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Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand Where trees are fallen there is grief I love no leafless land ― A.E. Housman At this time of year, I tend to drop my vinyl copy of Th...

https://andytownend.com/2023/10/07/summers-almost-but-not-quite-gone/

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you....

https://andytownend.com/2023/10/03/out-again-in-the-midday-sun/

about christmas russian shell(s) ukraine hell(s) about christmas  freezing cold forgotten old about christmas homeless (not) hopeless clueless politician, regardless about christmas behind close...

https://andytownend.com/2022/12/24/about-christmas/

Throughout April, Ben Huberman and the WordPress Discover team team hosted Discover Prompts. My daily response involved an impromptu poem and a photo made (with one exception) in Accra where I am...

https://andytownend.com/2020/05/01/lockdown-discover-thirty-poems/

i have my path to follow my home i carry on my back i may be slow but my path is clear i may face obstacles but they slide beneath me i may not see what you see but i feel it all *image made with...

https://andytownend.com/2020/04/30/lockdown-discover-thirty-grateful/

let's make a list of all that we can't do no longer do long to do let's make a list of what we might do one (fine) day if we are still allowed to *image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens,...

https://andytownend.com/2020/04/29/lockdown-discover-twentynine-list/

they came in the night when we were not looking when we ticked the box to the t&cs when we looked the other way when we ticked the box to the t&cs when we were having so much fun when we ticked t...

https://andytownend.com/2020/04/28/lockdown-discover-twentyeight-focus/

like these three we will survive whatever the weather wherever the stream takes us if we run the rapids as a team *image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, going with the flow, accra, gha...

https://andytownend.com/2020/04/27/lockdown-discover-twentyseven-team/

hidden behind walls (electrified) fences behind words (electrified) tensions behind facades (i've created) behind excuses (forged) from fear it’s time no longer to (remain) hidden *image made w...

https://andytownend.com/2020/04/26/lockdown-discover-twentysix-hidden/

of        winding roads of        rivers in full flow of        mountains peaked of        futures, ripe(ning) with possibility of        burning leaves of        candy ap...

https://andytownend.com/2020/04/25/lockdown-discover-twentyfive-magic/