An Eighth Shot of Espresso: Coffee and Creativity on Mum's Third Shift

Walk the snowbound path  the mountain beckons  as you journey round and round  in a spiral encircling the tor  the sun rises in the east and sets in the west just like any other day the moon high in the sky sometimes hidden in the clouds but it is always there watching and waiting weighing your journey the scenery seems the same  but if you look carefully  the view is different  with each rotation the sun's angle changes the moon's face becomes full then wanes before it is gone again You feel like you are just going in circles until the path grows shorter the time goes faster until you reach the view at the top and it all finally stops.

fertile ideas are planted  but they need to be nurtured  in good soil and watered  if the temperature dips gentle hands cover them or bring them inside to protect against frost even as they sprout the work is not yet finished the tender shoots of thought are fragile and easily crushed disease attack the roots pests feed upon the leaves and those must be dealt with before the damage is done those who withhold the rain  and cloud up the sky  do not want the new ways  to bloom...  ...but nature will do it regardless.

The prompt word is balderdash balderdash: senseless talk or writing; nonsense Just a strongly worded  disapproval  is balderdash  words carry weight  but action is what gives meaning  to principles  that are only  theoretical  at this point  to talk about nothing is a useless gesture an evil does not stop at a mere proclamation on a piece of paper or on a social network the question becomes:  what's really stopping you?

Why does a strong woman  means emasculation  for a certain type of man?  Is he so damn insecure  that he sees shadows  around every corner  and challenges to his fragile masculinity?  A book that proclaims that a man is the master of his destiny and the dominator of all creation is written by men. Is he so arrogant that he believes Nature will always bend to his will? I think we all know  the answer to that.