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
Category: My non Story Musings
Not stories , just things I think about
Birthday memories
Being Kintsugi
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
Umpherday (aka the 27th December)
Winter Solstice Thoughts
In Praise of Kitchens
Christmas shopping has changed
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”
Saturdays from long ago remembered
I remember Saturday afternoons from long ago and I smile .. click read more to find out why
Silence is a good thing
Memories of trips to see Takabuti in Belfast
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









