Bowie

 

Music club tonight

five favourite Bowie tracks

and the best album.

 

by Scooj

 

  • You might be wondering what I chose… here you go:

Space oddity

Changes

Ashes to ashes

Oh you pretty things

Black star

 

Hunky Dory.

Balance

 

Opposing forces

wrestle with tricky issues

seeking good outcomes

 

by Scooj

 

  • A difficult meeting at work today, where the desires for profile opportunities and reputation enhancement could risk fabulous public outcomes. I have a philosophy and it is this.

Never seek to be seen to be doing the right thing. Do the right thing and you will be seen.

Arrival

.

Autum’s crisp discards

laced with sugar frosting dust

winter has arrived

.

by Scooj

Fast lane

.

Where did the day go?

And where did the weekend go?

acceleration.

.

by Scooj

Kingfisher

First published in May 2015, I felt this haiku deserved a repost. I had kingfishers on my mind.

 

Slow lowland rivers,

pulling nets for a living,

those halcyon days.

 

by Scooj

Routine

 

The end of a week

dominated by routine

I want to break free.

 

by Scooj

The one that got away

 

Decorations boxed

ready for hibernation

always one evades

 

by Scooj

 

  • It doesn’t seem to matter how thorough I am with clearing away the Christmas decorations and stuff, one item always seems to evade going into the loft. This year it was the cloth that we put out under the tree (in the washing basket). Does this happen to anyone else?

Il Tricolore

 

An arrangement of

three mini jelly babies

Italian flag

 

by Scooj

 

Three jelly babies, Bristol, January 2020
Three jelly babies, Bristol, January 2020

Battenburg

 

Harlequin sponge cake

wrapped in a marzipan coat

tea-time confection

 

by Scooj

Nose to the grindstone

 

It’s almost as if

there wasn’t a Christmas break

nose to the grindstone.

 

by Scooj