Hey Babe, take a walk on the wild side ~ with Walker by Jane Alexander

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side ~ with Walker by Jane Alexander Over Christmas I downloaded a book I was not sure I would like. When I was a kid, the genre YOUNG ADULT barely existed, if at all, and I’d have run screaming from it, as the condescending marketing ploy from [...]

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Devas, fairies, and the unseen worlds ~ why there are more things than we ever dream of

Devas, fairies, and the unseen worlds ~ why there are more things than we ever dream of I’m a mass of contradictions, me. Like Lewis Caroll, I can believe ten impossible things before breakfast and not think it strange, and yet, some things I simply cannot accept. Of all the disciples of Jesus I most [...]

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“The Secret Garden” and the way children’s literature can shape our hearts and minds.

“The Secret Garden” and the way children’s literature can shape our hearts and minds. When I reach a low point I find concentrating extremely hard, so the kind of reading I normally do is beyond me. I recently bought Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, finally accepting that the promised copy from a former friend [...]

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Urban Spring-time

Urban Springtime Petals and broken glass Line the festal way. Accidental emeralds gleam Amid silken pink blossom Trodden underfoot, Sodden and sad: Softness and sharpness Mingling in the fallen trash. Ten green bottles Smashed against my wall, Ten green bottles Didn’t accidentally fall. Drifts of pink petals Candy-floss coloured               Blow lazily in hot wind Drying [...]

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Why daffodils became the last straw ~ metaphors that strike to the heart

Why daffodils became the last straw ~ metaphors that strike to the heart Say the word “daffodils” and any literate person will probably reply with “I wandered lonely as a cloud,” and any poor fool who grew up with Not The Nine O’ Clock News will probably put on a funny voice and say, “He [...]

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Snow at the shoreline

Snow at the Shoreline Cappuccino waves crash upon the shore Spin-drift and snow meet at high tide, Overlap and kiss across a barrier Made of iced shingle and flotsam, Feathers and cuttlefish corpses. Roar of sea and wind drown out The cries of gulls and the crunch Of feet through snow and sand. Breath snatched [...]

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Capturing Dragonflies

Capturing Dragonflies If you catch a dragonfly And dissect it To unravel it secrets, Taking it apart bit by bit Examine under microscope Label its parts Classify it in Latin Then all you are left with Is a pile of wet chitin And some fragments Of dead-rainbow wings. I have captured dragonflies Held them in [...]

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Lost #4

Lost #4 There are no paths. All around me, endless shades of green, with some brown and red and orange as counterpoint, and no opening, no indication that anyone has ever come this way before. I sag against the trunk of the tree I have just climbed, the memory of those distant mountains burned into [...]

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Woadworks ~ using Nature to bring well-being AND beauty.

Woadworks ~ using Nature to bring well being AND beauty. People who know me well know I have had a lifelong passion for all things herbal. I’ve studied informally both the medicinal and cosmetic properties of herbs and my study shelves are heavily skewed towards herbals. I bought my first herbal when I was about [...]

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The Sea-gull’s Tale ~ knowing when or if to intervene

The Sea-gull’s Tale ~ knowing when or if to intervene. The place where I live is rich in wildlife, but where I work that wildlife is mainly confined to a slice of nature that most people would prefer to ignore or destroy. Rats, foxes, pigeons, the occasional rabbit and most of all sea-gulls scurry, flap [...]

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