Happy St George's Day! open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Well, I feel compelled to say it. An important speech, never more so than now. I hope it reaches you. And yes, it's FB, cos I just could not find an easier way of doing this. www.facebook.com/reel/2767843...

It'll Be OK Never needed this poem more than now.

If you're feeling anxious this is for you. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

a sunset over a body of water with a watermark on the bottom ALT: a sunset over a body of water with a watermark on the bottom

Joy to all for whom this time is sacred, Happy Easter! For any and all, irrespective of faith, the darkest night ends and there will always be a morning XX

Easter Poems For a man-god and his mother

Easter Poems for a man-god and his mother. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

For when you fancy something different for breakfast.open.substack.com/pub/smokingboot/p/breakf...

Spring Equinox or Getting Ready To Wake Up!

Happy Spring Equinox! Are you ready? open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

For When You Want To Run And Who Can Blame You?open.substack.com/pub/smokingboot/p/the-ha...

Happy First Day of Spring! Happy St David's Day! Because the world seems full of fire and roaring, no dragons needed. Instead, here is St David looking rad on his day. He says: "Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd/Do you the little things in life." Something in that when all the world is raging.

Happy Lunar New Year, here's to the Year of the Fire Horse! Run baby run! open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Even The Sun I try not to post more than once a week. But this week has been so harsh, this is for anyone in the dark needing comfort. It may not be enough, but it is something.

Because this doesn't feel like Valentine's time. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Here comes Valentines Day, and this is for when you are tempted... or wish you were. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Song of Imbolc For new beginnings however hard they may be.

Imbolc blessings to anyone who wants them X open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Best advice ever.

In trippy times, some mushroom lore to remember... open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

This powerful piece by Topsy is located right outside the Swedish Medical Center (First Hill Campus) in Seattle, Washington.

Don't worry, I've got you.

A poem for when everything feels low and luckless open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Eros and Psyche For your lost love.

Feeling melancholy? Here's a poem for your lost love. Maybe it wasn't really lost or really love, but mood is mood. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

A Song for Now and Long ago If everything feels bleak, believe what I bring you today. It is true.

For you, in harsh times open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

The Last Gift of the Year Advice from a bird.

Wishing all a very Happy New Year, may 2026 bring you happiness and fulfilment! Here's some excellent avian advice ... open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

The gift before the last gift of the year open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

For you. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Love Song of the Longest Night For the Winter Solstice is here. Have this.

Wishing you a deeply beautiful Winter Solstice. Here is a poem for you. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

A poem before the Winter Solstice for when you are tired and cold. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Really? How unlike other jokes always firmly grounded in reality, like horses walking into bars and elephants hiding in cherry trees 😜

Written For the One It Is Written For No explanations here

Another poem: open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

The Silent Spunkbuckets of the Lord The Vatican, deacons, fannies, and the silence of Christian women.

This one's about the recent vatican vote against having women deacons in the Catholic Church. Do not read if you are spiritually delicate re religion and women. It's not a gentle piece. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Your Wasteland Heaven For those who are not festive yet.

A poem for those who don't feel seasonal yet. open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...

Frankenstein 2025 A Spoilery Review

My review of the latest Frankenstein film. He's pretty but... open.substack.com/pub/smokingb...