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Ducking Out
I stop and stand. In the shaded place beside an olive tree where the sun sapped dogs lie and the cicadas chirrup. Beside the house. Outside the kitchen…
Oct 17, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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July 2023
Bathing Apollo
Ice rings campanile in the glass, a cool contrast to the warm hues of the potent mixture. The tumbler has captured the colours of sunset, the oranges…
Jul 21, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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May 2023
A Grain of Truth
Pollen from the olive trees has left me reeling this morning as if I had been partying all night. I have not. But my head feels cotton filled, my eyes…
May 14, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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April 2023
A Bitter Lesson
The kitchen is filled with a rare light that turns the darkest corner into a cosy nook. A nook the dog has made his own. And I am cutting. The simplest…
Apr 1, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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March 2023
Cloud Burst
It is a glorious day. Below. Here though, the low clouds top the highest peak. A milky white froth that would look good on any cappuccino. Even so, the…
Mar 5, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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February 2023
Victoria´s Secret
The morning sunlight patterns the walls around me as it pierces through the blind. The Persiana. Daylight has arrived. A kaleidoscopic mural making…
Feb 4, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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January 2023
Choux Shine
The new year has brought a slowing down. A lull before the return to a faster paced normality. Christmas, uncelebrated for various reasons, sits as a…
Jan 28, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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Saw Point
I take a saw. A saw? Perhaps I have started too soon. Winter is approaching. Seemingly quicker than the cars that whizz along the concrete track that…
Jan 2, 2023
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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November 2022
Remembering Remy
A long, hot walk has turned into an unplanned swim. A brief, cooling unplanned swim. The water bracing in Autumn will become even more of a challenge in…
Nov 15, 2022
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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September 2022
Sundae Worship
The summer´s sun still beats harshly. Heat still sears the house. The kitchen is still humid and my skin glistens. This season has lasted far too long…
Sep 29, 2022
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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July 2022
Little Martin
There is ice in a jug… sixteen cubes. The ice tray squeezed. Twisted. Turned. Returned. A tortuous route to getting the little blocks out. The ice, such…
Jul 24, 2022
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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June 2022
Bang for your Buck
I sometimes daydream. It is true. My catatonic stare into a deep space can take minutes to travel through. Blink. I have to shake myself out of it…
Jun 17, 2022
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Louis Anthony Woodbine
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