He who seeks

I was 20, or 21
working on a farm in the West Country
driving tractors to the cliff's edge
humping hay bales high in the back of the barn

I drove 100 miles
late on a midsummer evening
to see her, blonde and beaming
fragile

the priest came in and asked me
What did I do?
I worked on a farm
She scoffed

Why did I come here?
To see her, I said
I was more than welcome
he said

if I was seeking

The Madness in my Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzov0Cq90o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hF_QrvfR0&feature=related

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.Photo Judging Man, by Man Ray

Names

I call your name -
can't help it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HWwOUIzKk&feature=PlayList&p=061AE160C6437676&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25

Space

She gives me the space I need to be a little boy, to play with my toys - so that I can become a man.

Photo by Mapplethorpe.

http://www.chiiori.org/old/default.html

Congreve

"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,"

"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,

Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned"

"Liberty is the soul's right to breathe, and when it cannot take a long breath laws are girded too tight."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B1wdau8uHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lAXfjWIOBM

Lovers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5C99JyP2ns

"Jacqueline du Pré met pianist Daniel Barenboim on New Year's Eve 1966. Shortly after the Six-Day War ended, she cancelled all her existing engagements (to the enormous annoyance of promoters[4]), and they flew to Jerusalem. She converted to Judaism overnight, and they were married on 15 June 1967[5] at the Western Wall. Their marriage brought about one of the most fruitful relationships in music, with some commentators comparing the pairing to that of Robert and Clara Schumann. This was evidenced by the many performances of du Pré with Barenboim as either a pianist or conductor."

Wiki

The Ancient of Days, William Blake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpddiPIR0Bs&feature=related

TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gJVIhQIxYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPZZxxFCe0&feature=related

Ophelia, by Waterhouse, 1889.

Black and white

Bad news for Uncle Dick.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/06/old-people-may-be-immune-to-swine-flu

64 words:

We read the headlines and the wiki pages, wonder how you live your life, find the power in the stars. You embody hope for us all, a candle in the wind, for all of us across the world. We all give in to this overwhelming might of the ‘powerful', the fearful. They fear love, the unknown. You know, you love, and we love you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxux5LdmjQU&feature=related

64

http://64forsuu.org/index.php

A red lighthouse and a windmill

http://www.myspace.com/casadelvento99

http://64forsuu.org/index.php

"Yet, it is true, poetry is delicious; the best prose is that which is most full of poetry. "

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"Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent."

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"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."

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"One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them."

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Virginia Woolf

Satisfied Mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlShSNc2dMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU

Oranges

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13974

Angels

"I can see myself in your eyes," she said.

"How do you look?" he said.

Her eyes wrinkled slightly, and a faint smile came on her lips. He kissed her again, daring to wonder.

No Place so Sacred from such Fops is barr'd,

Nor is Paul's Church more safe than Paul's Church-yard:

Nay, fly to Altars; there they'll talk you dead;

For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.

[1711 Pope Essay on Criticism l. 625]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Q7RUKjslw

HRH to BNP

http://mikelidgley.blogspot.com/2006/12/every-religion-has-something-to-say.html

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family...

(Cranberries, Zombie)

Perfect Soul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2M9aeMBV1w

Scenes from the legend of Gazi, c. 1800, from Bengal (in the British Museum)

Tom raises his game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ib2b4BOZIQ&NR=1

Representing Britain in Europe

http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/page/s/notinmyname

Fools

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. "

Shakespeare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvxhyKpNYD8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCQBbgb_Lvo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9i2fqxSjTI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqy4DTHGqg&NR=1

Word of the Day

Word of the Day for Monday, June 8, 2009

tergiversation

1. The act of practicing evasion or of being deliberately ambiguous.
2. The act of abandoning a party or cause.


"No doubt if I worked on it, I could evolve some kind of double-talk that would get around the offensive phrase, and make the, to me, face-saving implication; but to hell with that, I have too much respect for the English language, and for your understanding of it, to go in for tergiversation and weasely circumlocution."

Richard Gillman, "Standing Up to Ezra Pound", New York Times, August 25, 1991

Tergiversation comes from Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari, "to turn one's back, to shift," from tergum, "back" + versare, frequentative of vertere, "to turn." The verb form is tergiversate.

Lessons

There come times when you have to let people go, not because you don't like them, but because you love them.

That was a hard one to learn.

The Beaufort Scale

Force 0: Calm

Sea: Flat.

Land: Calm. Smoke rises vertically.


1: Light air

Ripples without crests.

Wind motion visible in smoke.


2 Light breeze

Small wavelets. Crests of glassy appearance, not breaking

Wind felt on exposed skin. Leaves rustle.


3 Gentle breeze

Large wavelets. Crests begin to break; scattered whitecaps

Leaves and smaller twigs in constant motion.


4 Moderate breeze

Small waves with breaking crests. Fairly frequent white horses.

Dust and loose paper raised. Small branches begin to move.


5 Fresh breeze

Moderate waves of some length. Many white horses. Small amounts of spray.

Branches of a moderate size move. Small trees begin to sway.


6 Strong breeze

Long waves begin to form. White foam crests are very frequent. Some airborne spray is present.

Large branches in motion. Whistling heard in overhead wires. Umbrella use becomes difficult. Empty plastic garbage cans tip over.


7 High wind, Moderate gale, Near gale

Sea heaps up. Some foam from breaking waves is blown into streaks along wind direction. Moderate amounts of airborne spray.

Whole trees in motion. Effort needed to walk against the wind. Swaying of skyscrapers may be felt, especially by people on upper floors.


8 Gale, Fresh gale

Moderately high waves with breaking crests forming spindrift. Well-marked streaks of foam are blown along wind direction. Considerable airborne spray.

Some twigs broken from trees. Cars veer on road. Progress on foot is seriously impeded.


9 Strong gale

High waves whose crests sometimes roll over. Dense foam is blown along wind direction. Large amounts of airborne spray may begin to reduce visibility.

Some branches break off trees, and some small trees blow over. Construction/temporary signs and barricades blow over. Damage to circus tents and canopies.


10 Storm, Whole gale

Very high waves with overhanging crests. Large patches of foam from wave crests give the sea a white appearance. Considerable tumbling of waves with heavy impact. Large amounts of airborne spray reduce visibility.

Trees are broken off or uprooted, saplings bent and deformed. Poorly attached asphalt shingles and shingles in poor condition peel off roofs.


11 Violent storm

Exceptionally high waves. Very large patches of foam, driven before the wind, cover much of the sea surface. Very large amounts of airborne spray severely reduce visibility.

Widespread vegetation damage. Many roofing surfaces are damaged; asphalt tiles that have curled up and/or fractured due to age may break away completely.


12 Hurricane

Huge waves. Sea is completely white with foam and spray. Air is filled with driving spray, greatly reducing visibility.

Very widespread damage to vegetation. Some windows may break; mobile homes and poorly constructed sheds and barns are damaged. Debris may be hurled about.

Hier encore

Hier encore
Just yesterday
J'avais vingt ans
I was 20 years old
Je caressais le temps
I caressed time
Et jouais de la vie
and played with life
Comme on joue de l'amour
like you play with love
Et je vivais la nuit
and I lived the night
Sans compter sur mes jours
without counting on my days
Qui fuyaient dans le temps
which fled in time

J'ai fait tant de projets
I made so many plans
Qui sont restés en l'air
which are left in the air
J'ai fondé tant d'espoirs
I set so many hopes
Qui se sont envolés
which have all flown away
Que je reste perdu
and here I am lost
Ne sachant où aller
not knowing where to go
Les yeux cherchant le ciel
my eyes look for the sky
Mais le coeur mis en terre
but my heart's in the earth

Hier encore
J'avais vingt ans
Je gaspillais le temps
En croyant l'arrêter
Et pour le retenir
Même le devancer
Je n'ai fait que courir
Et me suis essoufflé

Ignorant le passé
Conjuguant au futur
Je précédais de moi
Toute conversation
Et donnais mon avis
Que je voulais le bon
Pour critiquer le monde
Avec désinvolture

Hier encore
J'avais vingt ans
Mais j'ai perdu mon temps
A faire des folies
Qui ne me laissent au fond
Rien de vraiment précis
Que quelques rides au front
Et la peur de l'ennui

Car mes amours sont mortes
Avant que d'exister
Mes amis sont partis
Et ne reviendront pas
Par ma faute j'ai fait
Le vide autour de moi
Et j'ai gâché ma vie
Et mes jeunes années

Du meilleur et du pire
En jetant le meilleur
J'ai figé mes sourires
Et j'ai glacé mes pleurs
Où sont-ils à présent
A présent mes vingt ans?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzBncolQjP0&feature=related

Dogger, Fisher, German Bight

And now the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 0015 on Wednesday 03 June 2009.
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There are warnings of gales in North Utsire, South Utsire, Fisher, and German Bight.
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A few rather hefty family-oriented financial commitments in the offing.
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The general synopsis at 1900:
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High just west of Bailey 1035 slow moving, declining 1030 by 1900 Wednesday.
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Things generally looking positive in terms of long-term farmhouse renovation. Plus a very intriguing train ride coming up to see a new friend.
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Low Southern Sweden 1004 moving steadily east and deepening 986 by same time.

Too many 12 hour days and meetings, meetings, meetings.
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New low expected Southern Norway 1007 by that time.

I'll have to take the train home again.
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The area forecasts for the next 24 hours:
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Viking: Northerly 6 or 7, perhaps gale 8 later in east. Moderate becoming rough. Fair. Good.
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Isshiki Beach: Sailing. Decent Southerly 4, perhaps 3 later. Moderate. Fair. Good.


North Utsire, South Utsire: Northwesterly 6 to gale 8. Rough. Showers. Good.
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Forties: Northerly 5 to 7, perhaps gale 8 later in east. Moderate, becoming occasionally rough. Fair. Good.
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Cromarty, Forth Tyne: North 4 or 5. Slight becoming moderate. Fair. Good.
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Dogger: Northerly 4 or 5, but 6 or 7 in east. Moderate becoming rough. Fair. Good.
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Fisher, German Bight: Northwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first. Rough or very rough. Showers. Moderate or good.
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Humber, Thames: North 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in Humber. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in east Humber. Mainly fair. Moderate or good.
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Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth: Variable 3 or 4, becoming east 4 or 5 later. Slight or moderate. Fair. Moderate or good.
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Biscay: East or northeast 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times. Slight or moderate. fair. Moderate or good.

Trafalgar: Northwesterly 4 or 5 in east, but southwesterly 3 or 4 in west. Slight or moderate. Showers. Moderate or good.
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Southwest Fitzroy: Variable, mainly southerly, 3 or 4. Slight or moderate. Occasional rain with fog patches. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
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Northeast Fitzroy, Sole: Easterly 4 or 5, becoming variable 3 or 4 in northeast Fitzroy. Slight or moderate. Showers later. Moderate or good.
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Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea: North veering east or northeast 3 or 4, occasionally 5 at times. slight. Mainly fair. Moderate or good.
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Shannon: East or northeast 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times. Slight or moderate. mainly fair. Moderate or good.
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Rockall, Malin, Hebrides: Northeast 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Slight or moderate. Mainly fair, but fog patches at first in Rockall. Moderate or good, occasionally very poor at first in Rockall.
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Bailey: Variable 3 or 4, mainly easterly in east. Mainly slight. Fair. Good.
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Fair Isle, Faeroes:Northerly 3 or 4, increasing 5 at times, occasionally 6 in east fair isle. Slight or moderate, occasionally rough in east Fair Isle. Mainly fair. Mainly good.
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Southeast Iceland:Variable 3 or 4. Slight or moderate. Fair. Mainly good.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnfywzFE63s


Coastal locations:
1. Cape Wrath
2. Rattray Head
3. Berwick-upon-Tweed
4. Whitby
5. Gibraltar Point
6. North Foreland
7. Selsey Bill
8. Lyme Regis
9. Land's End
10. St David's Head
11. Great Ormes Head
12. Mull of Galloway
13. Carlingford Lough
14. Lough Foyle
15. Mull of Kintyre
16. Ardnamurchan Point
17. Shetland Islands
18. Isle of Man











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