I can’t believe what is happening to me
My head is spinning
The flowers and the trees are encapsulating me
And I go spinning
He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that one and one was two
Two and two were four
He was the baby of the class you know
He really didn’t know that, really [...]
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Late Night Listening – Ship of Fools
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2010
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Late Night Listening – Dragonfly
Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen of Earth and all native intelligences
of the forty planets, satellites, moons, stars,
and any other inhabited orbs
with contestants entered in the annual Grande Trex,
the only inter-galactic race.
This year’s event promises excitement to surpass all previous races.
As many of you fans already know the route or track of the orbits, glides, etc.
has been [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2010
The promised snow did arrive over night and it was snowing like the clappers when I got up this morning. As I mentioned yesterday I had no choice but to go into work because I was on Business Improvements Delivering Excellence training. So there was nothing for it but to put my best foot [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2010
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At the Going Down of the Sun…
…and in the morning, we will remember them.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Books, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009, Science & Nature
Spending Time at the Royal Institution
Back to my weekend away. This started with a leisurely drive to Orpington where we parked the car and took a brief train ride into London, much easier than struggling to drive through the city. The leisurely drive included a stop for a pub lunch.
On the way to the Royal Institution, I found myself [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Oct 14th 2009
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Flodden Field
The photographs in yesterday’s blog post were taken at Flodden Field, which over the years has witnessed many battles between the English and the Scots. One of the most famous battles was the Battle of Braxton Moor which is more commonly known as the Battle of Flodden Field. It is hard to believe that such [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 8th 2009
