pears politics and presence

poached pears for brekkie today
thanks sk for the receipe!

so anyway
what a weekend it was...
family dramas
secrets told
weight carrying
load bearing stuff
i thought i would crack
but...
welcome it
the missus told me
you know that stuff boy!
let it sit, be with it, learn from it
its not you
its just stuff
she's turing into a little mystic that woman!
(just dont get a bald head my love)
that helped
then
amazingly
emails words n a long chat
with an old friend
who had had
the fight of her life
by the sound of it
pain
suffering
too-ing and fro-ing
but out of her darkness
came light
and now even
hope and peace
i know shes gonna read this
so hi little bear
we love ya
hope we
see ya soon...
so it was a strange weekend
this up n down
in n out
sorta thing
but thats
life
n
thats about it
4 tooday
more on
tuesssssday
freends!

nak sirhc

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