Tag Archives: wit

Writer’s Block

Posted on January 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Essentially Ellie:
I’ve been sitting here all day, staring at the clockI’m trying to write a poem, but I’ve got writer’s blockI’ve got several partly written, but none of them seem rightAs I’m looking at this naked…

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smellybean

Posted on October 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on a poem in my pocket:
“Love, but be careful what you love,” (Augustine) if you ever have an extra jellybean whatever flavor is fine to my bellybean juicy burst of sweetness tastes swellybean but one’s not enough,…

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Strange Hallucinations … an Unlucky Actor … and a Chimpanzee Painter

Posted on April 6, 2022 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Nuggets of Gold:
1. I think I would choose a different career! 2. Looks like it should be an amusement park for kids instead. 3. Hmmm…..! 4. I bet I could paint as well as an ape!…

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You Say You Want a Resolution…

Posted on December 29, 2021 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on The Twisting Tail:
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. T.S. Eliot Last year’s voiceHoarseSpeaks in gibberishIt may be crazyIt may have seen too muchOr nothing at all…

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Above the Park

Posted on July 14, 2021 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Big Blue Mouth:
What a hullabaloo! before quiet. Now riot. Cockatoos.

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The Last Blog – and Twinkle ⭐️

Posted on February 17, 2021 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Mum’s the word:
The best known nursery rhyme in the world, ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’, was written by Jane Taylor, aged 23, in 1806 in her attic, which still exists in Stockwell Street, Colchester. It’s a…

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Motherhood

Posted on May 10, 2020 by mitchteemley

To say that motherhood is unworthy is the unworthiest of things to say. To say that motherhood is complicated is to say that “the Sistine Chapel is a nice little drawing.” It isn’t just the start of life, it’s the … Continue reading →

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The pandemic update from Britain: hope, hype, and a tiger running loose

Posted on May 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Notes from the U.K.:
At the risk of injecting a dangerous note of optimism into these updates, a new blood test looks promising. It might–emphasis on might–be able to pick up traces of Covid-19 a day…

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“Alexa, will you please forgive us?”

Posted on June 19, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Phillip Mullins of the oddly named blog site Phillip Mullins. Actually, Phillip, does have a theme: it’s science, technology (he formerly called his site “Second Rate Scientist”), family, kids, faith, life and… Well, OK, … Continue reading →

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Writing – Self-Publishing and Self-Doubt

Posted on February 6, 2019 by mitchteemley

Originally posted on Andrew's View of the Week:
I suffer from writing self-doubt.  In fact, I just googled, ‘self-doubt’ to make sure I spelled it right, was using the right word and confirm that it is hyphenated. At the…

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