I Sit at the Table.
dusk arising said:

On the face of it a sad piece but....
Alone, or getting used to preparing the next phase of your life Goldfinch?
Change, especially when its an unwanted change, is damned difficult and takes all our positivity to see it thru into something constructive and worthwhile.
I dont picture u as one who sits alone and sad for long periods.
There\'s plenty of life, plenty of get up and go in you my friend. I bet you have plans.

June 2nd, 2019 01:32

From Darkness to Light.
dusk arising said:

The light within us is our positive energy which generates purpose.

I think. LOL

June 2nd, 2019 01:05

From Darkness to Light.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:

THANKS FOR CARING & SHARING UNCLE ANDY ! We love the Poem and the Picture. The SUNRISE always evokes HOPE ~ for TODAY & TOMORROW ! We love Sunrises over the Sea and when we go to Sizewell Hall (Suffolk Coast near the Power Station !) for a RETREAT we wake up early every Morning to see the SUN RISE out of the SEA ~ AWESOME. In our experience (a mere 66 years between US) we have been trapped in a few of Lifes Tunnels ~ BUT have always (so far) discovered there is ALWAYS *A Light at the End* AMEN !

Blessings & Light & Love for YOU & JOYCE
Yours as always ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

June 1st, 2019 09:23

From Darkness to Light.
Andrew Charles Forrest said:

This is a life reflecting piece we can all relate to Andy
For some it\'s a long gradua journey but Great message
I think I go back and forth in and out of shades but I\'m there in the main
Thank You

June 1st, 2019 02:23

From Darkness to Light.
Neville said:

I really like the gradual but steady shift from blackness and dark to whiteness and light.. and the positively encouraging message overall ...... Neville

June 1st, 2019 02:06

Up With the Lark.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:

DAWN Uncle Andy is the best part of the DAY ~ When ALL is Sweetness & Light ! Death is so so final ~ and the initial setting of the song (in the Video) is so so moving ! I was aware it was from CAROUSEL. Ive often sung it on the KOP @ Anfield ! Im routing for the REDS tomorrow and my Prediction would be 3 : 1 for LIVERPOOL ! At least the Fans have only had to travel to MADRID ~ May the Best Team & the Best Manager WIN ! Thanks for sharing the Liverpool FC Anthem !

Blessings & Peace & Joy to YOU & JOYCE
Love in the Spirit ~ ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

May 31st, 2019 15:29

Up With the Lark.
Neville said:

I am always awake before the dawn even....not always out of bed though, but often.... Neville

May 31st, 2019 03:22

Up With the Lark.
orchidee said:

A fine write and clip Gold.

May 31st, 2019 02:10

Young of Age.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:

Thanks for sharing UNCLE ANDY ~ Almost 1am (FRIDAY) but I must catch up on my MPS Family ! LOVE NKCs voice liquid honey and an Ideal vehicle for this Lovely LOVE SONG. We are fortunate in our Church (Evangelical) that at our Sunday Morning Service we have Babes in Arms in a *Open Creche* so both parents can enjoy the whole servce & Sunday Morning Communion (once a Month) Amazingly since we agreed to that (our Church is a Democracy !) the BIA have been remarkably good & quiet ! The 3+ and onward go into graded Classes after the Childrens Talk & sometimes PUPPETS ~ Dont tell Orchi or FIDO will start barking & disrupt the Service ! We do have some TEENS mainly Young Ladies ~ different Nationalities ! Sometimes they bring a FRIEND ~ whose very Radience & TEEN Vibrancy makes it hard to concentrate (remember Im still in my PRIME !) on the Singing. The older TEENS stay in for the Sermon & Communion. Some Churches I visit to Preach are all 60+ so there are no sensual distractions although Spiritually they are all very BEAUTIFUL. Some TEEN GIRLS are just LIVING DOLLS ~ AMEN ! Thanks for sharing ~ what were all thinking !

Blessings & Peace for YOU & JOYCE
Love in the Spirit ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

May 30th, 2019 19:12

Young of Age.
Michael Edwards said:

Youngsters never cease to amaze me - a friend called at my studio and her young son (7 years old) said he loved one of my abstracts so I got it framed and gave it to him as a present. He then insisted without any prompting that he should give me a present in return. He went to get a box of small polished stones and gem rocks and insisted I chose one. I chose a small polished stone and his face lit up when he gave it to me. That little gift means so much to me and I\'ll always treasure it. What with Gnome Enid I\'m starting quite a collection of bits and pieces. Fine write Andy.

May 30th, 2019 09:04

Young of Age.
orchidee said:

Good write Gold. Any fogies in 1066?
Anything on 1066 in the Ashmolean? I forget. Not visited that many times.

May 30th, 2019 01:40

New Direction.
Fay Slimm. said:

What a fine and hopeful write Andy - - keep looking for new ways ahead and they will appear.

May 29th, 2019 10:41

New Direction.
dusk arising said:

Always admire your positivity leaping out through your words.

May 29th, 2019 05:40

New Direction.
orchidee said:

A fine write Gold. I tend to go on the same paths - for millions of years, it seems. Pity I took a wrong path in 1066.

May 29th, 2019 02:06

Hippopotamus.
ANGELA & BRIAN said:

Thanks UNCLE ANDY ~ Im just perusing MPS in my lunch hour (1 - 2pm) Angela is (I hope !) safe in her Antipodean bed (1:45am Wednesday !) I love every jot & tittle of this presentation ! Hippos have a delightful SHAPE & 3D SYMMETRY ~ beloved of woodcarvers, A while back Angela & I where at an AFRICAN WEDDING and our names where clipped in White Metal small HIPPOS which we kept ! Wooden Hippos were on Sale for African Education for £25 ~ we bought one (similar to Yours) which I have in my Flat ready to take *Pride of Place* in *Our House* ! They sold over 100 all locally carved in Africa ! £2500 + to build a New Science & Technology Block ! Angela & I have covenanted for the new Biology Lab ! The Bride African & Groom (UK) both teach in Ghana !
FLANDERS & SWAN ~ Genii of the Edwardian ~Georgian Age spilling over into the ELIZABETHAN !
Great Poem ~ Great Music ~ Flawless Performance ameliorated by a Chorus in RUSSIAN bearing out what I have said in todays SONNET ! We have forgotten how to be Seriously Silly and though they are largely before my TIME (by the time I was 18 it was already too late ~ 2001 !) I really enjoy them ! F & S ~ Morecombe & Wise ~ The Goons ~ Ken Dodd ~ Arthur Asky ~ Less Dawson ~ John Betjeman etc etc ~ Gone but not forgotten. They were Children of their time and we shall never see their like ever AGAIN. Thank GOD for DVD\'s ~ AMEN !

Thanks for CARING & SHARING
Blessings & Love to YOU & JOYCE
Love in the Spirit ~ BRIAN (& ANGELA) 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

May 28th, 2019 08:13