Sorrow On bended knees I gave time my pledge To bind you to the dust’s Haziness behind the hedge of human crusts – There can be no sparkling gems, where I fall – Only tattered dress hems swinging In a dark hall – From the tops of desolate frames Twisted with oppressed desire – Caught…
Month: August 2025
Walkers Beware
Went up to the range which, when the army is not there, is open for walkers. This time I went into the area a different way and ended up walking almost to the roads and had to tramp in the drizzle across countryside with no tracks until I started to walk across an open area…
Glorified Accountants
When one listens to politicians one is dumbfounded by the automatic adherence to costs. Not a single politicians in the world today asks people to get together and for a seed investment from the government create something for themselves. Would we not have enough volunteers to get together to provide everything necessary to run a…
The illusion of Freedom
When income tax was introduced during the Napoleonic wars there was a huge outcry. Now the most ridiculous taxes are levied and no one says a thing. Inheritance tax in the UK stars at £325,000. Most people who find they fall into this tax bracket did nothing but buy their home and it rose in…
Edward Thomas
Yes. I remember Adlestrop— The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No one left and no one came On the bare platform. What I saw Was Adlestrop—only the name And willows, willow-herb, and grass, And meadowsweet, and…
Mohács
This battle of the Hungarians with the Ottomans in the second decade of the 16th century was a loss for Hungary and the division of their country between Austria and Turkey. It is heavily taught in their schools and has become part of their vernacular and knowing this gives me a very good idea of…
The Art of the All
It is, obviously, ridiculous to argue in the general. I was always taught to argue in the general to the specific and never the other way round. You can make a general point but there is always going to be an exception that will undermine your argument. The specific does carry its own problem –…
Little Things
I have learned how to grow and importantly a great deal on yield, in the last four years. I was thrilled when the black grapes began to appear and enjoyed the success of the asparagus but I was forced to call out ‘oh you beauty’ when I found my first ever peaches growing on the…