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Words by W.H.Davies

Joey Jones3 Comments

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

Great, amazingly fantastic news? I imagine I would cry.

And now, with the DP answered and a lovely empty page below, I will put Nature’s Friend a poem by one of my favourite peeps, W.H. Davies.

Say what you like,
All things love me!
I pick no flowers –
That wins the Bee.

The Summer’s Moths
Think my hand one –
To touch their wings –
With Wind and Sun.

The garden Mouse
Comes near to play;
Indeed, he turns
His eyes away.

The Wren knows well
I rob no nest;
When I look in.
She still will rest.

The hedge stops Cows,
Or they would come
After my voice
Right to my home.

The Horse can tell,
Straight from my lip.
My hand could not
Hold any whip.

Say what you like,
All things love me!
Horse, Cow, and Mouse,
Bird, Moth and Bee.


by William Henry Davies (1871 ~ 1940)

And breathe

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You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?

It’s now Feb 2026. This post has come to light as it was a response to last year’s DP….

A sharp intake of breathe would probably be an instinctively first reaction to recieving the best news ever. Swiftly followed by gratitude to the powers that be.

If I had been standing I’d probably quickly sit, or stand if id been seated. I would need to gather my thoughts and a walk with my dog would be the fastest way to calm a jittery heart a nervous system thrown into chaos.

Good news could come in many forms and would that be for me personally or for someone I care about? Either way it would be a wonderful moment everyone should get to experience at some stage.

Relief may be a major player in this event. Did someone survive against all the odds? Has a healthy baby been born or conceived? Has an effort been recognised or a due reward given? A new journey begun or one completed safely? Has there been an encouraging medical diagnosis? Has Lady Luck played me a divine hand? If we think on and on there are endless reasons what the positive news may be. I have mentioned but a few, in no particular order.

Yes, a long, quiet and peaceful walk with my dog would be the first thing I would need to do should my stars align.