Saluting the flag

When the abyss looks more inviting
than the life you think you’re living
it’s time to hand your cards in.

Deep? not as deep as the abyss.

© 2020, John Smallshaw.

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Hello, and welcome to my site! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. You can contact me: jsirony@gmail.com

Sleep September 19, 2020
Now, a million years ago September 19, 2020
Sometimes school September 19, 2020
Bored September 19, 2020
…toil and trouble… September 19, 2020
On a longer list September 19, 2020
Muses for mornings September 19, 2020
Perhaps September 18, 2020
Friday September 18, 2020
…and then there were none September 17, 2020
Coitus and Covid interruptus September 17, 2020
Blood chemistry September 17, 2020
In the end September 16, 2020
The olivetti syndrome September 16, 2020
Midway September 16, 2020
Climate change September 15, 2020
Screwed September 15, 2020
Gramophonics September 15, 2020
Head full of cotton wool September 15, 2020
The little light that flickers September 14, 2020
Deeper September 14, 2020
Action September 14, 2020
Dive September 14, 2020
Falling off a log September 14, 2020
Sage and onion September 14, 2020
Life, edit #27 September 13, 2020
Samson September 13, 2020
Ace September 13, 2020
On the way September 13, 2020
The goose is getting fat September 13, 2020
Under new management September 12, 2020
At the edge of a Sun September 12, 2020
Tutleys September 12, 2020
The ghosts in my head September 12, 2020
Scribbles on a coaster September 11, 2020
Sky September 11, 2020
Botanist Bay September 11, 2020
Happy bunnies September 11, 2020
By the gallon September 10, 2020
Yachting on the Yangtze, part two September 10, 2020
Green bottles September 10, 2020
Understanding anything September 10, 2020
Earning badges September 10, 2020
Question September 9, 2020
Symptoms September 9, 2020
Did you want to too? September 9, 2020
Acorns and apricots September 8, 2020
Spitfire September 8, 2020
Yo-ho-ho September 8, 2020
Wimpy September 8, 2020
Fulcrum September 7, 2020
Reflex September 7, 2020
Manuscripts September 7, 2020
It’s a starting point September 7, 2020
Direction finder September 6, 2020
Above sea level September 6, 2020
Granpa grump September 6, 2020
Frazzled September 6, 2020
Full time September 6, 2020
Random #siren series September 5, 2020
Grace with orange sauce September 5, 2020
Subscribe now September 5, 2020
The dictionary divers September 4, 2020
Farm life September 4, 2020
The gaslight lighter September 4, 2020
Nips at heels September 4, 2020
Scrambled September 3, 2020
Midnight plus five September 3, 2020
The short version September 2, 2020
Checkout six September 2, 2020
The new Eden September 2, 2020
Bed time for old timers September 1, 2020
Burying the evidence September 1, 2020
..and repeat… September 1, 2020
On the first day September 1, 2020
Twists August 31, 2020
This life August 31, 2020
Second fleet stowaway August 31, 2020
The junk pile August 31, 2020
Three more hails August 30, 2020
Chocolate chips August 30, 2020
Interesting formation August 30, 2020
Autumn service August 30, 2020
Songs we used to sing August 29, 2020
Water biscuits August 29, 2020
When one has to go August 29, 2020
Silence is too much August 28, 2020
Traders August 28, 2020
Tidal reach August 28, 2020
Some Thursday August 27, 2020
The soak August 27, 2020
Another regeneration August 27, 2020
Rearranging the mental blocks August 27, 2020
Inked in August 26, 2020
Pencils in August 26, 2020
Passing clouds August 26, 2020
Heavy eyed August 25, 2020
Random #72 August 25, 2020
In the blue corner August 24, 2020
Count to seventeen and relax August 24, 2020