There is as much joy, as much of richness and knowledge in the journey as in the destination.IthacaWhen you set out on your journey to Ithaca,pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge.The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,the angry … [Continue reading]
Thoughts for Book Cover Design–Gaiety, brightness and good design
"Gaiety, brightness and good design are good business as well as good things in themselves" Designer Clough Williams-Ellis Bookmark this on Delicious … [Continue reading]
Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy
There is as much joy, as much of richness and knowledge in the journey as in the destination. Ithaca When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. The Lestrygonians and the … [Continue reading]
Te Deum by Charles Reznikoff
Not because of victories I sing, having none, but for the common sunshine, the breeze, the largesse of the spring. Not for victory but for the day’s work done as well as I was able; not for a seat upon the dais but at the common … [Continue reading]
ALIVE BY R.S. THOMAS, the priest-poet of the Welsh Hills
Alive. It is alive. It is you, God. Looking out I can see no death. The earth moves, the sea moves, the wind goes on its exuberant journeys. Many creatures reflect you, the flowers your colour, the tides the precision of your calculations. … [Continue reading]
Jan Morris on Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles M Doughty
Jan Morris on Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles M Doughty This is a book I intend to read soon."Not many books can claim to be entirely unique, but one of them is undoubtedly Charles Montague Doughty's Travels in Arabia Deserta, which he wrote in … [Continue reading]
My God, My God, Why did you Employ Me? The Perils of Children’s Church
On Easter Sunday, we had the much dreaded all-age service, or "children's church". (No one wanted to miss the Easter service to teach kids, restless kids would make for distracted parents, so the Anglican compromise appears to be, pitch the Easter … [Continue reading]
House Rabbits, Warm-hearted, loving, social animals
Rabbits are SO social. We had our buck, Bandito, neutered, since he had performed his fatherly duty and fathered a litter of 4, which were all we wanted. The vet suggested that he be kept in isolation for 10 days, so that the other bunnies did not … [Continue reading]
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