EE Cummings i thank You God for most this amazing day:

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any–lifted from the no
of all nothing–human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

EE CUMMINGS

Last evening I was enjoying the sunset this is what I wrote down on a piece of paper "I am sitting enjoying the Twilight in Gravesend. The sky is a duck egg blue with hints of pink and the clouds are trails of white and near the horizon the clouds have transformed into spattering of dissolving blue greys. I wish that the distances were dissolving like these clouds between me and you all were here now to enjoy with me the beautiful sunset. I raise my glass of wine to you all and wish that distances can evaporate and laughter can fill the air. xxx"

Shooting Black people, Shooting Cops.

Black people are treated as second class citizens; prejudice
Even if a black person rises to the most prominent position in the World  he or she is still treated with suspicion; prejudice
Black people are shot dead regardless if they are a threat or not; prejudice
Black people are treated differently from white people; prejudice
More black people are in Prisons; prejudice
More black people are unemployed; prejudice

Has the final line been crossed?
Is the time for revolution come?
I don't know.
I don't agree with shooting people.

The police in the US need to take control of the numbers who are prejudiced within their ranks.
They need to work with the community and learn from the British Police, who are not perfect, in how they have transformed from being recognised as institutionally racist.

I have never really thought of myself as a prejudiced person or a person who hates black people.
I don't hate black people, I have never understood prejudice, it makes no sense to me.
Its also true I have never considered myself white in that white bogus way. I am Scottish and enjoy my traditions and in fact I don't use the word black when I am talking about a person I use their name. People have names; it shows the minimum of respect to use their name. Respect and curtesy.

If a person has the decency to want to work with me I have the decency to treat them as equals.

Good people are Good people regardless of where they were born and their parents. Its true for bad people as well. So what the hell has it got to do with person's skin colouring.

I wish everyone well. Have a great day.

Slowly 

Slowly the tide creeps up the sand,
Slowly the shadows cross the land.
Slowly the cart-horse pulls his mile,
Slowly the old man mounts his stile. 

Slowly the hands move round the clock,
Slowly the dew dries on the dock.
Slow is the snail – but slowest of all
The green moss spreads on the old brick wall. 

JAMES REEVES

Why is it that so many people include words that have the letter F in them? I have no F in most words that I use and I try to refrain from F in the sentences that I wright. But some people use F in every other word so what is the magic of F in words? F in words seems to bounce like hammers which I don't prefer battering away with so I leave most F in words in the drawer.

What is the point of having a Parliamentary system? Should we go to a Switzerland system where policy is decided by Referendum? I believe in the Parliamentary system where each party at an election has a manifesto of policies and when they win that election gives them democratic rites to carry out that manifesto. This recent Referendum was not a binding referendum it was an advisory one yet the decision regardless if it was remain or leave is being treated as if it was bindin...g. So what does an advisory Referendum mean to the present Government? It was leave and Cameron resigned. Why? He should have placed the result to Parliament and they should have discussed and decided the way forward. Parliament is in control of the UK not a Referendum which was advising Parliament of how people felt on the 23rd of June. Cameron panicked and showed his lack of understanding of the Referendum he generated. Do you wonder why so many people who voted leave and voted remain are up in arms because they were fooled into believing the importance of their vote in this referendum. The campaign was hopeless on either side they should have clearly emphasised the advisory nature of this referendum. Many people who longed to leave the EU have thought their vote of Leave is being un justifiably challenged by people who voted Remain and some who voted Leave are confused because they did not see it was a permanent decision which it is not. Many people walked in London today to try and make the Government have another referendum. I blame Cameron for causing this confusion. What we have now is an advisory Referendum which was a mistake to have in the first place treated as a permanent Referendum which can be legally challenged. Only when Parliament will be able to make this decision permanent will be through MPs voting. It is their choice through being democratically elected to accept or reject the advise of this referendum. What a mess.

The Midges

Chorus
The midges, the midges, I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
The midges is really the limit,
Wi teeth like piranhas, they drive ye bananas,
If ye let them get under yer simmit!

The Lord put the Garden of Eden on earth,
And it's north of the Tweed, we believe,
Ay, Scotland's the place, and the whole human race,
Started off with MacAdam and Eve!
In six days or under, he finished this wonder,
Except for the Forth and Tay Bridges,
Then always a bloke for a practical joke,
He made Scotland the home of the midges!

Chorus
The midges, the midges, I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
The midges is really the limit,
Wi teeth like piranhas, they drive ye bananas,
If ye let them get under yer simmit!

Back in 1314, the proud Edward was keen,
To take Scotland into his care,
But he made a U-turn when he reached Bannockburn,
Just a few weeks before Glasgow Fair!
For the midges let loose by King Robert the Bruce,
Straight into the English they tore,
So they ran off in tears, and for six hundred years,
They've been blocking the A74!

Chorus
The midges, the midges, I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
The midges is really the limit,
Wi teeth like piranhas, they drive ye bananas,
If ye let them get under yer simmit!

Now never forget, when the sun's going to set,
And the midges arise on Loch Eck,
Like the vampires you see, played by Christopher Lee,
They will give you a pain in the neck!
You can smack them and whack them; in vain you'll attack them,
For they know every move that you make,
If you manage to kill yin, another half million,
Are ready tae come tae the wake!

Chorus
The midges, the midges, I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
The midges is really the limit,
Wi teeth like piranhas, they drive ye bananas,
If ye let them get under yer simmit!

Now Torcall the piper's a giant of a man,
With a sporran as long as your arm,
And in Oban he's known, for the sound of his drone,
And a pibroch of real highland charm!
But they're sighing and sobbing, the ladies of Oban,
For Torcall is not what he was,
Since a midge in Glenbranter got hold of his chanter,
And carried it off in its jaws!

Chorus
The midges, the midges, I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
The midges is really the limit,
Wi teeth like piranhas, they drive ye bananas,
If ye let them get under yer simmit!

KENNETH MCKELLAR