A grisly (or gristly) tale, even for those with a taste for the hot stuff. This morning, I purchased a bumper 100g pack of Nacto’s ‘Crushed Chillies’ from Sainsburys. But, not even a bucket-load of the latter would be enough to persuade me to take a chance on Young’s ambitious plans for the dietContinue reading “Savvy Book – Season to Taste”
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Savvy Book – The Hidden Life of Trees
Just finished worming my way through the maze of hidden wonders that constitutes Peter Wohlleben’s savvy bestseller: The Hidden Life of Trees. It’s taken me some weeks to get to the middle of it and back out again to where I started, by which, I’m not implying that it was a dull ride – farContinue reading “Savvy Book – The Hidden Life of Trees”
Spectacle: A Something Poem
Is wearing spectacles a sign that the wearer is a watcher; an observer of all things sporty and sporting? Or does one, when donning specs, become the sport, no longer a human being, but an entertainment, an energising figment of an overactive imagination? Copyright of poem owned by Jay Cool, June 2019 Continue reading “Spectacle: A Something Poem”
Vestibule: A Savvy Poem
Making my entrance, I felt proud. I was in a trance, to be fair – a daydream! A dream in which I felt appreciated, a dream in which the face that looked like mine had a purpose. When the enchantment ended, I was loud. to be fair, then I was disturbed and –Continue reading “Vestibule: A Savvy Poem”
Menopause: Silly-Savvy Poem
I pause, just for a nanosecond, to consider the flaw in the word menopause. Isn’t it women, they such as I, that suffer from the pause? And what is this pause anyway? Do women just stop, rest awhile, and take the time to consider, as I – am doing – now – the flaw? TheContinue reading “Menopause: Silly-Savvy Poem”
Happy Birthday: A Silly Poem
Feeling hapless on his Birthday, he was reluctant to eat the chocolate cakes that, courtesy of his colleagues, spelt out the Happy occasion. So instead, stalling for time, he sought to create an anagram, to rearrange the inevitable, before it’s consumption. But, Google being unable to deliver, all that he could come up withContinue reading “Happy Birthday: A Silly Poem”
Mechanical: A Silly-Savvy Poem
Image by aytuguluturk from Pixabay They really messed it up when they made my brain – crossed-wires all over the place and thoughts profane. I guess, at least if they tell me I’m not quite sane – cool in purple wig. I can offer them champagne! Copyright owned by Jay Cool, June 2019Continue reading “Mechanical: A Silly-Savvy Poem”
Savvy Tips – Steal A Style
Keen to be a writer? But lacking in self-confidence? Has anything changed since your schooldays. Think back! Were you scared in case the teacher thought your work was rubbish? Did you hedge your bets and borrow your ideas from the teacher’s pet – the one seated next to you? Time to dip your toesContinue reading “Savvy Tips – Steal A Style”
The Naffiest of Naff Poems
My views, on the whole, are beginning to shift; I’m climbing the pole, and I’m feeling the lift! Copyright of such excellency owned by Jay Cool, May 2019
13: 1000 likes!
I’ve hit the big time! I’ve done it! Today, I received the grand total of 1001 likes on my blog, for which I received ‘Congratulations’ from Word Press. Is this just the start? The start of my new life as a remote being? Why haven’t I reached the big 1, 000, 000 yet? Come onContinue reading “13: 1000 likes!”
The Silly-Savvy Salopian in Suffolk: read, believe and write ... 