#vss365 In the small hours of the night, wakeful, I wonder whether I took the right #turn.

#vss365 Life has gone off #balance lately, so when I missed a chair and landed on the floor in an undignified heap, it seemed just another in a string of bad stuff.

#vss365 Much as I'd love to be able To break into a #sprint These old legs are more likely To end up in a splint So I'll concentrate on my latest book And hope it gets into print.

#vss365 Grief is like cycling uphill against a monumental #headwind one painful push after another towards an ever-retreating summit

#vss365 I've paid in advance for my funeral rites, Though i don't plan to #depart just yet, And I hope when I go Friends and family will throw A party no-one will forget.

#vss365 Small children in a garden pool #unabashed and androgynous who decided that little girls should hide their flat chests? Be #patient - let them be free while they can.

#vss365 Of all the #embraces I have enjoyed in my life, Millie climbing onto my lap is the best by a country mile.

#vss365 Son-in-law's in hospital leaving this wife alone - so she can prune his #roses the way they should be done.

#vss365 Sitting in the sun watching dumper trucks #defy gravity

#vss365 He kissed me so #tenderly I #swooned with melting limbs, Long ago but still remembered- I wonder who's kissing him now.

#vss365 He turns up his patrician nose with an expression #supercilious, then runs for the bathroom - not posh, then, just bilious.

#vss365 My garden is a constant joy Despite the encroaching weeds I'm #stunned each year by beauty Huge ferns from windblown seeds Crocosmos tall as children An unexpected rose Hydrangeas and black elder And ivy that grows and grows.

#vss365 Two months after my hip was done, I subjected my garden to an #appraisal. Verdict - definitely in need of some TLC. Ivy is invading like a tide, self-seeded ferns are waist height. Problem - there's only so much a green bin can hold.

#vss365 One spell of sunny weather Folk flock in their droves To the beach in Brighton Or the beach huts in Hove Then trudge their weary ways back home With #florid complexions, every one.

Trump said no new wars -He started 6 wars Trump said cheaper groceries -Highest inflation after Covid Trump said he's releasing the Epstein files -He blocked them Trump promised cheaper gas - All time high price How is this Biden's fault? Just vote blue.

#vss365 In the mad desire to the top to own more to rule everywhere some have lost sight of the fact that we are all destined to become #carrion.

I know a few of this type!

#vss365 I spent a hour last evening Trudging back and forth Emptying the water-butt To keep my plants alive - Then thunder rolled & raindrops fell On my #disgruntled head - If it had come an hour before I wouldn't have had to strive!

#vss365 I feel as fit as a #flea Apart from a dodgy knee, But I'm not too old yet, A few aches I'll forget, I'll be dancing at eighty-three

#vss365 I admit it’s too hot, But 40 it's not - No need to be tense, Just a #grain of sense Tells you all of this panic Is OTT manic - Last week we complained About weeks of rain!

#vss365 Sitting dreaming fantasies of the #TowerofLondon Traitors who yearn for purple, a #lurch, and #defenestration.

My bro is Brobdingnagian So we call him #Lurch I’m glad He’s even tempered His punch Is ending, curt Even irksome Buzzing flies I saw him Deign to hurt One day His girlfriend’s Fanny’s pinched By a clueless Jerk I spent half day Scraping Jerk He’d mashed Into the dirt #vss365

#vss365 I had a new hip 20 years ago Which increased the length of that leg, Then i walked with a #lurch So when the other hip was due In front of the new surgeon i begged, "Of this limp i'm fed up Please level me up!"

#vss365 My son in law is in hospital Getting better, we hope, but there's a catch - The kitchen don't understand Gluten-free, so my daughter Must cook up a #batch Of undusted chicken wings & Gluten-free bread And feed him when no-one's on watch.

My parents about 30 years ago, together again now. Happy Fathers' Day, Pa x

#vss365 George became the talk of the golf club, after he teed off wirh a #putter. Tradionalists wanted him banned, but others said that, even though it was a #novel way to play, he had still managed three under par.

#vss365 It will take at least a generation to #undo the harm to the world these past months have wrought, and only then if enough people are willing.

#vss365 Night in a strange city danger lurks in every shadow she walks with keys #clenched

#vss365 Those last few days she withdrew to some private place too #distant for me to reach. Even her final #quietus came in the two minutes that sleep claimed me. They say we all die alone, but she knew i was there.

The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#vss365 Danger adds flavour to #forbidden fruit - or, in modern parlance, stolen chips taste better!

#vss365 After a troubled night I greet the #dawn with relief and tea

#vss365 It was only the size of a bowl, But, grass-filled, a hidden #deadfall, I went down, felt a crack, X-ray proved a break, Crutches slowed my pace down to a crawl.

They say A.I.'s awesome, but I tell them, look, there's nothing it says I can't learn from a book. And A.I. can't copy what kids really need: a #mother or father who'll join them, and read. #vss365 bookshop.org/p/books/catc...

#vss365 Six months have already gone yet the #horror of my grandchildren losing their #mother is as fresh as it was then.

#vss365 I carried each of them under my heart birthed them nourished them and let them go but I still hold them for #evermore in my blood.

#vss365 It doesn't seem that long ago That i could run downstairs Arms full of dirty laundry Without a thought or care, But as the years catch up with me I dare not be that bold, I'm too afraid of #falling Which proves I'm getting old.

#vss365 Some say that #Farage is the answer. They must think we're as stupid as Magas. I, for one, am not #falling for that!

victory by design! swindle and rob from the ignorant and poor while convincing them it’s struggling immigrants taking it all #vss365 #poetry

vss365 When the right side claims #victory I hope the entire criminal family and its ill-gotten gains immediately become history.

#vss365 Sleepless at #midnight thoughts spinning out of control about things I can't fix.

#vss365 Today I returned to my #primitive roots, pulling weeds, brewing elderflower & lemon balm tea and making mint jelly. Such a soothing afternoon.

Even hospitals and schools are bombed. Each story the surviving elders tell us kids about life during peace sounds too wondrous to be true. #vss365 #vss #wondrous

#vss365 Perfume of elderflower #wondrous on the air delicious on the tongue steeped with lemon balm

Tactile tsunami ❤️

#vss365 Back 50 years, when I was mum to 4, money was tight. I used to buy factory #remnants of fabric, mixed parcels that tested my ingenuity. My girls had dresses, boys had shorts & shirts, and I wore long hippy skirts made from cotton strips.

Hank stumbled out of the cryonics facility. The town was crumbling. Buildings were empty, on the verge of collapse. He fell to his knees. "How long was I frozen? Is there any #remnant of humanity left?" The mailman scowled. "Same joke every morning. If you hate it here so much, just move!" #vss365

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