Tag: Thoughts
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The Three Marys
I’ve found myself, once again, thinking of Betelgeuse this week. I last wrote about Betelgeuse in my post Night as bright as day? back in January 2011, and the speculation that it is due to go supernova sometime soon. Betelgeuse makes up part of the Winter Triangle, or the Great Southern Triangle, with Sirius and…
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What’s behind a cat’s stare?
She can sit and wait for hours on end In weathers wet and dry You look at her, she looks at you, And you have to wonder why? I wonder what she’s thinking As she sits and looks and stares Waiting for a snack perhaps Or thinking of her shares? Dreaming of adventures That only…
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Guess Who?
I was looking through some old photographs the other day, and came across a couple of class group photos, from, I think, the first and third year of secondary school, and then, even earlier from the sunny days of the infants school that I attended. The secondary school photos were both dour and grey (with…
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Ministers without a purpose
I am not at all politically minded. I don’t like politics of any kind, not the governmental kind, the office kind, or the little one-on-one kind. To me, it’s all manipulation, co-operation, beg, steal or borrow, or you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. I constantly have an itchy back, and manage to scratch…
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Inspiration from a Stray Thought?
There was a stray thought of mine That wanted it’s own voice on line But as it was small No words could it call So it left me with this awful rhyme! Inspiration. Inspiration. Inspiration. You’d think in a world full of everything, something would stand out and shout, “Use me as your topic! Let…