• on Ukraine

    Russian soldiers knowpeace lies across the borderwhat is this all for? ~ n.b. The border to Armenia, that is. Reports of desertions from the Russian forces, reflect the fact that this war on Ukraine has no legitimate basis. CLP 26/10/2023 Read more

  • on numbers

    Gaza’s two milliondivided by twenty trucksneeds a miracle ~ n.b. If you believe in miracles, maybe the five fish and two loaves story might be repeated and the twenty permitted lorries of aid crossing from Egypt into Gaza, will do the trick and feed the two million. Call me a Doubting Thomas, I don’t think Read more

  • on Ukraine

    persistent drizzlelet’s talk about the weatherwinter looms again ~ n.b. The last weeks before everything slows up and armies dig in for another miserable winter. CLP. 17/10/2023 Read more

  • on land

    for what is it worth?vines, wheat, water, grazing, homesfor what it is worth ~ n.b. Ashes to ashes. Recycled carbon. One life. Read more

  • On food

    An open, honest and modest essay from George Monbiot on the need to feed. https://www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/the-cruel-fantasies-of-well-fed-people/ It is a long and challenging article, as one would hope from a man with humanity at heart. CLP 11/10/2023 Read more

  • on Ukraine

    diffused sunlight onroads, rivers, fields, autumn leavesspread of crimson hue ~ CLP 10/10/2023 Read more