Ezekial
mi3.bsky.social
Ezekial
@mi3.bsky.social
So I wrote up a minute from last night. I had a couple of coffees with cake out. The weather was pretty nice today. No DM's please ⛔️
I said
to Hillary
do you think
I'm #suave
well she said
sometimes
you can be polite
charming
not really
sophisticated
no
it comes from
Latin
meaning
sweet
and pleasant
you try
maybe too much
she said
now
look at Johnny
captain
of the 1st 15
he's suave
55 years later
and I wonder
#vss365
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
some people
say
this is the #last
days
of us
humans
the end is
nigh
they cry
maybe it is
maybe it isn't
who knows
it's the first
day of Advent
today
the first candle
stands for hope
none of us
hope for
that final judgement
do we
we just try our best
day by day
and then
life's over
live on
#vss365
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was feeling
the strain
yesterday
competing
demands
on my time
as a
volunteer
it
felt as if
my #health
was at risk
but I'm still here
writing
every day
just a little
then the big
poem
appears
and
I'm amazed
others too
all those
little neurons
connecting
but yesterday
rage
#vss365
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
and so
it was #learning
that my career
was built on
and now
retired
it is learning
that my volunteering
is built on
we met as a group
last night
and he led us
a younger
man who had
a vision
of where we should be
we listened
I had a glass of water
others tea
we debated
and planned
#vss365
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
and so
we headed
South
for the funeral
I read
my #reflection
on his young life
tripping slightly
on the podium
like all
the other
speakers
bar his daughter
I watched
the front row
of those
mourners
knowing their pain
I was present
feeling the pain
but my tears
had passed
weeks before
#vss365
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
the last
of the SMART
targets
is #timed
but
often the correct
timing is
dependent
on others
and them
completing
their tasks
projects
on time
timing also applies
to when
to say something
finding
the right time
can be difficult
#vss365
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
what is
#achievable
if you're
a mother
wanting to save
her only child
almost
anything
lifting a car
hard to believe
but true
for you
and me
it's
more difficult
based
on ability
and motivation
perhaps genetic
disposition
but the new
wave
was only interested in
the mantra
sad
#vss365
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
what's the
second part
of a SMART
target
my colleague Geoff
asked
moronic
I said sarcastically
he didn't laugh
he was one
of the new breed
of new managers
who talked
about
our professional service
being more robust
#measureable
he scorned
I remember
the year
our service went down
yup
#vss365
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
don't get
me wrong
there's
a time
and place
for #specific
targets
but
it all came
from
the States
didn't it
I remember
all those
management techniques
appearing
but
it
was just
job creation
for the designers
wasn't it
everyone
knew it
glad I'm
retired
don't have to
worry
no more
#vss365
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
so you
see something
time
to take #action
you smell something
time
to take action
you hear something
time
to take action
you touch something
time
to take action
you taste something
time
to take action
I'm thinking
time
to take action
some things
will pass
but if life
at risk
yup
#vss365
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I new a
young person
who loved
clubbing
when she met
potential
partners
she talked
about #options
keeping them open
I never
really
understood
what she meant
but she took
her clubbing
seriously
I never
asked her
to elaborate
I felt
those options
were a private matter
so
that was that
#vss365
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
what is
#reality
sounds
seeing
hearing
touching
tasting
thinking
not really sure
are you
good
I'm glad
#vss365
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I know
I have #issues
I said
to Hillary
like what
she said
well
really expressing
how I feel
about you
I continued
I'm sorry
she said
I go
for much sportier boys
with a touch
of cleverness
I didn't know
how to reply
I just wished
the world
would swallow me up
in that moment
#vss365
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
we're flying
South on Friday
for a funeral
a sudden death
#transported
upwards
I'm reading
one of my poems
go gently
#vss365
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#science
yes
I studied
it a lot
but
was
never really
a scientist
so
that's that
I worked
as a community worker
for 30+ years
social engineer
some say
we
built
communities
helped
people
help themselves
educated them
empowered them
and so on
it didn't end well
#vss365
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
can you
remember
your
NI #number
if not
move
to section 2
can
you remember
your phone number
backwards
if not
move to section 3
can you remember
the last four PMs'
if not
move to section 4
can you remember
what you had for
breakfast
and if you say
porridge
dial
the emergency
number 999
#vss365
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I said
to Hillary
you know the
word #myth
I always think
it almost
sounds like miss
as in our
English teacher
myth campbell
I laughed
to myself
Hillary
looked
at me
in that dismissive
way she sometimes does
I'm not laughing
she said
#vss365
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
what is the
#measure
of the
man
woman
child
whatever
their description
that lay down
their life
for another
not
necessarily
in uniform
they
are our heroes
remembrance
sunday
was busy
in our little
village
it poured
with rain
a baptism
of the willing
but we are
not as cold
as they
#vss365
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
So
I ask Hillary
is Julius Caesar
#literature
written
in 1599
it dramatises
the political conspiracy
and the assassination
of the dictator Caesar
followed
by Civil War
most definitely
literature
she concluded
mm
I said
what's your
favourite line from it
you're boring me now
go
she said
#vss365
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I'm old school
always supporting
the #law
at school
I'd always
be respectful
of teachers
police officers
and anyone
else in authority
teachers
were called
Mr, Sir, Mrs, Ma'am,
Ms
nope
Police Officers
PC or WPC
you'd be in real
trouble from Mum
if the Police
came knocking
at the door
#vss3656
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I was much
better
at Science
than #English
at School
although
I dreamt
of great success at
writing
wasn't to be
or not to be
beware
the ides of March
nope
no
#vss365
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
the #history
of the planet
earth
is all
speculation
were
we a blob
that came from
the sun
or did we
come from
somewhere
else
astronomers
don't know
physicists
don't know
the matter
in earth
knows
and maybe
there is
some
special mass spectrometer
that knows
there is
that's fine then
#vss365
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
so
I wasn't great
at #geography
when
I got my first job
my old geography
teacher
was a councilor
having
retired
from teaching
we got on
really
well
I had to confess
to him
that
my best mark
for a class test
was due to
the fact that
my best friend
had already
sat the test
he laughed
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I never
wanted to
be #famous
did I
I'm quite
happy
to be in the
background
working away
quietly
following
others
let
them lead
the way
#vss365
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Oh
gosh
my #education
is still
going on
Spanish now
I've studied
science
maths
philosophy
psychology
computing
but languages
have been difficult
at school
my report card
always said
I should
give up French
but I got a tutor
who came once
a week
to help me
I passed
my exam
hooray
#vss365
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM