I caught the sun. I was browned off and danced aimlessly through the heavens, catching planets and bouncing off stars. I chased away comets heading for Earth and tightened the asteroid belt a few notches, then I darted into interstellar…
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Never trust a man who reads his poetry aloud. There is no telling what else he may be capable of. I did not say that. Someone else did, but I have not been able to recall who it was, and…
Nervous thunder in the distance peels away the silence A bear has been seen within walking distance An invisible fence keeps the dogs from my door and I walk in the evening, dodging mosquitoes Wildlife circles and a train approaches,…
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Since turning 70, I have been giving some thought to my lifestyle, and particularly to things that I feel are unnecessary in my sphere of existence. I am starting to make a list of things which I could definitely do…
Now that I am 70 I shall not wear purple, partly because I am not a bishop. Not yet, anyway. However, I feel that as a first step I am now permitted to move diagonally and am hoping that this…
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Eyes on the horizon – black hills caught before breaking – he achieves the sensation of floating while still holding on Heat rises over Montauroux and the mass bells call: he hovers between day and night, feet on the rough…
Some say the Church of England lacks mystery, and that compared with religions like Buddhism, it seems much too straightforward. The first thing to say in response to such allegations, of course, is that the Church of England is not…
Efficiency and productivity in my business have never been very strong – mainly because I don’t have a business. This has not deterred one company, through the magic of the Internet, from suggesting a better way of managing my vehicles….
Today we complete our publication of the revealing Houseago Diaries, only recently unearthed and restored from oblivion. Throwing what one academic has described as “light” on the critical years when Henry (Fred) “Shrimp” Houseago fought almost singlehandedly against a consortium…
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This is the tenth and possibly penultimate episode of the Houseago Diaries, confirmed by the University of East Anglia’s School of Penguins, Chess and Road Surfacing as the most significant papers to come out of the late 20th century, especially…
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