Category: My Work
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On A Serious Note
On A Serious Note My spouse came to me the other day with a serious look on her face and announced “We need to talk”. I mentally braced myself and looked up inquiringly. “We need to talk about our wills”. Okay. Not as bad as I thought. I can handle this without resorting to anything…
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A Silly Song
A Silly Song Use the music bar below to control the music. A tune, a lilt, a silly song Lodged firmly in my ear on endless loop. It plays and plays with maddening persistence Burrowing deep inside my head. At first, I thought it merely pretty A simple tune with a certain something, A skillful…
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Heritage
Heritage – Our Story Never far from sundering sea Gull’s and gannets make strident calls The taste of salt is on the air And fishes drying on the racks Ragged nets spread calling to be mended And rigging slapping on the mast While mooring ropes groan with every swell Spray and foam cast up on…
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Heritage *
Heritage – Our Story Never far from sundering sea Gull’s and gannets make strident calls The taste of salt is on the air And fishes drying on the racks Ragged nets spread calling to be mended And rigging slapping on the mast While mooring ropes groan with every swell Spray and foam cast up on…
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Physics, Cosmology & Writing
Physics, Cosmology & Writing What is this? What on earth am I talking about? This goes way beyond things I should not even be contemplating. I have troubles enough with general relativity. I’m humbled by my ignorance, laid low by what I do not understand. I question my right to put those words at the…
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Nouns Before Verbs
Nouns Before Verbs Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Pronoun, Conjunction. That’s just a few of the nuts and bolts. Declarative, Interrogative, Simile, Metaphor. Those are just a few chapters in the instruction manual. So many ways to put them all together and I’ve only scratched the surface. The object is to put my thought into your…
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Nouns Before Verbs
Nouns Before Verbs Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Pronoun, Conjunction. That’s just a few of the nuts and bolts. Declarative, Interrogative, Simile, Metaphor. Those are just a few chapters in the instruction manual. So many ways to put them all together and I’ve only scratched the surface. The object is to put my thought into your…
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Tend To Your Flock
Tend To Your Flock Tend to your flock as you see fit And I will tend to mine. I know the ways of stealthy thieves Their thirst for easy prey. I sleep beside my gentle charges, Aware of every sound. No threat, no stealthy low approach Escapes my watchful gaze. I know them all by…
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Tend To Your Flock *
Tend To Your Flock Tend to your flock as you see fit And I will tend to mine. I know the ways of stealthy thieves Their thirst for easy prey. I sleep beside my gentle charges, Aware of every sound. No threat, no stealthy low approach Escapes my watchful gaze. I know them all by…
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Lullabies
Lullabies So soothing to a troubled soul Reminders of time before the great forgetting, In that first year so full of firsts, Impressions imprinted, fixed for life, Recalled only in dreams and fantasies. Perhaps that’s where all déjà vu begins. A lazy summer afternoon Beneath a shady elm or oak Lulled by rhythmic back and…
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