Now is not the time to relax your caution! Would love of country be done surreptitiously and without anything but the need to stoke fear of alien appropriation of ‘our’ homes, women and children by men in black balaclava face coverings, overnight Posted on August 29, 2025 by stevendouglasblog A short film appeared on X, flagship of hatred and … More Now is not the time to relax your caution! Would love of country be done surreptitiously and without anything but the need to stoke fear of alien appropriation of ‘our’ homes, women and children’ by men in black balaclava face coverings, overnight

To feel a ‘right now’ feeling is a strongPretence to being present: whilst ‘right now’Belief now gone, I’m scratching at the painThat comes from scraping off a living fromAttempts to paint an image to last for longEnough to write my name under the glossI’ll finally brush over the whole work.It takes little art, but some … More Feeling absent

I blog to keep my brain and heart ticking! And to read better – sometimes the latter aim fails. This blog takes as an example my planned blog on Susan Choi (2025) ‘Flashlight’. I feel I need to read to keep the synapses flashing in my brain, and my thoughts and feelings in evolution rather … More I blog to keep my brain and heart ticking! And to read better – sometimes the latter aim fails. This blog takes as an example my planned blog on Susan Choi (2025) ‘Flashlight’.

Evolved into a whorl, dead right forMe – my home, my world: my everything -It serves to save my flesh: preserve from gnawOf noxious beast, that satiate would flingMy shell away, its purpose done, then sleepA while and dream of how, so skeletalIn inner support, unseen things creepTo feed on it, falling like a petalBut … More A snail pays homage to its shell