It’s less confusing to be a man if you understand the history of your nature, and remember you are part of nature, which is brutal and uncaring, as well as beautiful and sensitive. Continue reading
the steel yard
d.2 – the thread time weaves
the education
There is an incessant influx of novelty into the world and yet we tolerate incredible dullness. Walden, Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
after rain
Rain has sweetened the breathless air, the angel comes mysteriously also. William Trevor, After Rain Continue reading
the details 1
In the first of a series (hereafter d.2, d.3… ) to appear on this website, those heavy grubbers of everything tasteworthy, meritorious, and full of truffles, the hogs, will present examples of exceptional details we bump into, trip over, crush underfoot, eat or expectorate, in our travels. It’s an exercise in turning the environment in which we perform our lives into an engine to provoke thought and a sense of wonder. Continue reading
g.4 – the garden of middle earth
Midgard is a realm in Norse mythology. Pictured as placed somewhere in the middle of Yggdrasil, Midgard is surrounded by a world of water, or ocean, that is impassable. The ocean is inhabited by the great sea serpent Jormungandr, who is so huge that he encircles the world entirely, grasping his own tail. Wikipedia
They took the thick eyebrows of the corpse and fashioned them into a bushy fence, containing Midgard, the Garden of Middle Earth. At the centre of Midgard, they built the home of the gods, Asgard. These gods called themselves Ases, pillars, and Asgard was circled by Midgard, which was circled by the bloody sea, outside which lay Utgard, the Outside, in which terrible things lurked and prowled. A. S. Byatt, Ragnorak, The End of the Gods Click here to enter. Continue reading
the spirit world
Time, the very attar of the Rose, Was running out. Continue reading
the final friend
I can resist everything but temptation.
Among the few benefits that can be said to result from world empire, one is the geniuses and oddballs who flourish under conditions of overarching power and prosperity. Of all the extraordinary individuals who emerged at the zenith of the British Empire, few can compare with Oscar Wilde as proof of this notion. Continue reading
the saint
The weird old America, the lost country that existed before television and technology, produced some amazing people. Continue reading