Hours of scrubbing There is the wondering The pondering The wishing and the sighing As the hours drag by Still nothing gets done And it appears nothing ever will Until a way appears So Roll up the sleeves Apply elbow grease Add forgiveness Self acceptance A little divine deliverance And finally it is done You […]
He stays up all night With a cow giving birth Looks after poddy calves for all he is worth Happiness inhabiting his soul As he murmurs To small bony heads Big brown eyes And spindly legs That run to meet the one Who offers sustenance He’ll spend his day Praying for rain For the herd […]
It’s been a couple of days since I was last writing on the blog. The header photo was the last day of our holiday at the beach. The storm clouds seemed to be a portent of some kind. Perhaps they were. It’s been busy. We have been travelling home from holidays, sorting and organising, unpacking. […]
I tore my favourite shirt It taught me to let go I broke my treasured jug It taught me to let go I pleaded with my drunken son at 1am in the morning to come home come home come home He said no he was fine and walked away It taught me to […]
