I haven't felt like blogging just lately. I have been feeling a little p'd off with the world and the way it doesn't seem to care about where it is headed, and thinking, well, people collectively will get what they deserve one way or another, and determining to keep on living as simply as I... Continue Reading →
There will come soft rains…
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pool singing at night, And wild plum trees in tremulous white; Robins will wear their feathery fire, Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not... Continue Reading →
The Fight of Our Time
There is one question which people alive today should be asking themselves. Do you want the world to stay at least a little bit like the one you were born into? If the answer is yes, but you don't know what to do about it, then watch this video: Personally, I don't think enough people... Continue Reading →
It Was About This Time Last Year…
It was about this time last year that I really got stuck into building my first real garden project, more or less ever. I remember helping my father in the garden at home. That was back in the post-war days of the late 40's and into the fifties when food was scarce in UK and... Continue Reading →
A Brief Flare of Anger
I got outside to do some land clearing today even though it was quite cold and windy. Cold, you can dress for but wind is quite unhealthy to be exposed to. I didn't stay outside for long. Just long enough to fill one wheel barrow full of unwanted grass and weed clippings for the compost... Continue Reading →
Question Everything
My mind is always full of questions. So when I came upon a link on Cassandra's Legacy to another blog named named 'Question Everything' I had to investigate further. It turns out that this is the blogspot of George Mobus, an academic at the University of Washington. He seems to think the same way that I... Continue Reading →