Superpowers

Dandelion. — Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash I have a rosette of edible leaves and corona of bright yellow flowers my seeds fly with the wind in downy tufts I’m referred to as a weed though I have superpowers. Those known to gather me up in handfuls and gently release my roots…

No wand or cauldron required — I believe in magic. I use magic all the time. I own a broomstick and a black hat. I have a wand hand carved from a fallen willow branch. You don’t need any of these to practice the magic I use every day. A magical tool that I do use…

In response to the first week of June superpower prompt — This is a song created, on the go, to sing for my granddaughter, to make her laugh, though it is hard to make a two year old laugh when she doesn’t want to! (she has a good vocabulary now, al least she listens to many wordle and quordle words in…

Russia is a military power but lacks the soft power for the status it so craves — In a guest lecture at my uni, political scientist and Russia expert Gerhard Mangott spoke about how he sees Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine as a strategic mistake at the expense of its own people. My notes and my takeaway. Russia is only a regional power, said US President…

Long ago, I used to wish for invisibility. But not for that reason, you pervert. Invisible Justice Being invisible would mean I could arm myself, then sneak into the homes of the wicked and dispense proper justice. But what’s wicked I hear you deflect? Well, firstly we can dispense with the “reasons”…

Sometimes too much is wonderful — When my husband-to-be and I moved into our house we did it all ourselves. Load after load in the back of the van and car. Load. After. Load. After. Load. After Load. At one point, after we set the Craft Shelving into place in the basement (note- Craft Shelving is white…