Category: Random
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The Boggart
When milk turns sour and the time’s not right,And objects vanish from out of sight,When noises sound in the dead of night,The imp’s playing its game. When doors are locked without a key,When four socks washed change to three,When papers shuffle without a breeze,There’s only one to blame. When laughter’s heard and no-one’s there,Or an…
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Messy Nessie
Hidden from viewFor the past year or twoIs the monster of the lochBut I stood on the shoreAnd heard an almighty roarWhich gave me a terrible shockI turned ‘round with gleeAs I expected to seeThe legend of the lakeBut the man in the suitWas a real fruit-loopAnd hardly a convincing fake
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Characters Calling: Lady Salinger-Wallis
Erm… sorry about this. Originally posted on June 25th 2011: Lady Salinger-Wallis squealed with delight as she slipped down the artificial ski-slope. She wasn’t standing; she had fallen at the top of the slope trying to attach one of her skis which had become detached from her left foot as she was about to ski…
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The Power of the Mind
I read an article recently about a therapy technique that is becoming popular that helps people with recurrent depression. The thing is, and try as I might, I couldn’t think of the term that was being used. I knew it was linked to being aware, feeling whole, concentrating on breathing as a way of focus,…