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Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
“I love books. I love that moment when you open one and sink into it, you can escape from the World, into a story that’s way more interesting than yours will ever be.” Elizabet Scott
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” Unknown
That book she’s reading must be some good stuff 🙂
There are books that are such compulsive reads that when you sink your teeth into them, you are lost in them and you keep going until it’s finished.
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
I hear you in my thoughts…
Your words of wisdom,
of love and encouragement…
They are etched upon my soul.
They keep me warm.
**
*an excerpt from my poem*
In a typical year, if your commute to work is 60 minutes to and fro, cumulatively, you would spend an average of 20.8 days or more just on commuting.
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These folks commute to work each day on these open boats.
As much as I like water, I doubt if this would not frighten the jeepers out of me having to sit like this on an open boat, day in, day out and without life vests.
For me, it’s only good for a one-time adventure. Well, I guess they’ve got to do what needs to be done.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Brand me whole as only you can
That the entire score of me
Knows nothing but the fullness of you.
Sometimes, miracles come in pairs or even more.
“Double the giggles, double the grins. Double the trouble, when you’re blessed with twins,” Unknown
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![Twins_2[1]](https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/twins_21.jpg)
Quite an interesting incident to go to the shops and run into several twins on the same day and in the same store.
I wondered if it was a “bring your twins shopping day,” but the cashier said that such a thing did not exist.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Never leave me lonely on these shores
Where no one knows me
Where I stare at strange forms
Trying to find you somewhere there in their midst.
“Working hard is very important. You are not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.” George Lucas
“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days that you feel good.” Jerry West
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God bless the hands that work. May they receive their worthy wages and may doors of opportunities open up to them.
Have a great and wonderfully satisfying week.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Enchant me with your expressive eyes, that crinkles in laughter as you speak
that I may find myself ever caught between
the reflections of your pupils and there shall I remain.
*an excerpt of my poem
“Fun is good.” Dr. Seuss
Whichever way you look at life, time will still fly past whether you are enjoying it or not, so, the choice is yours.
My choice is to live and enjoy each day to the best of my ability.
What’s your choice?
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Enchant me with your expressive eyes, that crinkles in laughter as you speak
that I may find myself ever caught between,
the reflections of your pupils and there shall I remain.
*an excerpt of my poem*
“The World is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.” J.K. Rowling
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Naturally, my eyes are easily drawn to vivid colours. Purple is a beautiful, rich and trendy colour.
I wonder where she’s off to with her lovely purple box which incidentally matches her pillow and scarf?
Knowing myself, I would have asked her, alas, sitting behind the wheel and waiting for the light to change denied me the pleasure 😉
It’s Friday this way. Have a great weekend ahead.
Be good to yourself. Blessed be.
Jacqueline
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
The air’s so crispy
The birds are quite chirpy
The magic of nature abounds
As I imbibe all the sounds.
**
*an excerpt of my poem*
“How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the Sun.” Vincent Van Gogh
![Yellow[1]](https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/yellow1.jpg)
![Yellow_2[1]](https://acookingpotandtwistedtales.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/yellow_21.jpg)
One cheerful colour that I like. It perks up my mood and yes, it makes me feel bright 🙂
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Never leave me lonely
With words left unsaid
You walk away into the dark
Like a mist, that melts away.
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it, we go nowhere.” Carl Sagan
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The sensible part of me knows that the bicycle rider had the scarf on his face to keep out the fine desert sand, but the nosy, imaginative busy mind of me, created another scenario, to which he’s now an accomplice in a story.
It just couldn’t get any better, with the band on his face, the cap, the knapsack and a bicycle for a quick getaway 😉
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Below is my first just published Poetry Book “Out of the silent breath” which is available on Amazon and Smashwords.
When you buy my book, you support me in an invaluable manner.
Never leave me lonely
With words left unsaid
You walk away into the dark
Like a mist, that melts away.
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