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Archives for 2021

Sift and sip slowly.

At high speed the amount of concentration needed is the same as at a slow amble, it just needs more focus, less interruption and laser-sharp attention.

Sharp.?

Well think of it kindly and with some time to spare.

Just like the other good things that came in the day’s news.

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The mirror and the staircase.

Silently and with great beauty.

Everyone or perhaps anyone, could see.

A glittering sunlight of late afternoon and a reflection.

A small white boat on the horizon.

A bag of rice and two plates of salmon pate.

Turn again and re-appraise.

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Many standard settings are simply bad.

Improving the beauty of stunning occasions, they climbed a hill, traversed a river that ran rough and tough, and pitched camp under large-leaved trees.

Scanning the horizon which was rather close as the trees blocked any distant view, they saw the words pile up like a storage problem solved.

Two pizzas, a moment’s pause and an envelope later, the skies appeared in a vermillion poise.

There are still new lands and new views, we discover.

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Top of the morning, middle of the afternoon.

A good start can be got and held whether at the beginning or…um…a little late.

Daylight, some days of questionable brilliance as clouds conceal the source of light and other days scintillating and dazzling, promotes action and new thinking.

New thinking?

The possibility of the new or a change in routine, worth trying as you can always reset everything to the so-far standard layout.

Over there we see three people who have just met and perhaps they’ll still be in contact later.

Beyond all of this is an imagined glory, a place to learn rather than be taught.

Dazzling!

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Reflecting on the glistening of light and reflections and refraction.

So much bounce.

So many unending subjects and new discoveries.

All in the rippling power of the ocean from the edge, the sand, the beach, the land.

At far left, distant it seems, a ship crawls along like a weed growing.

Ahead are the flowers and frolicking speedboats the size of mansions.

A dolphin looks up briefly, then decides it’s time to look for a quieter place.

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