Daer Finders, Havnig recnetly discoevred taht creitan letetrs – wehn tehy fnid tehslemves rarergaend – detrcat ltilte form ayndboys udernsndatnig, thne nwo woudl seme ot penrset na ootpruntipy taht snmenoe cduol wirte ltetres etmrelxey wlnogry nad vene tkae itno acnocut slplieng msitkaes. Hwo fra cna teh hmanu bianr cpoe? Ntarulaly, sohtr wrods lkei prsoeanl ponruons … More Wrod Gmaes
A Celebration of the Ordinary “Eating Bread Is Soon Forgot” so they say, and that was a forgotten history too until something happened until recently. Food eaten is transitory. We celebrate anticipation of eating food and sometimes refer to a meal eaten but most of what is eaten is once gone, forgotten. A recent purchase … More A Celebration of the Ordinary
Ruins The Background Grimly foreboding, the mess of stones and earthworks – here, neatly manicured; there, left to nature – stand or sit or have fallen (Danny Ross style) or were pushed (Bessie Braddock style); today visited; tomorrow ignored; next week upgraded; next month televised; next year reported; next decade lauded and all the time … More Ruins
Part 2 – (continued from previous) The estate through which I walked had once been open farmland. The livings were probably not very comfortable, probably smallholdings with a few cattle and chickens, maybe a pig or two. The very names of some of them indicating a miserable existence once eked out on the land – … More Weather or not; try and weather the whether Part Two
The coming of several Atlantic storms prompts us once again to look at the fragility of our situation. Grievous flooding with attendant severe gales have become a grossly frightening reality for many, not only in the British Isles but also around the world. All any of us can do during these tragic events is to … More Weather to weather – whether or not Part One
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