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Tony Burkinshaw's avatar

This lifts an ordinary everyday moment in to the heavenly spaces where the little things that make up β€˜life’ belong. Living in the moment becomes an art form πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

Words about things and stuff's avatar

A perfectly captured little moment. I love the tiny stories like this that happen in life.

B Philippe's avatar

Thanks for stopping to appreciate it with me 😊

Kelly Trost's avatar

Utterly delightful!

B Philippe's avatar

N’aw, thank you! ❀️

williamphaynes/elliott's avatar

A poem about a sweetener Do you have sweet &low and nutrasweet

B Philippe's avatar

I’m pretty sure we can get those brands here too - but what we use is Sweetex for tea and Canderel for cooking πŸ˜„

AsukaHotaru's avatar

That half cut sweetener tablet is so oddly dear to me, I got attached to it right away..!

B Philippe's avatar

I couldn’t bear to throw it away πŸ˜…

Thank you!

artefai's avatar

Plunk plunk

Drinkin' from a Paper Cup's avatar

that just has a flow!

B Philippe's avatar

Thanks for coming along to ride it with me! I appreciate the comment more than I can say ❀️

Christine R. Spirit In Art's avatar

Is stevia or something more sinister your sweetener of choice?

A lovely moment in time…

B Philippe's avatar

Thanks Christine! Sweetex is our usual - specifically because it has the lowest break-rate out of all the tabs we’ve tried 🀣

Christine R. Spirit In Art's avatar

That must be a UK thing…I hadn’t heard of that oneβ€¦πŸ§

I like sweet…my waistline does notβ€¦πŸ˜†

Nora O’Dowd's avatar

You’ve sweetened my day, B! Cheers!

Gary L Taylor's avatar

Really nice, capturing a moment and using words to make it beautiful (I probably should have used 'sweet' there).

B Philippe's avatar

Sparkly little moment that made me go πŸ’‘! Substack poem! πŸ˜„

Thanks Gary

Kevin David Kridner's avatar

There’s something deeply human here β€” that instinct to guarantee sweetness when we don’t trust the half. It feels less like indulgence and more like protection against disappointment. β€œPlink plink” says more than it seems.

B Philippe's avatar

Feels like you’re stood in the kitchen here with me, musing over this little reflection ☺️ I’ll pour you a cuppa too - cheers!

Kevin David Kridner's avatar

and I would drink it with joy!

Paul Wittenberger's avatar

I don’t care for sugar, but that’s just me. I will take a bit of honey, though, and drop it in my tea.

B Philippe's avatar

A pretty little rhyme! πŸ˜„ Thanks Paul

Chuck's avatar

but what demons lurk in those sweeter-than-sugar pellets i love. πŸ™ˆ

B Philippe's avatar

Every delight has its price πŸ™ˆ

Rea de Miranda's avatar

Sugar! Brown sugar, not those awful pills. But, you've got to do what's good for you. 😊

williamphaynes/elliott's avatar

Cute/ i enjoyed this, a little different. Your book is suppose to arrive friday

B Philippe's avatar

β€˜A little different’ is what I strive for - everything else has been done before! πŸ˜„ Thanks very much for reading, Bill