It is not what we do with what we create, but what others do. They have now free templates online to make and load 3d printable runs. The hobbyists who make them are having fun, making strange and ornate weapons and meeting to shoot on ranges. But the guns are obviously untraceable and can kill….
No Earnings
I am tired for the poor being made to pay for the absurd decisions of the powerful when things go wrong. I am tired for the powerful making laws that allow them to not pay taxes by putting money into tax havens and then turn around to the poor and say ‘I didn’t break any…
London Homeless
I heard on the radio the history of homeless people sleeping outdoors in the richest parts of the city. The theory being that because of the lighting and p9olicing it is considered a safe area. Homes people think it is because rich people may give them more when they beg. In my experience rich people…
Movie Premiere
I was invited to see the first screening of Nowhere, a film by an American writer based on his time in Cornwall. I met many of the cast and crew and was impressed by the engaging story and the way in which these professionals had come together to create Tim’s first movie, screened at a…
The Prison of Hegemony
We are not ruling. We do not elect people to positions of power who are able to do anything for the prison we are in from thousands of years of creating ever more sophisticated chains of money to author our day-to-day lives. We elect bankers, nothing more, and the ops we are offered to placate…
Community
I walked up to the old container next to the shed in the field and found one of the stop-end plastic valves had come away in the cold and water was gushing out. As this is our spring water I went to my neighbour and within fifteen minutes we had a new valve in place….
Don’t you just hate colds?
They just bring you down, make your eyes water give you chills and wipe out your plans for days at a stretch. What are they for? These bugs hang around a population and transfer because of inadequate hygiene and I made the mistake of shopping again without gloves or masks. Big mistake. the last three…
The Promise
The birds had scantly noticed As I hanged above their nest, Which they built of moss and leaf For their young to take their rest. I was no ugly duckling When the squirrels laughed at me And threw me paw to paw Beneath my parent tree. But I’ll remember fondly, All their laughter, all their…
The Strange Royalty
There is much talk about the British royal family but it is the same as all the others. The shoe-horning of people into unnatural positions and deifying them for centuries does not breed any normality. Being bowed to from your first days does not give you a sense of commonality. It isn’t designed to. But…
Frost and Chill
After a very mild November in which the grass continued to grow (not something we are used to) it has become a frost December. The fields are white in the mornings and the birds hungry. I have, as yet, not closed the window in the kitchen because fresh air-flow keeps the bugs at bay but…