I once spent a weeksitting on a log in the sunnotebook in handand watched the gullswheeling overheadin a danse macabreinfused with the chaosof noise and oolichansor strutting on the logsin their finest livery. My Father chuckledwatching me in earnestrecording families of gullsat play, or hunting dinnerGlaucous in their dove greyand
Life Recycling
Patch, Pitch or Paint?
A couple years back, at Xmas, my wife gifted me a VERY large set of coloured pencils – like 120 pencils! The pencils are lovely, smooth, no bits on the paper etc., the kind of thing you expect in expensive pencils. The only issue is what happens when I want
Poetry
Stardust
A billion years ago or morean atom burstfrom the big bangtravelling centuries,eons and milleniapast super nova’s,gaseous clusters,milky waysto numerous to countthen dippedbelow the cloudsto wait and watchwhile dinosaursgave way to ice and snowand mammals,swimming,walking,flying,living,until the perfect momentit landed in a mother’s wombto become the stardustin your smile. I am glad
Recycling
BIC Ideas From Little Things
In my work I go through a pile of pens, constantly writing notes and filling coil books. Call me old school but I live by the maxim ‘Write it down and remember it 3 times as long!”. It doesn’t help being left handed! As odd as it seems pushing a
Geekstuff Life
Deosil Goes 3Deosil
Well we have been talking about this for awhile, seeing all the cool models online, and sort of hankering to give 3D printing a try. Of course Mrs. Bear did all the legwork, looking up best performance to price, types of filament to get, talking to friends already 3D printing.
Life
I am not mad
Never forget…Place and names change,countries too,It can happen anywhere,anytime,if you forget,face value is relative,to whom is speaking,and the intentof their message. 60 years ago I was still a wee lad, fishing for bullheads, building rafts and tormenting my ‘little sister’ completely oblivious of the world around me. Students were dying