I guess the best news for myself is simply that I'm back to writing poetry after 8 years of NOT writing poetry, mostly spurred by my renewed interest in literature after years spent more on music, philosophy, science, even some video games. It's been a bright spot in a year of real darkness everywhere else.

That's very good news, Jonathan. I'm Fliss, by the way; I'm not here much these days. Eight years is a long time not to be writing poetry! I'm glad it's a bearer of a bright spot for you :)

Yes, John (#240), very welcome. Perhaps next time you and Rita come to Cheltenham, you could visit. I'm sure you'd get on with Bro A; everyone does, really :D

Best wishes,
Fliss

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My good news is interplanetary, interstellar even.

We have another grandchild, Kellen Stephen, who arrived feet first, thankfully (he was breech for the longest time until he suddenly flipped) from another world tethered to his spaceship.

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Many congratulations to young Kellen Stephen and the family!

Cheers,
John

Congratulations, Jim. I have granddaughters and it looks as though I will be keeping the baby part of the day this school year. I kept the first one most of her first year all day. It's exhausting but wonderful. I just hope I'm up to it.

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Thank you John and thank you John.

Wow, John! How do you do it? (I enjoy your FB adventures with Byl). I read a a story a long time ago about a team of pediatricians who were researching the physical development of a toddler. They came up with this novel idea of having Olympian Jim Thorpe shadow a baby all day and approximate every movement. He reported it was as strenuous as any physical training he had ever undergone.

I watch my daughter's brood — there are three of them in the nest and now four — one or two times/week and it is like undergoing some kind of cruel test of just how old I've become. (I never tell her that.) It is always worth the price.

One of the most astounding images that life provides is the face of a newborn human. I am truly left speechless as I gaze into their face. There's something there that is so ethereally revealing that I have to turn away.
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Congratulations on the arrival of your grandson, Jim! He looks absolutely scrumptious.

I just found the link - what a wonderful new human being! And I like the interstellar spaceship he has landed from. It can't help but remind me of this, as does this thread: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...arly-childhood

Cheers,
John

Yes, he's so cute. I hope you are able to see him often.