The woman gave me, I did eat She did, she did, he cries! The woman did it, punish her She tricked me with her lies. And through the ages, on and on The same old male refrain The woman did it, it was her And I am not to blame Satan slithers back…
Someone I met at the park
While not unheard of, it’s not all that common to run across pelicans at our local Botanic Gardens, so I was quite surprised to see this guy sunning himself on the lawn. I got as close as I dared and started to take pictures, expecting to get one or two before he got spooked.…
Ocean cold, sunless deep
Moon rise on a mystic shore Waves lapping softly at the shadowed sand Splashing in the shallows Laughter floats across the star-strewn bay They rise from the deep hoist themselves onto glistening rock or glittering beach Ungainly and awkward out of the water Golden girls combing waist deep tresses Bronze boys talking and laughing Scintillating…
Review “Good Omens” by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
The end of the world is nigh. The antichrist is born, and promptly mislaid. An angel and a demon, who have gone native, decide they really don’t want the world to be destroyed as they quite like it. This is a very funny read. It takes a poke at religion, concepts of heaven and hell,…
Tantalus
If only I could hold it That intangible something Always just beyond reach Like voices in another room With the door slightly ajar They speak, but I can’t hear what they say One day I might push open that door And rush in to kneel before the speakers I will humbly say ‘teach me what…
Film Review “Snow White – a tale of terror”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119227/ This is not your regular Snow White. There is no Queen, no Prince, and no dwarves (well, technically there is one dwarf.) Also, thankfully, Snow White is not called Snow White (a silly name), and instead has the much more believable name of Lilliana Hoffman. But there is a very wicked (and extremely crazy)…
Be fruitful
Be fruitful, says the Lord We think immediately of branches reaching high, laden with goodness. We think of what we can see. Wait a minute, says the Lord, think a moment I have made different types of fruitfulness, and different ways of growing Branches may not grow high, but roots may reach deep Holding onto…
Bullying – why does it happen?
As long as people have been around, there have been bullies, and their victims. We like to think that we are becoming more civilized, but some things never seem to change, in spite of laws and rules of conduct. I believe that there are certain aspects of human behaviour that are so deeply ingrained that…
The accident
The wheels of the bus spin round and round And the people on the bus hang upside down And the smoke from the bus floats through the air And the blood from the bus pools under there And the people from the papers go ‘click click click’ With a glee for the headlines which is…
Encounters with Ursula Le Guin
This week the author Ursula Le Guin passed away at the age of 88. As one of my favourite authors from a very young age, I wanted to write a tribute to her work, and how it has impacted me over the years. Unlike many fans, my first encounter was not with the Earthsea trilogy,…
Eclectic Assemblage 