We’ve seen a million articles decrying the commercialization of Christmas and exhorting everyone to find meaning in other ways than spending money. The real problem with all this advertising is the message that Christmas must be perfect in order to be enjoyable. At this time of the year we get inundated with commercials, brochures, and…
Empty
Empty hearts when all is done Shuffle through the empty halls Empty eyes in empty heads Staring at the empty walls Finished with the world at last Use by date is long since past Waiting for the last tick tock Winding down the body clock
Review on Emily Dickinson Selected Poems
Though I have certainly heard the name many times over the years, it is only recently that I have finally picked up and read the poems of Emily Dickinson. I found the experience well worth it. I have selected three poems that particularly spoke to me in order to illustrate how much I appreciated this…
Unacceptable
We are the undeserving, the invisible A weight on a long-suffering society We have no jobs, no money Surely our fault, to not obtain What cannot be found We are too infirm And have the gall not to recover From incurable disease And missing limbs We have no homes And what sort of person chooses…
Assassin’s Creed review.
Assassin's Creed (2016) See link for information about the movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094766/ I would like to start by saying I am not a gaming person. So I have no knowledge of, or interest in, this film’s resemblance to the game it is based on This movie stars three excellent actors, so the fact that this…
In the beginning
I've been wanting to start a blog for ages, and could never narrow down what I wanted it to be about. So today I have decided to start anyway, and see what eventuates.
Eclectic Assemblage 