Just giving a big shout-out to the lesser recognised brave ones. Delivering smoking hot food to your doorstep, pedalling through whatever the weather throws at them, hanging about the deserted city waiting for the next ‘drop’, paid a pittance, chalking up crazy miles each shift, and smiling through it all. Fantastic gang. Give them a… Continue reading Heroic Riders
Wild Garlic Transgressive plant slipping definition. Lily-of-the-Valley dainty yet bitingly assertive adding piquancy to our meal as we talk of how it is for us this mid May evening. Constellations of miniature stars cut from a mass of edible foliage hefted from a cool corner of a manse garden where Stevenson played, now perfume and… Continue reading Wild Garlic
Two poems for you written and read by my talented 'cousin' John Duffy (am allowed to call him that as we called his mum 'Aunt Peggy'), published in Pennine Platform website. Tap on the links to enjoy: https://pennineplatform.com/2020/01/27/john-duffy-reads-one-of-many-circles/ https://pennineplatform.com/2020/01/27/john-duffy-reads-when-we-wis-fab/ The illustration accompanying this blog is designed by Jo Haslam and is the cover image of John's… Continue reading A wee bit poetry
This morning, this oh so sunny morning, as I was running along the exercise track doing my daily constitutional, I met a friend. As we ran and chatted, (2 metres apart, tut not), we talked (well, kind of yelled), about the people who have rediscovered their bike. 'They are positively gleeful', my friend shouted. And… Continue reading On yer bike
Writers who are interested in adding to our joy quota are often viewed as naive, passé or just plain uninformed. Interestingly, such writing is now in demand to balance what isn't going right in our world. By my bedside sits a compendium of the inestimable P G Wodehouse (if you are unfamiliar then, gawd's sake,… Continue reading The power of joy
Anne M Scriven 