JANE CLIFTONDec 21, 20201 minRocky Road recipeROCKY ROAD - as shared to me by Justine Sloane-Lees Ingredients 2 or 3 blocks 250gram chocolate (whatever colour) Marshmallows – cut into...
JANE CLIFTONOct 29, 20201 minANGRY BIRDOct 29 ANGRY BIRD angry all the time it’s exhausting debilitating frustrating infuriating angry at stupidity duplicity fuqwittery...
JANE CLIFTONOct 20, 20201 minSAD FACEOct 20 Sad Face muzzled for life now the sun is out it feels unnatural science-fictional a Jetson kinda world that none of us...
JANE CLIFTONOct 19, 20201 minLITTLE STEPSOct 19 Little Steps fill the tank and before you know it you are far away beyond the 5k limit and it’s heady all that freedom that...
JANE CLIFTONOct 14, 20201 minIN PRAISE OF INSTAOct 14 In Praise of Insta friends’ gardens a rose a tulip spray of lilac autumn leaves of burnished gold now falling and renewed with...
JANE CLIFTONOct 10, 20201 minIN A HOLDING PATTERNOct 10 Marking time wishing our lives away we are flat-chat in the race March becomes July another week another bleak prospect of...
JANE CLIFTONOct 5, 20201 minGET WELL SOON-ish...July 17th THE LAST TRUMP a toddler at the head of state our fate subject to baby needs seems fitting in this world of toddlers, twats and...
JANE CLIFTONOct 3, 20201 minTruth Dare Kiss or Promise Oct 3 good news bad news which ding dong the witch is dead or instead a fraidy-cat plays possum messes with our heads really really sick...
JANE CLIFTONSep 28, 20201 minCURFEW 56 DAY 56 – Sept 27 our curfew now is done this chronicle shall cease 42 spun into 56 observations dissertations lamentations celebrations...
JANE CLIFTONSep 28, 20201 minCURFEW 55DAY 55 – Sept 26 but in 3 weeks time will it be 3 weeks more will the finish line keep creeping evermore distant from you and me the...
JANE CLIFTONSep 27, 20201 minCURFEW 51DAY 51 – Sept 22 boulevards of buildings avenues of architecture palaces and libraries museums statuary pier and parklands station...
JANE CLIFTONSep 26, 20201 minCURFEW 54DAY 54 – Sept 25 it’s happened I’m bored I’m the chairman of the bored I’m the mortar board of bored I’m the sideboard of bored the...
JANE CLIFTONSep 25, 20201 minCURFEW 52DAY 52 – Sept 23 could be a spoon in a ribbon could be a spoon painted green just a little spoon stuck in the mud that’s all a little...
JANE CLIFTONSep 25, 20201 minCURFEW 53DAY 53 – Sept 24 holding our collective breath almost hyperventilating not good for our mental health the countdown is excruciating in...
JANE CLIFTONSep 23, 20201 minCURFEW 50DAY 50 – Sept 21 presents piled around the tree look don’t touch patience is the key to happiness and joy sparkly paper ribbons bright...
JANE CLIFTONSep 22, 20201 minCURFEW 49DAY 49 – Sept 20 last of winter home fires burning curfew meant no free press cast adrift in cafes forced to pay to get grubby with the...
JANE CLIFTONSep 21, 20201 minCURFEW 48DAY 48 – Sept 19 staring into space snail’s pace blank face and no incentive to get out of this chair go anywhere and I could sit like...
JANE CLIFTONSep 20, 20201 minCURFEW 47DAY 47 – Sept 18 I forgot! mein Gott! got out of my car without a mask took 3 steps felt strange breezes wafting past and realised...
JANE CLIFTONSep 19, 20201 minCURFEW 46DAY 46 – Sept 17 constant state of alarm look out red alert on watch too late be ready take care beware hold steady sanitize immunize...
JANE CLIFTONSep 18, 20201 minCURFEW 45DAY 45 – Sept 16 now is the time to draw the line in sand declare precisely where you stand not since the war in Vietnam have divisions...