I’m up to my eyeballs in bright orange cotton,
I still haven’t eaten, the cooking’s forgotten.
I might grab a sandwich or maybe some toast.
(It won’t do to turn up at the launch as a ghost)
The dusting needs doing, the dog’s after walking,
The phone keeps on ringing and people keep talking.
My friends think I’m mental – I don’t disagree
Another eight days, after that I’ll be free…
Well not free exactly, ‘cause that’s where it starts
Where the School becomes One with the sum of its parts.
When the first drama starts to a rumble of thunder
Will we have any hair left, I’m starting to wonder?
I’m not joking, it’s madness, both ends of the land
As we finally gather the threads in one hand,
My magnificent partner in crime holds them tight
As I stay up sewing them half of the night.
So I’ll finish the cotton and move on to silk
(I’ll have a black coffee, the Dog had the milk)
But don’t think for a moment that I am complaining,
In fact I have difficulty in restraining
The wild whoops of jubilant laughter and glee…
There is nowhere on earth now that I’d rather be.
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Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
Leave the tension, joy, and nervousness that this poem evokes. A swirling mix of opposing emotions. Good luck. Positive energy sent your way. 🙂
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Thanks Charles 🙂 Just send coffee…
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I’ll see what odd flavors my mom has. 😉 I think we have a chocolate macaroon and a caramel flavor.
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Really? *Downs tools to investigate possibilities….
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My mom has a Keurig coffee maker that she won in a raffle. Filled a cabinet with K-cups of various flavors.
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I’ve never really tried flavoured coffee. I think I would probably just settle for an intravenous delivery of espresso at present 🙂
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I’m not much of a coffee drinker in general. I take it in severe emergencies, but most times it makes me sleepy.
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It certainly doesn’t keep me awake.. no matter how much I drink 🙂
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Me either! Coffee makes me sleepy.
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Sleep is fairly low on the agenda at present anyway 😉 But coffee seems to have little effect either way. A nice herbal tisane before bed, that’s different..
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how about an IVof old-fashion speed? kidding…. how exciting! sending bunches of energy and light. xxx
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*chuckles* Coffee will do 🙂
Thank you xxx
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I’m reading this immediately after reading your post on Saying Yes. This all sounds so exciting, what sort of school, where – I’m filled with curiosity, not only am I a writer but a teacher as well. Forgive me if you’ve answered all these questions elsewhere, I’ve just started here – just point me in the right direction for the answers 🙂
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I am happy to point 🙂 The School is the Silent Eye School of Consciousness.. we launch officially on the 19th April in Derbyshire at a weekend workshop. You can find out a little more under the Silent Eye and Events headings on the blog, or head on over to
http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk/Home.aspx
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Ta, you’ve given me some weekend reading 🙂
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You’re very welcome, Val. No doubt i shall spend the weekend buried under fabric and words as usual 🙂
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What a beautiful picture, and I really like the poem!
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The picture is wishful thinking, I’m afraid 🙂 Beautiful though, I agree.
And thank you 🙂
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You’re very welcome, ma’am!
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🙂
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Can’t wait to hear more and more. I’m in Hawaii so not on wordpress much!
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I noticed 🙂 I missed you! Hawaii looks so beautiful….
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I love Hawaii . We lived here for 4 yrs. Internet is sketchy so not sure how much I will do online for wordpress …we will see!
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I await the photos when you get back 🙂
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It is amazing how you manage to find the extra effort you need and it all comes together, well done and thank you for nominating me for the WordPress Family Award, it means a lot to me 🙂
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You are very welcome, Robert 🙂
It is amazing how we find the time and energy for these last pushes.. but we do and it will be wonderful 🙂
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