Dusk delight from the chill spot Beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder, but only if the beholder is taking notice and observing the detail of what they cast their eyes across. We can spend much of our time using the device that this is written on scrolling down or finger sliding across, … Continue reading Just Look
I have no idea how that title jumped out of the mind boggle. Moreover, how the heck did I just come up with boggle? Is not as if the word itself is in the daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly vocabulary use. So how? One could muse for hours over that conundrum or just go … Continue reading Musing about Boggling Times
“Home is where the heart is”, as the saying states. If that is the case then I have a Heart bigger than an Elephant. Mind you, the heart manifests itself in thoughts generated by the brain. The Heart is really a metaphor of all those things we regard with fondness and affection. The Senses So … Continue reading Home of the Heart
Preamble: This piece probably would never have happened if not for a short story writing competion that wife Shakirah alerted me to. There were four themes to pick and this one is based on the premise of someone considering giving up on their career goals just before a career defining break. Read on. PS: Won't … Continue reading Could have Been, Should have Been, Never to Be
PREAMBLE Our minds need exercise. Written creativity comes in many forms and until now most of my musings have been within the traditional form of a storyline. Poetry has never really been part of my existence. I read a bit of Khalil Gibran back in the day, but that is about it. The following started … Continue reading Forward Back ….. and now.
Knotted stems embrace about the size of the palm of the hand. Four years into drought at Kalbarri National Park, W Aus circa 2007. Pic: Chris Round Impossibility exists within this compressed, twisted and tortured desire to be. Relentlessly harassed and pressured into submission, to find a way, to set new direction away from this … Continue reading The Knot
Preamble The brain has been hurting much over the past four years. It started back with the US general elections and Donald Trump feeding nothing but lies and gross exaggerations to an increasing base that caused huge divisions in the USA. His promoted reality was not and still is not one that that is consistent … Continue reading Uncommon Sense
Almost five months of zero inspiration for a story to write. The thought had crossed the mind way more than once to throw a few words or phrases at Chat GPT and see what it came up with. Could it pierce my inner thoughts in all their glorious and in-glorious wonder and write what is … Continue reading I am and forever will be ChaT CHRIS
Well before even pre-dawn I finally give up the toss and turn to reluctantly climb out of bed. Not before one last desperate attempt to still the now restless mind by nestling in the sleeping form of the wife for a few minutes. Eyes closed and nourished in her warmth and the familiarity of seven … Continue reading Happiness is …
Drinking in this landscape of salt laden harshness at the edge of the World. Sun a harsh reflector off the hardened ground with red leaved trees and shrubs casting unreasonable shade. Leafy green? Not one. At least the sky is reassuringly blue. Impossible to believe I am finally here after 26 years of visualising it. … Continue reading Unreasonable
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