Nowhere to run to
Killing hot weather is on its way here after Xmas. A giant wall of hot air like a tsunami approaching on land
Bon mots
I breathe, therefore I am
I am breathing in, breathing out, like all the other living creatures sharing this planet and this air. But more, that air has been shared by all the creatures who ever lived, been refreshed by all the plants that ever grew, since the beginning of Earth time. Each new breath combines all the old breaths
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Life time
Approaching 74 and every ache, every niggle, every unexplained twitch in the night, presages doom and a twinkle in an undertaker’s eye. Half way through 73 and sour memories bubble up like methane in Lake Baikal, erupt randomly like black mud in Rotorua, old regrets seem once again possible triumphs, old grievances can once again
Morning traffic
In the early morning light insects go about their business, taking no notice of people going about their business. But both are the business of hungry birds.
Siesta
A rabbit sitting on the lawn, in the shade, under a trailer. For once relaxing, sleeping, safe from death screaming out of the sky
Losing their marbles
Heaven save me from celebrities who seem quite sane and rational when young but who in old age become religious and move hard right politically and seem to be mulling over joining the Flat Earth Society
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Seasons in the Sun
Impossible to decide which season would be best to die in: Summer with its heat and blue skies; Autumn with hints of frost and snow; Winter with the warmth of hearth and home: Spring with flowers and promise of flowers. But whichever I choose I would be desolate not to see the following one.
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Numbers racket
How many stupid and ignorant people does it take to destroy a planet? I guess we’ll find out pretty soon.
Hand on head instead?
What is it with Americans putting their hand on their heart at solemn occasions like the funeral of an ex-president? They do know, I suppose, that the heart is just a lump of muscle that circulates blood? I mean, we have known for five hundred years that the heart has nothing to do with emotions,
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Out of touch
Celebrity news is all kinds of good and bad things happening to people I have never heard of