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Tiggs...
Yellow wood
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Going North
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Going North
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Ellie...
Going North
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Phil the Philippine Eagle. Why he's one of the world's weirdest birds? Not what you think...
Phil the Philippine Eagle. Why he's one of the world's weirdest birds? Not what you think...
Phil the Philippine Eagle. Why he's one of the world's weirdest birds? Not what you think...
When it comes to the Philippine eagle, it’s a toss-up about what makes it one of the World’s Weirdest birds. Is it the fact that this particular weird bird enjoys eating monkeys for dinner, or is it the shaggy brown hairdo that makes it look like you have been out partying way too much?
"So, yes I ate a little Monkey! Yes, I was very, very drunk. So, okay yes, I drink too much.
Ma bad?”
©jo3m 2022
Ashley and Albert the Costa Rican Toucans and the importance of versatility and vision
Phil the Philippine Eagle. Why he's one of the world's weirdest birds? Not what you think...
Phil the Philippine Eagle. Why he's one of the world's weirdest birds? Not what you think...
It all began around 700 million years ago, and we know today that the Costa Rican Toucan’s ability to tell whether or not certain berries are ripe is because of the berries two distinct colours. This ability has had an extraordinary impact on the process of our evolution. Darwin and his study of birds on the Galapagos Islands in 1831 of course led to his work on the ‘Theory of Evolution’.
“It is not the survival of the fittest or the strongest or the most intelligent it is survival of those most adaptable to change…”
Charles Darwin
LULL and Love a violent Act inspired by the marvellous Scottish Artist David Richardson
Phil the Philippine Eagle. Why he's one of the world's weirdest birds? Not what you think...
LULL and Love a violent Act inspired by the marvellous Scottish Artist David Richardson
Love a violent 'Act' in a penetrative 'Play'
Blood and pain and guts and gore.
Joy and suffering, much ecstasy
Mais qui, la petite mort
Inspired by the painting LULL
by David Richardson ©2022
LULL is inspired by David Richardson's awesome ART
Fireworks
I dream and dare
I dream and dare
Fireworks and laser beams
I can’t believe it’s true
A quantum leap
through time and space
Coming here, from there, with you
jo3m ©2022
I dream and dare
I dream and dare
I dream and dare
I close my eyes
cross my heart
fantasize, dream and dare
should I be having this much fun
maybe it’s unfair?
jo3m ©2022
Built to last
I dream and dare
Joy and Suffering
Harry Potter came so fast
the Forth Road Bridge was built to last
but not all that lasts stands still
Voldemort had a sticky end
Time, summer nights, winter chill
jo3m ©2022
Joy and Suffering
Joy and Suffering
Joy and Suffering
Love
the violent Act
in a penetrative Play
blood and pain and gore.
Joy and suffering
ecstasy
Mais qui
la petite mort
jo3m ©2022
Desiderata
Joy and Suffering
In the Arena
Whatever your labours and aspirations
in the noisy confusion of life
keep peace in your soul
With all its shams
drudgery and broken dreams
it is still a beautiful world
Be cheerful
Strive to be happy
Max Ehrmann
In the Arena
Joy and Suffering
In the Arena
It is not the critic who counts
Credit belongs to those
actually in the arena
At least if they
they fail while daring greatly
Their place shall never be
with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat
Theodore Roosevelt
"jo3m published his debut novel at Waterstones in Sauchiehall Street Glasgow shortly after we returned from Moscow (Russia). It was one of his dreams to do that. Since jo was fostered at the age of four it has also been his dream to give back and help young people get the best possible start in life especially those who are most in need. If you want to find out more about how you can help us help young disadvantaged individuals get a better start in life click on Going Purple. Scroll down to next section to find the best way to Navigate our BRAND NEW Website. Or, simply click a colour on the menu bar and see the drop down options. So that's the reality. If it's 'HIDING UNDER THE COVERS' you want, just keep scrolling down and lets do a deep dive into some fantastic fiction and frivolous fun in the underbelly of what used to be called No Mean City."
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Glasgow's HELPING HEROES and the ACVC HUB
That same day one of the peer support workers at Helping Heroes in Glasgow suggested that Jo went to Allen Clarke’s Veterans Hub. Although Allen and Jo immediately recognised, they shared a lot of the same values and aims it would be around six months before they would start to work together.
Whitefoord House
Alan McEwan the DWP Veteran’s Champion gave Jo the number and the first person he spoke to was Kirsty Smeaton-Brown the Housing Manager at Whitefoord House. She asked jo a couple of routine questions but within a few minutes told Jo that he was one of the reasons that SVR exists. Jo was in tears and still feels teary eyed when he thinks of that moment. After two months of sofa surfing, spending the odd night in the spare room of the marital home but mainly spending time at David Lloyds West End and his car, the Scottish Veterans Services (SVR) offered Jo accommodation in Edinburgh.