Plume & Primrose
Home-Thoughts, from Abroad I Oh, to be in England Now that April’s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Poetry
Weekend 338.0
(1) How theme parks like Disney World left the middle class behind (Washington Post) (2) The Brave Old Temeraire by James Duff Our friends depart, and are forgot, As time Continue Reading →
Weekend 321.0
“I just want it to look like nothing else in the world. And it should be surrounded by a train.” ― Walt Disney (1) A Feast for the Guilt-Ridden Guest: Continue Reading →
Weekend 312.0 (Le mal du pays)
A couple of days off from work (a much needed extra long Labor Day Weekend) so I’m doing some housekeeping, biking, and drinking gratuitous amounts of coffee. I also finished Continue Reading →
Weekend 291.0
(1) A Good Book Is a Good Friend (The Huffington Post) (2) How Real is Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In (WSJ) (2a) Tech Time Warp of the Continue Reading →
2013 Christmas Poem (by Mum)
HOST OF DAYS I watched a gyre of leaves…caught up in a rustling spin When admidst the whirl…a bird broke free Minding me to look within. I long embraced the Continue Reading →
Amphorae
(1) A Flower Arrangement Based on a J.M.W. Turner Painting (WSJ) (2) Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But Continue Reading →
Weekend 276.0
Nice weekend in the northeast (weather-wise). Was able to bike a bit and noticed that the abandoned Free Spirit at the train station has been robbed of its tyres. My Continue Reading →
Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)
Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →
Weekend 266.0
“Railways and the Church have their critics, but both are the best ways of getting a man to his ultimate destination.” — Wilbert Awdry What a great quote to describe Continue Reading →