Good morning #WritingCommunity & #vss365 & adieu
I'm going to focus only on my caring role from now on
I bid you,fare well🤲
I loved interacting with you,your kindness is 🥹
I wish you✌️

To all who seek Truth,I wish you power;to those seeking power,may you find Truth
Salams,BT✌️

In the hallway
a willow-pattern #bowl
holds pink roses

Their scent floats up the stairs
drifting here & there
pausing at one window longer
It overlooks the garden
& the bower,shorn of its blooms

In all the rooms
a sad sort of light now lingers

Back as soon as #vss365
🤲🌹✌️

I don't dream of houses, the ronin said. My home is everywhere. My bowl is a night full of stars, a blue table of the summer sky.
#vss365 #bowl

Life's no #bowl of cherries
Y'got that right,for most,it's just the pits
If you plant a cherry pit,a tree will grow
As in, 'if life gives you lemons'
Hard graft can be the making of us
& rootstock?
Choose allies wisely

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Be still & small;speak soft to all;heed the call
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#vss365

#Hunger & #FoodCrisis .
Currently, War-worldwide is fueling this #hunger & furthering disparity of wealth deadly!

'I could have made a lot more money by investing in arms and oil, rather than ethically. I could have voted Tory.'

Charlotte was told she had the voice of an angel - the title of her debut album.

Turns out she does, in fact, have the voice of an angel.

walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats…

UK rich have around £570bn stashed in tax havens.

Companies shift profits to low/no tax havens.

Billions of tax lost.

In June 2022, govt promised an estimate of the 'offshore tax gap' i.e. tax lost.

Today when challenged in parliament, Minister said the govt has no estimate.

Why does the BBC think it's 'controversial' to support Palestinian rights, but it's entirely normal to support a genocide?

BBC News - Charlotte Church denies antisemitism after pro-Palestinian chant
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

Both Labour and Tories showing us Muslims we clearly don’t matter as voters and we shouldn’t expect equal treatment as citizens - the writing is on the wall. Muslim voices have all but disappeared from public life bar some v notable exceptions- the alienation is intentional

‘Honey I Shrank the Transport Budget.’

The original £36 billion saved from HS2 that was to be earmarked for smaller transport projects has dwindled to just £4.7 billion. They think we won’t notice.

As Israel prevents aid from reaching northern Gaza Strip for long time, Palestinians forced to unprecedented hunger flock to point on Rashid Street where aid is expected upon rumors that few aid trucks would enter region

Labour and Tories combine in Lords to defeat attempt to protect your right to see a doctor. Peers from both versions of Tory party join to see off Green attempt to maintain distinction between medically qualified NHS doctors and 'associates'...
skwawkbox.org/2024/02/27/lab…

perhaps when you bury something beautiful, it pushes through the dirt and wildflowers are born.

At Crosspool,on a leafy street
two blackbirds, 'mongst petals,meet
On a low bough
to speak of Then&Now

& of a pool that used-to-be
& fields,far as one could see
& sky,a clear #bowl
Watching over that pool
til it called it away,for its own sake
& it did so,without a sigh
#vss365

Maybe the generation who matured after the monstrous destruction of WW2 do not appreciate the fragility of democracy. Or its importance.
Taking a wrecking ball to the institutions that guard our rights as citizens to advance your own cause is dangerous & historically illiterate.

Harrow residents shouted “Shame on you” and “While you’re dining, kids are dying” as Chris Bryant attended a fundraiser for Gareth Thomas MP after admitting to filibustering to prevent a vote on the SNP motion for a ceasefire in Gaza.

15% of UK households in food insecurity.

8m adults and 3m children skipping meals, not buying fruit/vegetables. Storing health problems.

Outcome of govt policies - low wages/benefits, unchecked profiteering, frozen tax thresholds, high housing costs.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

#vss365 'Did you know oranges were originally green?' asked Stacey.
'Well, you could #bowl me over with a feather!' said Ashley.
'Finally!' Stacey produced a feather & prodded Ashley with it.
Ashley stared at her. '... It's just an expression.'
'Spoilsport.'
'...'

A deep wide blue #bowl
Milk,shimmering like a pearl
Night's sky & Moon,full

#haiku
#vss365

Pictured (L to R): Me, Nan (who kept our family together, until she couldn't), my sister.

Not Pictured: The bowl my mom used to cut my hair. 😂

Your #vss365 prompt for Feb 27th is #bowl .