Skip to content
The Mess and The Meaning
Menu
  • The Mess and the Meaning
Menu

Category: My non Story Musings

Not stories , just things I think about

An Elegy for Civilisation

Posted on January 18, 2026January 18, 2026 by admin

I am a big fan of WB Yeats , particulalry when he goes into full elegy mode where he shifted from the austere celitc romance to an ambivalent tone blendinhg personal emotion with public despair.
After a period of doomscrolling yesterday I threw on my imaginary donegal tweed waistcoat, grabbed epigrammatic blackthorn walking stick and went looking for words these are the ones I found .. aplogies to WB and my sister Janet who was better with words in verses than me

Read more

Birthday memories

Posted on January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 by admin

I remember my wee sister on her birthday

Read more

Being Kintsugi

Posted on January 1, 2026January 3, 2026 by admin

Japan has an idea called wabi-sabi, which is the way we need to try to find beauty in imperfection, some thoughts on this to start 2026

Read more

Umpherday (aka the 27th December)

Posted on December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 by admin

Some thoughts on the 27th December

Read more

Winter Solstice Thoughts

Posted on December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 by admin

I have a think about this monent of natural change ..

Read more

In Praise of Kitchens

Posted on December 14, 2025December 14, 2025 by admin

I rave about kitchens as you do

Read more

Christmas shopping has changed

Posted on November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 by admin

A 2025 Shopping trip in late November reminds me of the shoppiing trips in the 70’s which were markedly different in Northern ireland , find out what I mean by clicking “Read More”

Read more

Saturdays from long ago remembered

Posted on November 22, 2025November 30, 2025 by admin

I remember Saturday afternoons from long ago and I smile .. click read more to find out why

Read more

Silence is a good thing

Posted on November 22, 2025November 22, 2025 by admin

I consider the power of silence as the space where creation happens

Read more

Memories of trips to see Takabuti in Belfast

Posted on November 19, 2025November 19, 2025 by admin

I was reminded today about the Ulster Mseum in Belfast and the trips I was taken on at school , the one abiding memory is of the Egytian Mummy Takabuti .. click Read More below

Read more
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next

Recent Posts

  • The last verse …
  • The Diwali Lotus
  • Paul’s lost words
  • An Elegy for Civilisation
  • Sidney and the Time Travelling Toilet

Recent Comments

  1. Joe Litton on When the Rowan Returned
  2. Banana on The Transformation of Reverend Samuel Wilson
  3. Ben on The Day We Lost Morning
  4. Joe on Magdalena Maginnis and the Egg of Unlaid Ambition
  5. admin on Norman Pricklethorn and the great Worry Famine of 2025

Archives

  • January 2026
  • December 2025
  • November 2025

Categories

  • About Remembering
  • All Stories
  • Ancient Places and things
  • Family
  • Life
  • Life and things that happen
  • Long Stories
  • My non Story Musings
  • Mythological
  • Nether Oak Close Stories
  • Sci-Fi
  • Strange Things
  • The Raven Under the hill
  • What If
©2026 The Mess and The Meaning | WordPress Theme by Superbthemes.com