Category: observation

Labour members- your views wanted on Syria.

Jeremy Corbyn has asked for views from all Labour Party members. If you are a member, check your inbox. MPs may soon have to vote on whether to extend UK bombing into Syria. Please have your say. Here was my response: UK intervention in… Continue Reading “Labour members- your views wanted on Syria.”

Double Rainbow

   If you look to the very left of the picture, you can faintly see the ‘second’ rainbow. Jim informs me that every rainbow has a double, and the colours are reversed. So although it follows the same curve as the primary rainbow, the… Continue Reading “Double Rainbow”

I Rose

My rose was blue I stepped beneath the arch My rose was gold Or peach Softness incarnate Never crimson Never bold Tentative like my Steps. I rose beneath the arch To meet four faces Framed with snake With sea With sinister teeth With chains… Continue Reading “I Rose”

Help.

I see many posts stating that there is no need for us to feel ‘shame’ or ‘guilt’ about dead children from other countries because we didn’t cause the crisis. You know what? Who cares?  How far back are you going to go? How many… Continue Reading “Help.”

Meadowsweet

      My friend took me for a walk around New Galloway, and amongst the brambles and cow parsley we found beautiful meadowsweet, also known as mead wort or Queen of the Meadow. Although a useful herb, especially to a home brewer like myself,… Continue Reading “Meadowsweet”

Red Kite

   My beautiful friend Carol took us to a Red Kite feeding station near Laurieston. My iPhobe camera wasn’t really up to the task but I was quite pleased with this shot.

Post Solstice Blues

The longest day Was wild Was fun With number one My precious son Who charms And smiles And plays And whiles  Away the day That stretches Until the very fabric Of dusk is  Thin Like ancient parchment On which is scribed The secrets of… Continue Reading “Post Solstice Blues”

Himalayan Gardens near Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire 

                                             

Summer

    Spiderlings        Elderflower 

How does Magical Thought in the Middle Ages differ from today?

Some work I’m doing for the MOOC course ‘Magic in the Middle Ages’. One thing that magic in the  the Middle Ages and magic today has in common is that it is always a form of transformation. The sick are healed; the weather is… Continue Reading “How does Magical Thought in the Middle Ages differ from today?”