The hardest thing, getting known. I have a product, viz. book of poetry. Poetry! People throw up their hands in horror. Poetry…yes, that function of the higher brain, tool of the depressed and sorrowful, is it still being written?”I mean, I know it still...
Watched the eclipse of the moon on Saturday night. Skies cleared over Suffolk and the shadow of the Earth moved slowly over the moon. Tried to get the kids interested – they did watch but it was only an excuse to stay up late! It only turned a bit red (perhaps I...
It is a fascinating concept: a century old model of the universe and its origins is all in place, except that it requires something that doesn’t exist – dark matter.We all know that most of the universe is space. Atoms are full of it (or rather, empty of...
I am reading The Vivisector, by Patrick White. I wonder if this book would ever have been published in today’s environment? What with Show not Tell, punchy starts, sex, violence and Celebrity – darling, don’t ya think Patrick would have remained in...
Now this one is easier to understand (Champions League Final tonight, Arsenal versus Barcelona). I’m playing football against a team with Ronaldinho in it. Problem is, the football is a normal shape, but has a blotched skin, like a potato. Worse still,...
Strange dream the other night. I was mixed up in a cult, whose origin was in the worship of a great tree, called Antaeus (In mythology Antaeus was the son of Gaia and Poseidon. He was a giant who compelled all strangers to wrestle with him and defeated or killed them...
