,cornice consoles.Architrave, timber box sash.Laths and latch,gyp-dust plastered.Gravel chips,aggregated.Bottle shards,broken beer cans.Ivy bay,lauristinus.Lichen moss,liverwort cups.Graffitichalk scrawl, privet.
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Clough
When dawn broke on those summer days,four giants were surrounding him,and farmers with their windrow hays.Behind white cotton grass, sky greys,wind keen, the weather’s looking grim.This top could keep you lost for days.And now a kinder choice of place,Hides a water pool with bright rim,it’s downfall fed, high wind back sprays.Thoughts churning in the morning…
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Arch
Reflecting, grandioseglass-paned arch,shuts out slender trees.Clouds disperse.Number 5 replacedrobin’s breast.Still outside he trills in a hedge. An oak tree’s tawnyleaf outlined,is stuck to rough pinksugar card,fixed with latex glue.Wax crayons, make colour stick mencome alive. Sharp pencils scribblewonky lines.Follow straight line rules,tell stories.Mind pictures of old.Sweets and stars,tea biscuits, and milkfor rewards. Make raffia mat,…
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River
Playing by the broad muddy riverside,iron steps ringing, smooth shiny slide.The old powder mill race sleekly glidesto white water power falling, foaming.Past the tea room with outside tablesand daisy-chains arranged on a lawn.Cups and saucers, reading tea-leavesstrawberry jam and cream on scones. Whirling and spinning roundabout world,swinging high and higher into the sky,to leap far…
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Gate
Amidst the morning’s gentle light, Shiny milk churns by the gate, Stand guard, gleaming bright, Their metal forms reflect and radiate. Blocking the rough and sunken lane, They hold their post with stoic grace, Like soldiers standing firm, sustained, Until their mission is fulfilled with pace. These sentinels filled with dairy milk, Endure the wait…
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Dosas
These delicious nutritious vegan pancakes worked perfectly the first time I made them and they’ve been my favourite breakfast since. 50/50 rice and lentils rinsed and soaked overnight. In the morning blend in a blender until it’s a smooth batter. Leave overnight again to ferment. Transfer a breakfast quantity to another jar or jug and…
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Sunset
Where is the best place to watch the sunset near you? I live on the brow of a South West facing hill overlooking a wide, tree filled valley so am treated to many spectacular sunsets only a few steps away. Endlessly variable weather brought by Atlantic storms and a wavering Jet Stream with air masses…
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Trees
What would you title the chapters of your autobiography? The early years with cows and trees Living near a riverside playground The small church school Mountain peaks Urban disturbances Familiar Goodbyes The Cleverness of grammar Hairdressing over history Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas Flat-land-by-the-sea A cottage hospital Static caravans Sheep-dogs without sheep Cherry blossom by…
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Learn
“It is truly strange how long it takes to get to know oneself. I am now sixty two years old, yet just one moment ago I realised that I absolutely love lightly toasted bread. Simultaneously, I also realised that I loathe bread when it is heavily toasted. For almost sixty years, and quite unconsciously, I…
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Cake
Describe your perfect birthday cake. A couple of years ago I took up the vegan diet for veganuary and learned new ways of cooking. Here’s an easy to make vegan birthday cake! If you are an adventurous cake baker and into wholefoods like me try wholemeal self-raising flour, brown sugar and chocolate sprinkles. Conversions are…
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