Colin Crosss | Going Postal

Postcard From Northumberland & The Farne Islands

10th July 2018 Colin Crosss 0

One of the great things about deciding to do 40 things when you’ve been married 40 years but don’t set a time limit is that it becomes a moveable feast without any set order. As [more…]

Postcard from Canada, No 1

6th July 2018 Colin Crosss 0

Home for 3 weeks “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered [more…]

Postcard From Canada (An Overview)

21st June 2018 Colin Crosss 0

“Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and [more…]

Revolution

13th May 2018 Colin Crosss 0

Another go at a bit of fanciful poetry. It imagines a time in the summer of 2019 when the government, mired in scandal and indecision, is on the verge of collapse after giving in to [more…]

Angling

4th May 2018 Colin Crosss 0

Joseph Penstock was my mother’s father. He was a great man who died far too early. He was wise, funny and generous and I never remember seeing him really angry. He was a small businessman [more…]

Postcard From Coniston Water

19th April 2018 Colin Crosss 0

One of the forty things to do when you’ve been married for forty years is to take a visit to Coniston. Although it is only about a 45 minute drive from my house neither Mrs. [more…]

Homeland

12th April 2018 Colin Crosss 0

Homeland It’s just after lunchtime on a day in early February, the capital is bathed in bright sunshine but the breeze, from the east, is chilling to the bone. We can see; An office in [more…]

Hate

2nd April 2018 Colin Crosss 0

Hate There are many ways to make a good living If you don’t really care what you do You can use acid to hijack a moped If that’s what does it for you You could [more…]

In June 2016 the British people took the momentous decision to leave the European Union. They took this decision based on their true feelings and their belief, in my opinion, that the EU has gone [more…]