A photographer came to our house, Continue reading “A memory of Dorset: Bridport, Gurkhas”
Category: places
Displaced clocks and peninsulas
Yet again comes the proposal to make Daylight-Shifting Time even worse Continue reading “Displaced clocks and peninsulas”
San Sarpi
We were again in Venice, and paid our respects to Paolo Sarpi.
Poetry is language in short paragraphs
The Tau Herculid meteor shower is expected on May 31. Continue reading “Poetry is language in short paragraphs”
April the First, I trust nobody!
Look out for people who shout this after playing a trick on you!
Actually, the shout will be in Ukrainian: Continue reading “April the First, I trust nobody!”
The other royal observatory
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From our window in Isleworth, we see across a forested island in the Thames to another line of trees, beyond which Continue reading “The other royal observatory”
A star sets
I’ve found this sketch of a street scene in Qandahar (home of the Taliban) that I made while hitch-hiking through Afghanistan Continue reading “A star sets”
Flowers that grow on Olympus
If you lie on your back and look straight up, Continue reading “Flowers that grow on Olympus”
Do marchers march or walk or waltz?
The midnight scene is rewarding, if you have the strength to stay up and and look at it, which I may not after my exertion of yesterday.
Portcullis
Red Mars and white Venus are about to set in the west, and up in the south is red Antares, the heart of the Scorpion.
