More formal verse conceived in the pub...

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" -
Weekly putting in my forty hours,
I, instead of gardening, buy flowers.

Weekly putting in my forty hours,
While advertising falls in daily showers;
In plastic fears and joys and lies, life sours.

While advertising falls in daily showers,
I, instead of gardening, buy flowers -
"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers".

It'll do. Might poke it a bit more later. Apologies to William Wordsworth, I guess.

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( Books )

Nothing spectacular. "Spinsters in Jeopardy" has a spine which claims to be "Spinster in Jeopardy". Which is nice.

Edited to add book I read on the plane home on 2/3 August and utterly forgot until just now. I mean, I didn't forget the book, it's a fine book, just forgot I hadn't listed it.