Archives for 2016

Defending the mixing bowl.

Icing, courgettes, rhubarb and ivy.

Magic has its potions.

Mysticism has its symbols.

When you were at school, you might have had your name on each item of clothing. 

Steady pace and evening races, helping the sun set.

Coffee was served in the best way they could fathom.

The shop round the corner was even better.

A guru of road markings was advising the tourists.

Lavender was arranged in sprigs at some junctions. 

The school crossing patrol man was smiling. 

The sheep were walking in line.

Dancing between treetops, mountain peaks and roof terraces, the homely house-proud warriors decide to study design.

We are all amazed, the leaders had stated, to see how diverse the skills of our movers and shakers had become. 

The movers and shakers protested. 

Everyone else sent in a correction request pointing out that for anyone to be described as a mover and shaker, might offend the unmoved and the still and stable folk.

The story is lived first then told.

An abstract painting may be an invented story, yet all stories come from a life.

The effectiveness of communication is the prime property needed to be sure the story is understood.

Practice makes each performance better.

Building a sandcastle is good practice.

There is no need to buy shoes at a shoe shop if you need ice cream.

Too late for the epic voyage booking, the berths were all reserved, they sailed in a sleek thirty meter yacht towards the rocky, yet verdent, isle.

Mythology and local rumor agreed, there were persuasive arguments for mooring here and staying a few days. 

The songs sung at night always played the next day.