Well worth sharing.

LOL.

"Want a cup of tea?" (UK edition)

Well, it was pretty fun! We met when both our travel parties were herding giraffes on the same safari holiday. We laughed when the balloons lifted both of our giraffes into the air at the same time! After that, there was of course that strange story with the clown-smugglers in the local port . . .

Huge congratulations to Hungary! A whole new future might be possible now.

#hungary #eu

I had the same experience when living in China, when my Mandarin was pretty decent. Many times I started conversations with people in the street and they automatically assumed I spoke English until several sentences in, when their face suddenly changed to "Wait, hang on . . . I understand this guy!"

Thank you. ❤️ I am honoured that you read it.

Yes. That was about the collection of poetry you were kind to read . . . 😎

Also, one of my favourites: a reader who told me how he loved one of my books, "but it would have been much better if I had written it differently."

Royale with Macaroni, perhaps?

Also the classic: "And then I woke up. It had all been a dream."

"Abraham: Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
Sampson: I do bite my thumb, sir." (Act 1 Scene 1)

No, darn. That doesn´t work, does it. Your Shakespeare quoting skills are better than mine.

Well, people really are interested in insight into Wittgenstein´s time in Vienna and how the combination of an oriental-inspired mosaic combined with three glasses of absinthe and the belly-dancing trained waitress at his café shaped the foundations of his philosophy, they just don´t KNOW it yet.

Time to celebrate #worldhealthday with the added focus of #onehealth. #Publichealth is so much more important and key than many people realise, and often they only find this out if it starts getting cut.

Have a great Ēostre celebration says Tove and all the inhabitants of Moominvalley.

#writingcommunity #art #painting #easter #moomin #tovejansson

Good piece, thank you. Got me thinking, as a poet and writer (and as one who often works inspired by art and who works with artists).

Now, remember to drive carefully this weekend. Easter traffic can be pretty bad.

#writingcommunity #art #easter

Very kind of you to say, thank you. It takes a long, long time to write a really good book, and getting it seen is rarely easy.

There might be a George Cross in this for you, I would think. A Woof Cross, I mean, of course.

“Ralph sat there, waiting. What was the word? Ennui. Yep. Very fancy. Easter Bunny. Ennui Bunny. “The girls will go wild!” his mates had said. "Wild!" He knew someone would say it. And soon. He should have become an accountant.
“Dude . . . You got any eggs?”

#writingcommunity #art #painting

“There was a song playing. Lupe could hear it. The song across Rio of poverty, of blank-eyed faces finding relief in the needle, of sirens, of clean air by rich people´s houses, of barking assault rifles in the favelas. There was a song playing. Lupe could hear it.”

#writingcommunity #art #painting

“The court feels so far away here. All the finery, Hiroshi. The ladies, so dressed up and so pretty. The courtiers, all desperately playing the game . . . No honest sword at your side, just hidden knives waiting for you to make a mistake. Look, fireflies!”

#writingcommunity #art #painting

Ah, so the site is dying, is it? Again. Oh well. Think I will go make more coffee, post, and keep reading posts.

There were several versions of the Library of Alexandria over the centuries. And they TORCHED THEM ALL. I need a drink to cry in.

Sometimes I wonder
did you die
on a dirty floor?
Did you die in a crack house
or something upmarket?

Sometimes I wonder,
did you die
alone, or with others,
equally high
but not overdosing?

Sometimes I wonder
where our dreams went
after this,
after you took a bow
and exited, stage left?

#poetry

Well done. Actually made me re-read it before going "Hah."

Well, given the current chaos and grief in the world, April Fools´ is almost impossible to use. So here´s Death wishing you Happy Hogswatch instead.

#writingcommunity #aprilfools #art #pratchett #discworld #painting

“Let us run away together, Priscilla. I know we are different, but let´s make a life together. Let´s sell ceramics in Devon. Or surfboards in Illinois. Make apple cider in Bermuda. It doesn´t matter, you know I am yours, let´s just build a life together.”

#writingcommunity #art #painting