Posted in writing on January 28, 2008 | 20 Comments »
28.01.2008
2:58 pm
Weather report says rain starts at 3pm today. so I am parked inside Caffe Nero with my toasted ham and cheese sandwich and my notebook for the next few hours to watch the rain, smell the coffee, hear the whirr of machines, listen to Tracy Chapman and write.
I love this particular table in this [...]
Posted in change in perception, favourites, writing on January 19, 2008 | 18 Comments »
STOP
what you are doing and slow down for a minute.
Put down the mobile phone, stop the power walk; shift into a slow, comfortable amble and a deep, long breath.
Tilt your face away from the book, the screen, the floor and throw your head back to face the sky.
Look at its enormous blue. Grey. Black. Twinkle. [...]
Posted in change in perception, writing on January 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
There’s not a Shakespeare sonnet
Or a Beethoven quartet
That’s easier to like than you
Or harder to forget.
You think that sounds extravagant?
I haven’t finished yet-
I like you more than I would like
To have a cigarette.
Giving Up Smoking, Wendy Cope
Share the love. Give someone a poem. Give up smoking.
So it’s a new year- this is always a [...]
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