Apr 30, 20132 min read

NaPoWriMo 30: Here, Roots Are Not Joined

You fear, you fear her return. IT IS THE END OF NAPOWRIMO. And it really has been marvellous. I’ve just one poem (apart from that below)...

Apr 29, 20132 min read

NaPoWriMo 28: Painting Friends’ Palettes

A lovely iridescent bubble Yesterday’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to write about a colour. So – as it’s nearing the end of the month and I (as...

Apr 21, 20132 min read

NaPoWriMo 21: White Violin or, Lord Raby’s Massive Silver Wine Cooler

Lord Raby’s Massive Silver Wine Cooler – as so described on the signs in Temple Newsam House! Filling in an earlier gap from NaPoWriMo: I...

Apr 21, 20132 min read

NaPoWriMo 20: Rising Suns

Piss-en-lit! Taraxacum! Yesterday’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to use a prescribed list of words and include 5 or more in a poem. Jo Bell’s...

Mar 28, 20131 min read

Pesticide makes bees forget the scent for food, new study finds

http://m.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/27/pesticide-bees-scent-food-neocotinoid Just after my piece about how bees see and smell –...

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