Summer is here, in the middle of Spring, with the first warning of bushfires, and the first moment of almost treading on a snake (a cute baby Black, but hey a snake’s a snake). In winter I stride across the land (though always avoiding ants, and beetles, and spiders). I walk differently in Summer. Slower, […]
Whenever war is declared, whichever countries are involved, you will find, making the announcement, a clown, backed by his followers – all hard-faced men who intend to do well out of it.
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Being the “Oldest Inhabitant” of a town is a job for life; but not for long. “Village Idiot” also used to be a job for life and a long one; but now a new one comes along every day.
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If an imaginary being was going to step in and save the world before we wreck it he’s left it rather too late
Old age is like walking through a Grimm forest in a dark night; branches whip the face; unseen carnivores roar; pits give way underfoot; trees fall with a crack; and somewhere ahead on the path, waiting in the gloom, is the slough of despond
Pentecostals speak in tongues – unique and pretty weird, right? Well, weird, yes, unique no. All religions speak nonsense.
The act of reading books – of feeling weight, texture; of hearing a turning page; the smell of paper and ink; the sight of black type on creamy white paper. Eyes, and hands, and knees, and brain, working together, to recreate the physical process of writing the book. Thoughts turned to words on page turned
Denial was a river in Egypt that dried up as a result of climate change
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