Kate McClelland

Happy Mothers Day

March 26, 2017

Happy Mothers Day to all the ladies here who are Mums to the human and furry kind. You’re all a credit to the profession of Motherhood. For those who’ve lost their Mum, buy a bunch of flowers she liked and brighten up your living room with them, or light a candle (safely)and think of a good … More Happy Mothers Day

Complacency Kills

March 19, 2017

There have been a few deaths recently of people who have been electrocuted because they have been charging their mobile/cell phones whilst using them in the bath. This sounds a ridiculously stupid way to die. Some people see this as a slimming down of the ‘gene pool’, or an easily avoided tragic death of a … More Complacency Kills

Remembering

March 12, 2017

Remembering A family get together Or a couple of hours sitting in a coffee shop Are never spent without a mention of you Remembering, we laugh over the funny things You did or said We grumble about things promised But never done Or old arguments played over again As only siblings can We talk about … More Remembering

Art Gallery

February 24, 2017

Art Gallery Walking through the art gallery Pausing to surreptitiously brush my fingers Across the statues Breathing in the voluptuous Figures of the paintings Like beauties on the beach All seemingly made flesh Real – yet not real at the same time Cold, unforgiving marble Muses Look down upon their admirers Like expensive hard hearted … More Art Gallery

I threw a little teaspoon

February 17, 2017

I threw a little teaspoon I threw a little teaspoon into the kitchen sink. It landed in a cereal bowl that bobbed on the surface of the hot soapy water It lay there like the Lady of Shalott in her dying throes I saw that little teaspoon Floating in a sea of suds in perpetuity. … More I threw a little teaspoon

Bitter Cold & Bus Shelters

January 12, 2017

It was very cold today. I was standing at the bus stop after missing my bus (of course) . Funny how you never miss the bus when the weather is lovely, but throw down gale-force winds and buckets of rain – bus sails passed when you’re 20 yards from the stop and you’re too cold … More Bitter Cold & Bus Shelters