Tag Archives: Poetry

Wordless Wednesday – Byron’s Pool, Cambridge: A Literary Walk

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Frogend_dweller
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Wishing you Peace and Happiness!

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Frogend_dweller

“One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether … Continue reading →

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It’s National Tree Week – Let’s celebrate!

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Frogend_dweller

National Tree Week (a UK festival) was introduced in 1975 and is a celebration of all things ‘Tree’. It coincides with the beginning  of the winter planting season and here is the promotion poster for this year. As a long-term … Continue reading →

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Looking forward to a Burns Night Supper ….

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Frogend_dweller

… and how did an English vegetarian get here? A while back, when my husband and I still did astronomy, we were seconded to the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It was a … Continue reading →

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Frogend_dweller

I go through phases of enjoying poetry, with very long gaps between, and that is how I’ve only just got round to reading the full poem ‘Ode to Autumn’ by John Keats. It seems to me to take us through … Continue reading →

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