• on time

    one hot august pasttoo warm to sleep too much drunkjust a diary notedays tick over fastwater spins down the plug-hole years, not quite so muchn.b. Yer learn, as Pete Wylie sang. CLP 17/08/2023

  • on Ukraine

    billions of dollarsflood country drowning in warwho’s counting the cost? ~ n.b. In the end the money talks, lives remain cheap, expendable, as long as the cash keeps coming and corporations profit. This war will end when accountants get involved. I heard on the BBC that the Russian Rouble is worth just 1% of a

  • on Ukraine

    Premier League footballthe war drones on endlesslyfire in Hawaii ~ n.b. The media faces some challenges in keeping things interesting, particularly without film releases, or coronations to fill the space, so aren’t news editors lucky to have the football money machine winding up for another season. CLP 11/08/2023

  • on Ukraine

    and so it goes onBakhmut brutally batteredvineyards run with blood ~ n.b. A state of siege around a wine producing city. Russian troops in the valley, freedom fighting army of Ukraine hold the western heights. No end in sight. CLP 10/08/2023

  • on the sea

    it’s always the sameevery incoming breakerdifferent from the last ~ CLP 31/07/2023

  • On Ukraine

    Moscow talks of talksso many broken bridgesyet to be repaired ~ n.b. Day 522 unfolding. CLP 30/07/2023

  • on July

    I need therapyOlympiakos visitFind myself inside ~ n.b. This is getting a bit crazy. Like an addict, I gained no pleasure from attending, but had to go, not having seen a team from Greece before. I bought my ticket about 10 minutes before kickoff. CLP 29/07/2023

  • on time

    it takes time, Babyfalling in is differentroses grow from buds ~ CLP 25/07/2023

  • on Ukraine

    rocking in the ringthunderous blows, staggering hitslack of knock-out punch ~ n.b. Slow, painful deaths. CLP 25/07/2023

  • on time

    there are only somany moments to enjoychoices, choices, choose ~ CLP 23/07/2023