Jane and I went to a coastal fair She danced a tango with a coffee pot And purchased an eighteenth century book Along with a tiny doll late of Normandy

The breeze was quite pleasant Having travelled without pace All of the way from the tropics

It had rained all night Warm Summer Rain I woke up to bright sunshine Which was typical of this area

Will and Jane visited The Roads to Freedom today As they had plans To fill a small glass jar With many of the things found During their casual walk

My invisible brother Lives with her mother As they love each other I am his half sister Gill

What are you reading The Thirties and After By Stephen Spender Are you trying to seduce me What makes you say that Because you are letting fine sand Drift through your elegant fingers And fall on to my soft summer legs

Here lies the memory Of Nichola Rivers Who went aboard And got the shivers

I would like to slip Down a sand dune Into the humble sea And swim with you My Precious Blue And swim with you My Precious Blue

First Conversation The phrase dates back to the 17th century It was famously used by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine In his 1678 fable Les Deux Chiens et l’Âne Mort Drinking the entire ocean is an impossible colossal task So saying something is the sea to drink originally meant an undertaking that was…

I have spent a number of my summer days Just idling in the water meadows With many of the other drowners