A Grapevine request in March 2020 from Colonies resident writers, Diana Hendry and Hamish White, for our poems, thoughts, reflections, diary entries… on this unprecedented […]
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Colonies Covid Chronicle 15 (final issue): Life goes on
Ten Little Goosanders ~ Daphne Brett, age 9 Rushing through the rocky river – looks quite cold but they never shiver. Over the bumps and whoosh […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 14: time for renovation?
Underground ~ Rupert Wolfe Murray This is the time for renovation Doors, floors, windows and kitchen But the more I do The more I find Rusty […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 13: the beauty of cobwebs
Dear Colonies Covid Chronicles I feel I must reassure one of last week’s contributors [Alastair Hulbert]. We are not gone – we have simply decamped […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 12: why don’t we listen?
Week 11: Tuesday 9th June: All Lives Matter – but some more urgently than others ~ Hilery Williams If you didn’t blink between 6 and […]
Read moreColonies covid chronicle 11: whatever gets you through
The Park ~ Pat Bryden ‘What did you see in the park today, dear little child of mine? Were the swans on the pond and […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 9: rainbow cars
A View from My Window ~ Pat Bryden As the weeks have passed we have noticed the birds, heard the silence, seen the fox, the heron, […]
Read moreColonies covid chronicle 8: Metaphors and imagery
Distancing ~ Pat Bryden We wave across a street. We call on phone or when we meet. We listen as […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 7 – ways to escape
Colonies Cats ~ Diana For the Colonies Cats there’s an everyday drama. In our street the white cat with a black tail is obviously king of […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 6 – Frustration
COVID 19 ~ Yasmin age 13 Covid 19, Oh how mean, We’re stuck inside watching TV. What to do when you’re feeling low? Events all cancelled […]
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