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Archives for October 2017

The royal democracy welcomes your tax-paying generosity.

We will spend your money, hard-earned it may be, wisely.

That’s what we tell you. Because of course, we know best!

Don’t worry about a thing.

We don’t want you to learn to think for yourself. Or, to do anything else you were not taught at school.

Crazy, but true.

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Hope Springs, and the luster of red umbrellas.

Yellow flowers sending pollen to the quince trees of Rome.

Diametrically opposed witnesses. Their verdict – a feast

Let me tell you, we invited you all.

The Tuscan hills, the Chilean highlands, all sent envoys.

But how can hills and highlands invite anyone?

It’s always the people.

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Waiting. And then, just like that, it appears.

Build it yourself for quicker results.

Follow the instructions on the package if you want the same results as everyone else.

Better to add basil and oregano as you please.

The gilded edged marble will gleam.

We will all soar above Everest.

A cloudless sky.

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Climbing from star to star, we jumped between asteroids and sent a greeting to strangers.

Strange. Familiar. Funny.

We want to make you laugh, without thinking about it.

The trail we leave glitters and flickers and brightens.

Hello, how are you…we’ll leave you better than we found you.

That good?

Better.

Even better.

Magnificent.

Cheese.

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Climbing the walls of excited applause and admiration.

It’s nothing you need and everything they offer.

That’s fine, good, exceptional, magnificent – because you are the designer of special hours and days. These, you get to enjoy.

A purple and gold layer sits on the horizon.

It is merely a trim, a frame for your view of the things you create.

Try a new phrase, hum, change pitch and it will resonate like the most memorable song.

Well, if you told them that, would they follow you…?

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