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A rose gold sunrise over a mercury river, steel and glass buildings reflecting the sun, leaves of copper, bronze and iron, titanium sky. It was hard to come to work this morning…

We burned the headless Ikea giraffe, Legacy of a former tenant, In the grate of our new house today. “Let’s throw another leg on the fire” We joked, and then were silent, With the holiness of the fire, and children … Continue reading →

“There’s a room in my house where nobody goes except me:a still room, a light room/a where-I-go-to-write room,an any-day, any-time, a middle-of-the-night room/a feeling-low-and-slow or a high-as-a-kite room. Feel free!” [Room Inside, by Philip Gross] http://www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sylwiapresleyart/5042322541/in/set-72157625075423826/ I liked this one of the graffiti in the SECC tunnel, but it would have been funnier in juxtaposition with the rangers fans in blue and white walking through it! At the moment, Glasgow is blue and silver, with some dramatic … Continue reading →

If the garden is the body, and the attic is the mind, and the rest of the house the soul, as Jung says, then I neglect my heart and body, and dwell too often here. An untidy space, cluttered with … Continue reading →

…but the rain is sanity.

watched the glitter of dew on the grass turn to the sparkle of glass on the pavement, and found Govan beautiful.