A grey Monday in Lewes, UK.
It’s a grey day today here in my home town of Lewes, UK. It might not have the radiant colours of the Mediterranean but I rather like all those muted tones. If you have to have a Northern…
The many faces of Wolfie Wolfgang are really one and the same.
Wolfgang Glinka in the virtual world Second Life. If you’ve found my website then you’ll be at least partially internet savvy and, before you hurtle off on your travels around the worldwide web, I’d like to thank you for stopping…
Was I wrong to be moved by these beautiful images of the Prophet Muhammad?
The Prophet Muhammad enthroned, Iran, early 14th century. Freer/Sackler Museum Of Asian Art/Smithsonian Institution. I don’t want to trespass in ignorance as my knowledge of Islam is minimal but it was only recently that I learnt that images of…
No panic here in Lewes as we get a small smattering of January snow.
So no snow ploughs here in Lewes, UK, this morning, and no snowmen either. It’s pretty though, our smattering of snow. Here in South-East England, so far, we’ve been climate lucky and I’m not complaining. Even other parts of East…
Why the 19th of January is the beginning of 2015 here at Wolfiewolfgang.com
I know it isn’t January the First today – let me look, ah yes, it’s the 19th, well that’ll do. It feels like the beginning of the new year so give me some slack here, OK. It’s 2015 which, for…
Je suis Charlie
Short dark days, Bowmore whisky, log fires and the 12 days of Christmas: the true season of mellowness.
I’m an enthusiast for the Winter Solstice but it’s not because I’m a misanthrope or a pessimist or even a creature of the night, it’s more to do with a Northern European enthusiasm for log fires, mellow whisky, candlelight, harmony…
Life is good if you can reach 100 years old and still have fun.
My mother celebrated her 100th birthday last Sunday, 14th December, and demonstrated that if you’re lucky enough to keep good health and mental alertness, being incredibly old, can be loads of fun. It was an important anniversary and all…
My Haiku poem becomes a film – a little one – and I’m delighted.
I was very happy to see a fine new animated film, Haiku, by my friend, the talented American composer and film-maker, Tim Risher (aka Joseph Nussbaum). It was exciting that it was based on one of my poems, Haiku.…
Lewes’ Brach Mound has had its Autumn haircut
Yesterday was cold in a poncey, Southern English kind of way – you know, a slight frost in the morning, some condensation on my study window (I’ve turned off the radio in my Bonsai tree’s interest), clear skies (almost)…