Queen Elizabeth II – Queen of the United Kingdom etc. The Queen will be wise to close her eyes at the royal lunch she is throwing today for all the World’s reigning monarchs in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. She…
I was very efficient this morning, coming on to my computer before breakfast to get on with my work but only to find that there is a problem with some of my internet connections. I spoke to a very chatty…
Ancient Greek statue of Zeus hurling a thunderbolt Now I don’t want to worry you, fellow Europeans, but after yesterday’s rather paranoid blog about my fear that Poseidon, the Greek sea god, might drag me to a watery grave if…
Everyone knows how much we owe to those Ancient Greeks – if you don’t then just look at this wonderful statue probably made for a rich Roman by Greek sculptors in around the year 28 BC. If I were a…
I haven’t made it to my usual blogging spot today because i’ve been locked in a word-wrestling match with three poems that need to be finished for some friendly publishers who’ve been offering improving suggestions. I have spent most of…
I know there are bigger things to worry about in the World at the moment but here in Southern England, instead of an Arab Spring we have had the great Wet Spring and over the last week it has rained…
Another day and another Greek fire lighting ceremony. It’s a tradition that goes back for centuries. After all those anti-austerity riots when someone even set fire to Athens’ official christmas tree, it was no surprize to see that old Greek…
Well I’m sure that he agrees with what he has just said and that he has thought so for some time but at least he’s come out with it in the end even if he had to work out the…
Camellia flowers you have been inspirational – it is sad to say farewell. I’m now looking forward to next year and, maybe a little less rain.
I had been struggling last week with a poem. I know, other people have bigger problems but this poem in particular wouldn’t leave me alone. It is a solitary life trying to write poetry, no one there to mop your…