Jane Jago's Blog, page 26
March 16, 2025
Drifting
Today we are old
And we’re drifting together
Away from the winds
To find milder weather
There’s no need for words
On this one bright day
We’ll just be ourselves
And drift softly away
March 15, 2025
Maybe – Part 11: Friends
Sometimes we walk the edges of reality…
Annis got up and went to the small drawer where she kept her few personal possessions. She took out an obviously old newspaper and handed it to Jess.
“You read.”
Jess took the paper in careful hands and read the story of that catastrophic night. She handed it back to Annis, who gave her another yellowed sheet. This was dated some six months later and concerned a memorial service for the dead. The report contained three photographs: the funfair at the heig...
March 14, 2025
Granny’s A-Z – S is for Social Media
Things that make us go poop…
Granny and the ‘ladies’ darts team of The Dog and Trumpet alphabetically collate their collective contempt for the inhabitants of the twenty-first century.
Unlike many octogenarians, Gran here is well up with the youf and that which is laughingly called ‘social’ media. I like to think my Twitter feed is both informative and entertaining, while my Facebook page is a fountain of wisdom and wit. I’m not going to even attempt to teach you how to become a force like...
March 13, 2025
100 Acre Wood Revisited – Piglet’s Terpsichorean Undertaking
Things are not quite how you might remember them in the 100 Acre Wood for Christopher Robin, Pooh Bear and their friends…
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March 12, 2025
Two Minute Read – Tea and Sympathy
This, Carla realised, was what was meant by ‘tea and sympathy’. Only, in this case, it was coffee and sympathy – well latte to be exact – and some comfort-eating chocolate cake.
“So it’s over this time?” Her cup, broad and deep, clicked back on its saucer. “Really? Truly?”
Emmy gave a sad smile. Over the last hour and the chocolate cake, she had burdened Carla’s soul with a gory, forensic dissection of the breakdown of her relationship. Cut by painful cut, from the first misconstrued comment to th...
March 11, 2025
Drabblings – The Battle
Telling an entire story in just one hundred words…
The melee had reached its peak. The moment of truth when one side would snatch victory with bloodstained gauntlets from the broken bodies of their enemies. The clash of steel on steel, the shrieks of the wounded and dying, the stench of smoke, sweat and death.
It was silent.
Preternaturally so.
A distant cough echoing on marble-faced walls, loud as a gunshot and the squeak of a leather sole on polished granite floor tiles, shockingly sharp.
The b...
March 10, 2025
Ponies and Progeny: Ambition
Ponies and Progeny or the graceless art of equine management as envisaged by the pen of Jane Jago and inspired by the genius of Norman Thelwell (1923-2004)
Today we consid er the role of ambition…
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March 9, 2025
Afraid
I’m not afraid of dying
I do not fear the day
Nor do I fear the nightfall
Though I would choose the way
Not by the inch, as tumours
Eat my breath away
No. Let me go like springtime snow
That ends with no delay
March 8, 2025
Maybe – Part 10: Old Soul
Sometimes we walk the edges of reality…
CHAPTER FOUR: ANNIS
Inwardly cursing the arrogance and stupidity of the vampire, Annis grabbed Jessica by the wrist as the ground opened up under the human woman’s feet. Fortunately the cats caught her urgency and grabbed pieces of clothing in their teeth. Between them they managed to drag Jess away from the chasm just as it started belching fire.
Annis turned a snarling face to where the vampire had been standing, only to find he had run away as fas...
March 7, 2025
Granny’s A-Z – R is for Reality TV
Things that make us go poop…
Granny and the ‘ladies’ darts team of The Dog and Trumpet alphabetically collate their collective contempt for the inhabitants of the twenty-first century.
Okay, let’s get this right out in the open before we begin. Whatever this heap of steaming ordure is it is NOT reality. It is no more real than the soap opera you won’t admit to watching. It’s contrived and packaged to get you to believe in it.
What is real about putting a bunch of semi-famous people in ...
