What do we need to buy this week? Or should that be, What do we want to buy this week? Let me just see. Fruit and veg first: Bananas Should they be ripe for eating now, Or rather green to last the week. Should I buy Fairtrade, Or is organic healthier? Do the fairtraders use [...]

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You look at me as if I wasn’t there But my transparency is deceptive. I can blur the truth when dirty or misted And conjure up untruthful reflections. I have many different forms: ornate and decorative (Useless for looking out of), Simple (providing shelter from the elements) And even partly-opaque (Dissuading ‘peeping toms’ as you [...]

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Waking up – to find it didn’t happen Waking up – to find it really did! Seeing the celandine, that little sun, First to adorn the roadside in the Spring; The greening of the hedgerows after rain; The gradual blueing of the April woods; Picking blackberries with purple hands, And squirrelling them away for wintry [...]

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Here I am again, sitting with others around this ancient table. There are a few shuffles and coughs, then quietness descends. Some lose themselves in the beauty of the flowers on the table, others have their eyes tightly shut. One person gets up and takes a Bible or book to read. Concentration resumes. My imagination [...]

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