search for happiness
destination board data
now just somewhere else
~
CLP 19/03/2023
on time
Tag Archives: History
on time
return anywhere
never quite what it had been
if memory's true
~
n.b. We rely on our versions of events, people, places to negotiate each day.
Confusion comes with fading memory. Understanding comes with wisdom. Truth is defined by the storytellers.
CLP 26/12/2022
on country houses
next time you visit
ask where from the money stems
plantations, mines, mills
~
n.b. Wow! Look at that beautiful house! Wonderful gardens and lakes. Magnificent gates! The estate wall runs for miles. Wonderful paintings. 1642-1660 the English Revolution that utterly failed and we’re still paying for that failure.
CLP 19/12/2022
on Beale Street
camera wobbles
trolley catches tourist beat
drunk? it ain't me babe
~
CLP 29/09/2022
on time
where blue suede shoes trod
they long since left the café
no scent left to track
~
n.b. The nice thing about The Arcade Restaurant is that, apart from a modest postcard, the proprietors don’t trade off the reputation of one of their many happy customers. More importantly the café has been up and running for 102 years. I would say, it’s alright (in a good way).
CLP 28/09/2022
on time
heavily moated
Norman Conquest castle site
monarchic stasis
~
n.b. Some argue that England has never recovered from this military land-grab and its top-down government. There was nothing civilising about the Roman dictatorship, nor the Norman invasion. Our revolution of 1642 – 1660 ultimately failed.
Look at us! We still have unelected Lords involved in setting legislation and a head of state who inherits the job. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you?
CLP 29/08/2022
on time
the congregation
depart bathed in victory
everyone happy
n.b. Not so great for the visiting opposition, admittedly.
CLP 17/07/2022
on life
I am harvesting
content for my first novel
tell me who isn't?
CLP 09/08/2022
on time
travel with me too
don't just talk of history
we'll share sunrises
~
n.b. We live in hope for tomorrow.
CLP 11/07/2022
on time
what was it we found
each other or shared moments?
dislocation squared
~
CLP 07/07/2022
Voyage des Mots 