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Autumn Writings – Of Elephants and Autumn Leaves

I love a good elephant joke, though considering the current plight of the poor pachyderm very soon there […]

November 4, 2018 Autumn, elephants, Gardening, Wildlife, writing

Autumn Writings – Weekend

Early Saturday Evening In a red brick North London street Endless drab grey rooftops, Tall clay chimney pots. […]

November 4, 2018 Autumn, Small town, sunday, Weather, Weekend, writing

The Leaf, the Witch and the Hedgehog (A “neighborly” autumn tale)

The old lady across the road stares at me with autumn acrimony, holding me in her leafy gaze […]

October 29, 2017 Ageing, Autumn, Bourges, Environment, Gardening, Halloween, Life, Small town, Weather, Weekend

Of Elephants and Autumn Leaves

I love a good elephant joke, though considering the current plight of the poor pachyderm very soon there […]

October 27, 2015 Autumn, Gardening, Philosophy, Spring, Weather

Of Storms and Lost Causes

Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain’t […]

October 28, 2013 Autumn, Gardening, Weather

Leafy Weekend.

It’s been a weekend of leaves. They cascade snow like down from the trees in thick flurries.  I […]

October 20, 2013 Gardening
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