Cosmic Latte – 19th September 2025

Perhaps we English were on to something,

dressed in the average colour of the universe;

A warm beige across every stage

to which I became adverse.

A fun little ditty about something that was pointed out to me by Bronwyn (an Australian) back in the 90s, that the English dress very dully in greys and browns.

This came to mind when reading this little factoid today: When astronomers combined the light of billions of galaxies, they found the average colour of the universe to be a warm beige, whimsically dubbed “Cosmic Latte.”

Step Into The Light – 21st September 2024

Image Credit: Danial Burka @ Unsplash

So tired of being in the dark and all alone

There’s still a mountain to climb
And will the promise there hold true?

Step into the light I keep telling myself…

Step into the light I keep telling myself…

Step into the light I keep telling myself…

Submitted to WDYS #254 (above picture prompt). The title and first line is from Archers of Loaf’s ‘Step Into The Light’ and constitute the whole of its lyric! I haven’t added much more but it represents the dark headspace I’ve found myself in recently.


My reply to this post about sitting on the fence and UK politics

I could admire Thatcher as a woman dealing with a man’s world, but as a politician I despised her.

It’s impossible to say how things would have gone if she was never elected but I see the decline of the UK starting with her.

I appreciate that things were on the decline before that but this was visible during my lifetime and one of the reasons I was glad to leave the UK in the 90’s.

“Is it so wrong to sit on the fence?” – I constantly consider this, perhaps a reflection of my own Englishness. People who don’t sit on the fence seem to have more charisma and confidence but I find the world far more grey.

I also consider that I shouldn’t express an opinion if I am not fully aware of the facts.