First Reed warbler of the year

I can’t paint but photography is a way to focus sight and rejoice in shape and colour

Over a thousand common swifts have been spotted flying across France today at key migration points … they’re flying home to us! Let’s hope their homes are waiting for them. Who has swifts sharing their homes?

Olney skies

The left would have us believe that all cultures are equal. But in reality, some produce marvels while others turn out AI slop and descend into cocaine-fueled fascism.

by Alex Karp

Early reports coming in of another arson attack on a Synagogue in Britain last night - this time Kenton United Synagogue.

This the third attempted firebombing of a Jewish building in London this week.

If I were a government minister and I had a magic wand, I think 'make people more aware of pensions and how they work' is the thing that solves so many political problems.

After an early morning walk this afternoon I did some tidying up in our huge garden😊 and finished my novel.

Lighthouse with crow

I would have to give them a tip😊

Waiting for the Reed warbler

I have just signed up to the Purbeck chapter of Geopoetry

I went to a showing of the brand new film about Geopoetics , dedicated to the inspirational writing of the late Kenneth White last night and immediately thought of you @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social

I am enjoying reading this classic and am delighted to discover that when the lure of the wild gets in amongst her, as Bertie Wooster might have put it, it is off to the Chilterns she goes. The place that for me was where I as a child got my first taste of autumn leaves

I bought a copy of the Right to Roam book but very quickly rewilded it

A true sign of spring

a waterfall in the middle of a forest surrounded by trees and moss ALT: a waterfall in the middle of a forest surrounded by trees and moss

In the Divine Comedy, Dante describes a sparking river called Eunoe, meaning “good mind” or “noble memory” (Purgatorio, Canto XXXIII). Drinking from Eunoe restores the soul's recollection of past goodness, stirring it's resolve. In dark times such as these, we all need the sweet waters of Eunoe.

Apparently a nun went insane because she inadvertently ate a demon along with her lettuce.
Such stories are often taken to demonstrate the ignorant and superstition of the Middle Ages, but unfairly so according to Katherine Harvey, as most cases of insanity were blamed on natural causes

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Today I’m sharing this piece from #UnwhisperedLegacy by the phenomenal @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

This is ‘Train’

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Apparently the demon defended itself on the grounds that it was not doing anyone any harm on its lettuce until it was eaten.

A mini review of a recent publication by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Or downplay the immense progress medical science has made since, but is an effective counter blast to both the Blackadder school of history and those who still assume that medieval Europe was a a hotbed of superstition and quackery, so unlike modern movements like MAHA

Such as trauma and poverty.
This interesting book explores the reality of medieval approaches to health, and shows that much of our contemporary wisdom- the role of diet, exercise , light and good ventilation etc would not have surprised our predecessors.
It doesn’t idealise the past

Apparently a nun went insane because she inadvertently ate a demon along with her lettuce.
Such stories are often taken to demonstrate the ignorant and superstition of the Middle Ages, but unfairly so according to Katherine Harvey, as most cases of insanity were blamed on natural causes

It isn’t mine Mary.
I just walked to our nearest allotments to admire the work of others 😅

This morning

So bright and cheerful

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro

Sitting in my window seat reading the folio edit of M R James’ Ghost Stories, which was given to me by my aunt over 50 years ago.
The introduction was written by none other than Nigel Kneale, of Quatermass fame.