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A daily 'diary' blog in verse. Oilitics, memoir, comment, family etc etc

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  • Ruby Boots on Apr 2, 2012 in Ruby Tuesday

    RUBY BOOTS.My friend, Roma, is over eightyBut, on her, the years aren't weighty!Those ruby boots must surely say 'This lady's living for today!'*A very different lady but equally worthwhile here:http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/07/65-nan.htm...

  • The Sailor's Trousers on Oct 8, 2011 in Skywatch sailors trousers

    THE SAILOR'S TROUSERS!'Go and see if there's enough blue!'My Mother speaking.And I knew what she meant,For hadn't it been said,Over and over,Throughout my childhood?*So I would go outsideAnd stand on the lawnMeasuring with my eyes.*Rain threatened,Of...

  • Sugared Almonds! on Nov 21, 2009 in Colour Carnival waiting-room window

    COLOR CARNIVALhttp://colorcarnivalmeme.blogspot.com/2009/11/color-carnival-29.htmlSUGARED ALMONDS!A dull day, threatening rain.A grim railway waiting-room threatening boredom.A magical sugared-almond window to lift my spirits!*Another look at the rai...

  • Sunday Diary on Nov 21, 2009 in Personal diary

    BRY ANTICSNovember 22ndAfter all the excitement, followed by ill-health, of last week, this week was remarkably normal. The only abnormal thing, and a very worrying one at that, is that the Summer Heat arrived a month early. November is usually fairl...

  • The Onlooker on Nov 21, 2009 in romance 1950s lyric exclusion.

    I wrote this when I was in my twenties and, obviously, not doing too well in the romantic department!It originally had a rather plaintive tune!I am struck by the innocence of these fifty year old lyrics!THE ONLOOKER!When they walk in the park on Sund...

  • Pinkypod on Nov 20, 2009 in Pink Saturday iPods

    PINK SATURDAYPINKYPODI don't possess an iPod;I don't really desire one.So I'm not in the marketTo purchase or to hire one.Melodies by the hundredCan be heard at any minute,Two hundred and forty itemsThey tell me it has in it!But I recall the old days...

  • Familiar? on Nov 20, 2009 in Bronzino Simply Snickers

    BronzinoSIMPLY SNICKERSFAMILIAR?He lived four hundred years agoAnd yet I positively swearI saw him only yesterday,Though I admit he'd changed his hair!That 'young-man' look was just the same!That arrogance and feline grace,That look of godlike certai...