David Icke’s Dog – 27th April 2022

Starseed shamans sharing their lizard dreams
Cosmic potential activated through DNA streams
The memories of all those galactic lives
Are proof to all that the multiverse survives

The message from above is the need to cull
Cast away, the disabled, the dark and the dull
The masters walk among us mere meat mortals
Downloaded to the metaverse through telepathic portals

The fallback plan is to evacuate to Mars
On Aryan ships fuelled by red dwarf stars
Go and build your superior master race
Leave the rest of us here, happy in our place

Inspired by a Jules Evans post on conspirituality and the connection between eugenics and fascism. At the same time watching the fourth season of The Man in the High Castle.


Little syphons the joy of life more surely than the wasted energy of indignation at how others have failed to behave in accordance with what we expected of them.

Maria Popova

The Week That Was – 10th June 1979

Right At Home – 26th April 2022

I walk around the zoo, muttering that life is hard
Search for a home in all the usual places
Simpler in the past, I try not to disregard
This family full of familiar faces
The time, the people, they all come and go
I learned to be comfortable on my own
Once I found myself then I’d know
That deep inside is my most sacred home

*inspired by The Tiny Wisdom


At a certain point no matter what your politics are, every action you take is political.

Geoff Rickly

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for homegrown bananas for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Get Lost – 25th April 2022

How can you be lost
If you don’t know where you’re going?
How much does it cost
To be comfortable with the not knowing?
You take the first step
Outside the familiar loop of each day
And don’t you forget
You got ‘here’ but ‘there’ is a different way

*inspired by The Tiny Wisdom

9th Jun 2024 – Submitted to Reena’s Xploration Challenge #334


Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Khalil Gibran

The Balloon Holder – 24th April 2022

Add another balloon to the balance
Watch the world from dizzy heights
Here’s another stone to pull you down
A day full of maybes and mights
Some days balloon turns to stone
And other days it’s the reverse
A terrible time turned out for the best
Then eating cake made things worse
Appreciate and accept these things
See them for what they really are
Everyone faces this difficult balance
And everyone has got this far
There are ways to share the weight
So be grateful when getting older
It’s ok to stay behind a while
Waiting to find the balloon holder

*inspired by an entry at The Tiny Wisdom


They laugh at me because I’m different. I laugh at them because they’re all the same.

often attributed to Kurt Cobain

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to be able to video call Amy after her nights out and walk her safely home.

Foundation – 22nd April 2022

When you’re talking to yourself, who’s listening? Who’s talking?
You can never see yourself, not with your own eyes
Who you are is not for you to say but that is what you must be
Do the job and do it well is the foundation you must realise


Maybe we don’t want to talk about it. Perhaps we believe that unexamind luck isn’t quite as fragile.

Seth Godin

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful that I can catch up on sleep if I need to. Last night was a delicious long 11 hours.

Time’s Up – 21st April 2022

Hello friend, I’m just passing through
But I’m grateful that I got to know you
Thick as thieves, inseparable brothers
One and the same in the eyes of others
So friend, we never got to say farewell
Something happened, neither of us could tell
We didn’t mean to but life pulls in different ways
Memories remain the only thing that stays


There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

F.D. Roosevelt

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful for this holiday I’m on – I’m loving it. The fact that I’m OK with holidays or work makes everything I do interesting and I know I’m adaptable to enjoy any situation.

Out Of Reach – 20th April 2022

These people left holes all over the world
Because they didn’t follow their heart
Saw a life far beyond their reach
So they never even bothered to start


…mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.

Woody Allen

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to Nut and Brunotoday, for supplying me with more bagels and a small tree for the garden plus some ideas for other plants too.


The Week That Was – 3rd June 1979

Mass Scale Perception Management Operation – 19th April 2022

You are secretly perfect
But you will never know
The world is perfect too
Purposely hidden from view
The way of the world
Must be the way you go

Because all beliefs are false
The self is an illusion
Our eternities at heart
From the end to the start
Every no is made from yes
Despite our delusion


Learning how to learn is the most important skill to acquire.

Robert Greene

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to Matt and Mix and their family for cooking lunch yesterday when I went to visit. They made Sukothai Pad Thai. Followed by delicious home-grown jackfruit.

The Curse – 18th April 2022

Surviving in a world with nostalgia
A regret of living in the now
Is there an old way of living
That people have forgotten somehow?

But it’s a useless battle to fight
To smell the glories of the past
The foibles of a new generation
Ensure it will never last

The curse of the old man
Constantly shaking fists at the skies
They forget their own youth
When they had the time of their lives


For years, maybe even today, sometimes I think ‘What exactly am I going to do with my life? What is my career going to be? I’m only 80 for God’s sake!’

Anne Tyler

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful that the water pumps are still working after stopping last night when I forgot to turn off the hose! Getting forgetful in my old age.