The Magician – 14th August 2024

A promise of one thing
– Delivery of another
The truth outstanding

The magician’s deceit, a procured receipt
The politician’s defeat

…Yet still perfects the landing

Submitted to Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Mislead


Today I’m feeling:

Average to fair.  Didn’t sleep for long enough again but forced myself up and to do a little 10-minute exercise and hope to start getting back into it.

I still have headaches and my voice and throat is still a little sore and croaky.  I’m in a reasonable headspace though.

Health:

Physical: 6
Mental: 7

Today I’m grateful for:

My adaptability. As I’m entering details into the blog from when I started working in high school at CRPAO I can see how I have managed to adapt myself to the environment and become more flexible and understanding.

The best thing about today was:

Jet, Lin and Mai, my old grade 9 students, love touching my belly for some reason but today Lin squealed and called over Jet and they were both disappointed to feel that I have lost some belly fat.

I’m not actually sure that I have but this made me feel good that perhaps some of the exercising that I have been doing these past few years may be having some small effect.

Something I learned today?

I spoke to Hayden yesterday and he has moved into a new place, which he seems happy with.  He also reckons he’s on for a new workplace which will give him a little more money and better working conditions.  I hope that he gets that.

He has a few days off and is flying down to Melbourne to get a tattoo.  Seems a long way to go just for a tattoo but, I guess he’ll be doing other stuff whilst there.  I think his mum is still supporting him too much but he’s slowly getting there to stand on his own two feet.

Amy took this picture because sometimes we can get our grass cut for free!

A Magic Trick – 26th January 2022

A theatre in which to participate
A groupthink in which to integrate
Share no thoughts, share no feeling
Just a picture of instant appealing

A fantasy completely documented
A world that you yourself invented
Within that mirror, behind the screen
A hamster wheel forever unseen

A like or love with each clickety-click
Buying more will do the trick
The magic hat, a rabbit appears
A wave of the wand to dry your tears

Ocean sunsets with glorious wives
A time to remember for all your lives
Yet forgotten as you endlessly feed
And try to satisfy your doom-scrolling need

13 Aug 2024 – Submitted to Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Mislead


The meaning of life is nested within the set terms of our own mortality.

Nick Cave

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to Nancy for giving me a nice scarf as a gift yesterday. It was a nice surprise.