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peter s pondering random views and musings with a sprinkling of idiocy skip to content peter s pondering random views and musings with a sprinkling of idiocy menu search home about about a bit more more about me about a bit more still the real me birth to age 16 search for search a thing of beauty is a joy forever on 20 03 2026 20 03 2026 by peter s pondering in beauty birds classical music excellence music nostalgia peace philosophy wildlife 43 comments pause awhile and reflect look and listen you know it will do you good original post 20 03 2016 exactly 10 years ago serendipity look what i found 6 on 19 03 2026 by peter s pondering in my music choices death fun humour just because music my music positivity smile time song wellbeing 20 comments the lyrics are shown so there is no excuse for not singing along we all need to look on the bright side look what i found 5 on 24 02 2026 by peter s pondering in my music art classical music creativity dance fantasy gods joy love music nice things opera 23 comments the amorous indies baroque to hip hop if none of these takes your fancy there are hundreds to discover the more you look the more you will find look what i found 4 on 12 01 2026 by peter s pondering in diversity excellence harmony joy just because music new blogs to follow nice things re posts 36 comments 6 years ago today bluebird of bitterness posted this look what i found 3 on 26 12 2025 by peter s pondering in babies beauty birds books environment fun happiness joy just because nature nice things sea wildlife 21 comments another old post to brighten up a dull friday what better than a trip to the seaside and a little sunshine first published as swimming for beginners on 01 07 2023 happy solstice christmas and new year on 21 12 2025 by peter s pondering in my music beauty charity christmas community dementia environment friends harmony health my music nature new year personal thanks wellbeing 34 comments i offer this song as a blessing to everyone for the winter summer solstice and to wish you all a happy restful and healthy christmas and new year thank you for all your wonderful posts comments and friendship this year and always my posts have been very sparse of late and will continue to be for some time to come but i have kept up with reading your posts and responding as often as i can instead of sending christmas cards this year i am contributing to alzheimer s society uk s leading charity for dementia care and research offering a support line 0333 150 3456 local groups and funding research for all dementia types my donation will be based on the number of cards i would have sent plus the number of responses to this post to ensure that i am not made bankrupt by ai bots i will set a maximum limit the lost words blessing look what i found 2 on 21 11 2025 21 11 2025 by peter s pondering in my music classical music dance excellence joy just because music my music nice things 35 comments to brighten up a dull friday but why no lady conductor what instrument would you choose to play look what i found 1 on 18 11 2025 by peter s pondering in community creativity friends my life nice things nostalgia personal poetry thanks work 33 comments it was recently the birthday of linda a friend from work days and in the process of checking whether it was a significant number this year i found this little offering from a few years ago linda barlow s sixty five a mentor and a sage but surely not she cannot be how could she be that age i met her when she was my wife but only while at work she stopped me doing silly things and acting like a jerk supported me for many years and helped so many others our team was great and tightly knit just like a band of brothers we laughed a lot but did the job so very well i think we had great friends to help us and strong dark tea to drink happy birthday linda xx and thank you and sisters actually far more sisters than brothers keyboard creativity on 17 11 2025 by peter s pondering in acrostic creativity poetry the spoken word weekend writing prompt weekly prompts 18 comments this is in response to sammi cox s weekend writing prompt 442 where the given word is keyboard and the word count is 58 k eys of creation poetry written e ntered by fingers made in great britain y ou re only reading to seek my attention b e it forever or just a brief mention o nce i was known for my weekly acrostics a sked to write more by some business agnostics r eaders may think that writing is hard d on t you believe i write by the yard waste on 09 11 2025 08 11 2025 by peter s pondering in bravery broken things courage death duty fact horror poetry remembrance war waste 18 comments regular readers will remember that i have often reposted the last remembrance to commemorate remembrance sunday today i am offering this simple but powerful poem instead i first discovered this poem in september 1968 waste of muscle waste of brain waste of patience waste of pain waste of manhood waste of health waste of beauty waste of wealth waste of blood and waste of tears waste of youth s most precious years waste of ways the saints have trod waste of glory waste of god war it was written by rev geoffrey studdert kennedy an amazing man you can read about him here woodbine willy posts navigation older posts to see a random example of my genius click on the x follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 1 372 other subscribers recent posts a thing of beauty is a joy forever look what i found 6 look what i found 5 look what i found 4 look what i found 3 follow peter s pondering on wordpress com top posts pages look what i found 5 waste look what i found 1 look what i found 4 look what i found 6 twittering tale 72 20 february 2018 hopewell a thing of beauty is a joy forever contributor to whispers and echoes and retirement and good living magazine some of the great blogs i follow disclaimer all written 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