At school I was inspired by the lines in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard" :- Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air. I've always wanted to write without knowing how to go about it so I'm delighted to find a site where I can post a few scribblings. There'll be nothing earth-shattering here but I can cling to the hope that something I've written has been read and maybe even raised a smile.