• It’s alright to make mistakes

    A typoIn my work,Just sitting thereMocking me with a smirk;Laughing in my faceFor not taking timeTo read through carefullyAnd proofread every line. Ah! It’s alright!I’m only human after all;I’m allowed to make mistakesBoth big and small;There’d be no fun in lifeIf we were all perfect,A mistake is just another chanceTo…

  • Shock and awe

    I am electrifying! Ha, ha! I’m joking. Wait, no I’m not! I’m referring to the static electricity build-up, that causes me to shock…, er, I mean get shocked, by everything I touch! Every winter, thanks to the woollen clothing that gets charged with static electricity, I begin to get shocked…

  • Learn something new today

    Learn something new today:Spend five minutes or ten,Reading about anythingThat you’re interested in. A little bit every dayWill add up to a lot;So make time to read todayWhatever little you’ve got! https://www.instagram.com/lizanne_raphael

  • Let it snow

    It’s snowing outside, as I write this. Last year, I waited and waited for snow only to be met with glorious sunny winter days! However, this year’s winter is more than making up for it! It’s been a cold winter and we even saw a bit of snow in December,…

  • Your thoughts are powerful

    If only you knewThe power of your thoughts;They can breathe life into youOr tie you up in knots! Guard your thoughts wiselyAnd they will guide you through;Your thoughts have powerThere’s magic in you! https://www.instagram.com/lizanne_raphael

  • Happiness is the little moments

    I clicked this photograph last year on my trip to Dresden. We had been walking around the city, enjoying being tourists and sampling the local cuisine, when we chanced upon this scene – someone was blowing bubbles in front of this beautiful cathedral. I quickly got out my camera and…

  • Take a leap of faith

    Take a leap of faithEvery now and then,Try something new;If you fail, try again. There’s so much to seeAnd so much you can do;Life’s full of adventureAnd it’s calling you!

  • A visit to the 19th century

    I’m currently reading Emma by Jane Austen. Published in 1815, the story is set in a country village in Regency England. A narrative of life and the daily goings on in the little country village, it is a comedy of manners about class rank, social conventions, and country society of…

  • On writing

    I sit down to writeAnd inspiration strikes;I watch, as if by magic,Words appear on the page,in phrases,then sentencesand then paragraphs;like watermeltingfrom a glacier,turning into a stream,and then a rivercompleting its journey at the sea;And all these words I’ve writtenBegin to make sense.

  • Walking for creativity

    Regular exercise, it is said, can boost creativity. For me, that exercise is walking. I used to think that going for a walk was a) boring and b) too insignificant to count as exercise. That is, until I started going for walks regularly. I had just moved to a new…

  • Keep going

    Leave your fears behind. Don’t be afraid of stumbling and falling. Failure isn’t falling down; it’s staying down. If you fall, get up and move on. Stay focused on your goal. Forget about obstacles. Henry Ford said, “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off…

  • There’s always joy to be found!

    I’d only recently begun going for regular walks. Armed with my camera, I’d set out every morning for a brisk walk, hopeful to click a nice picture or two of the city and its life. When the lockdown began, my photography was all but over. One morning I woke up…

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