Oh, this one's hard!

There are a great many peices of poetry I love, and my love of them shifts as my mood and the moment changes.  And sometimes it's just part of a poem that appeals, or catches my heart - so there are lines that echo, and stanzas I admire.

If I'm pushed, it has to be declamatory - quotable, lyrical, and filled with hints of magic ( Read more... )

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Sounds about right to me ...

Last of the Christmas cat photos ...

( More cats this way ... )

The sixth cat revealed!  There really is a Lenny - and I have the photographs to prove it!
( Black cats on the prowl )

A few more family photographs.  Still no sign of the sixth cat ...

( More cats this way ... )

I took some pictures of our cats over the Christmas break - including one of the elusive sixth cat, who - up until now - has never  ventured far from safe and secret hiding places.  He's not in this set.  Anu insisted she was cute enough to get a post all to herself ...
( Warning - cat cuteness under the cut ... )

Just time to extend the blessings of the season to all my friends:

On this the shortest day, I wish you the warmth of the smoldering Yule Log, and the light of the returning Sun reflected in the flame of candles, the twinkling of electric bulbs, and the glow in children's eyes.

I wish you the strength of community and clan and the blessing of the ( Read more... )

You created worlds and characters that warmed the heart and have forever coloured the British childhood.  Saggy cloth cats and strange knitted aliens with piping voices, noble Vikings, honourable engine drivers and friendly dragons populated the landscape of your imagination - and, generously, you shared them all with us - with wide eyed children,  ( Read more... )

Someone needs to tell Giles - they're marketing laptops with a built in scent ...

It seems to be a 'new car' thing - a fragrance that fades, unlike the slow accumulation of age and use that transmutes the fresh scent of glue and ink and paper into the musty but wonderous scent of books.  You might as well spray your PC with perfume - you'll get the ( Read more... )

Overseen at the NEC today:

Sign saying ' ... middle earth area closed for repairs.'

They have got to stop those hobbits dropping things into the volcano,.  It does so much damage to the place  ...