Poems by Lois

On the Blue Shore of Silence

On the Blue Shore of Silence I need the sea because it teaches me, I don’t know if I learn music or awareness, if it’s a single wave or its vast existence, or only its harsh voice or its shining suggestion of fishes and ships. The fact is that until I fall asleep, in some […]

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Music... and my favourite gigs by Lois

November music

I’ve booked a ticket to see the Icelandic singer Ásgeir in November.. It’s a whole different experience to hear someone singing live as opposed to the carefully crafted product of a recording studio. Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is only twenty-two… but gosh, what talent! He is known by his first name and although he is so young he […]

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Food by Lois

Couldn’t be easier!

Sometimes ingredients, particularly fruit and vegetables have incredibly loud voices. You think they are just sitting there in the shopping bag, Riverford Organics box, fruit bowl, vegetable rack, fridge, wherever, and as you just casually pass by the yell out something which cannot be ignored. Yesterday I had some love red, shiny,pointy peppers in my veg box […]

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