Inspiration

Sometimes the mind is barren
And words will not flow through.
A life is always changing.
Inspiration will come to you.


Just look around at beauty
And note down all you see.
The power of the universe
Each new flower, plant and tree.


The new-born baby crying
A toddlers faltering steps.
The smile from a senior citizen
Their life's wisdom in its depths.


Inspiration may come with anger
Sometimes sadness, often love.
All emotions flow and gather
Like clouds, so high above.


Dark clouds are our anguish
When words we cannot find
But bright clouds are renewing
The inspiration in your mind

Ancestry.

I've been trying to trace any living relatives of my paternal Grandfather who emigrated to Canada in 1923, so I joined Ancestry.co.uk on their worldwide site and found out quite a lot about him. He had a new family, so I knew I would probably have cousins still alive.  I checked to see if anyone else was researching him, for whatever reason, and I found several people who are and contacted them.

Unfortunately, I have had no replies so far, which is a bit disappointing. I would have thought that as they were doing research on my grandfather, they would be interested in my knowledge of him and what I have found out.  Anyway, replies would be polite, but early days I suppose.

Watch this space...