Tag: Day-to-day
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Tales from the bathroom: An easy mistake to make
Mistakes happen from time to time… they’re inevitable. But, there is one mistake that one should always try to avoid, at all costs. Never, never ever mix up Twilight Stealth hair gel with a tub of Finest Caviar. It’s a tad unfortunate that both packages are of a similar shape and colour, but that is…
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Celebrating Sixty Glorious Years (and one song)
I’ve just finished watching the Diamond Jubilee celebration concert for Her Majesty the Queen, and I have been quite moved. The crowds… the music… the lights… the fireworks… the Keep Calm And Carry On… it was an amazing concert. I was moved not by the images from yesteryear throughout the Queen’s reign. I wasn’t moved…
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Self Portrait
I look nothing like I think I do. I think I look exactly as I did years ago, but the mirror tells me otherwise. The mirror lies. The mirror points out flaws I never knew I had. Truths I never believed existed. Flaws that would never exist on me. I’m perfect. Well, apart from the…
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Lakeside
Into the depths of the lake I looked and saw the fishes swimmingThe ducks were paddling gently by with faces that were grinningThe heron stood looking out with one eye on something distantA terrapin basked on a rock, not moving for an instantA blue dragonfly hovered and looked me roundly in the eyeMy attention, though,…