Musings & Thoughts
642 Things – The Sound of Silence
What is the sound of silence, and when did you last hear it? What was missing? (Source) Silence: (noun) Complete absence of sound (as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary). Silence has no sound,…
Musically Inspired – Compassion & Kindness
Compassion is a funny thing isn’t it? Human emotions are complicated and difficult to understand; sometimes we can barely understand ourselves, let alone others. Motivations and reasons behind our actions and behaviours and responses can intersect, and finding…
My Favourite Quotes – Part 2
A couple of years ago I wrote a post featuring some of my favourite quotes. Of course, since then I’ve learned and read and experienced more of life, and discovered (or even just re-discovered) a heap of…
642 Things – The Hoodie
Describe an item of clothing you wear now that someday your son or daughter will want to own. What is it, and why will your child want to wear it in twenty years? She sits in a cosy…
Musings From Above The City
The city thrums with life, like a careful oiled machine. The streets criss-cross and intersect in a complex maze stretching almost to the horizon, full of hidden alleys and curves leading to dead ends, all too easy to…
Musically Inspired – Keeping Connections
Some people come into our lives and leave it again, leaving no lasting impression behind. Others leave footprints on our hearts. Some people are more important to us than others, so when you find the ones that are,…
642 Things – The Cleaning Lady
“The cleaning lady” (Source) Every day you pass her in the hall. Every day she wears the same uniform, the blue apron, so practical and nondescript. Every day she empties the bins, vacuums the floors, cleans the bathrooms…
Musically Inspired – Legacy
How do you want to be remembered? What mark do you want to leave on the world? (Source) I don’t think any of us want to go through life being entirely invisible. We’d all like to…
642 Things – I Was Warned
I picked up a new book recently, called 642 Things to Write About, which does what it says in the title. It contains hundreds of writing prompts, which I plan to use and post on here. So here’s…
Musically Inspired – Exaggerated Enjoyment
Best Day EVER! We do have a tendency to exaggerate don’t we? I think everybody is guilty of this at one time or another. Superlatives and exclamations roll off our tongues so easily and if we were to…
