here right now (lit like sparks in rain)
A New Years haiku chain (for absent friends) from Freddie Omm:lost in your head – a maze in shade, leaves in fall – can’t find a way out * your mind’s lost [...]
gods glowing golden
A festive seasonal haiku chain from Freddie Omm: warm lights of Christmas cradled in the dark like faith’s blessed, blissed mysteries * illuminating wonders in the [...]
seasonal remnants – munsterkerk abbey, roermond – evening: four haiku
round the munsterkerk the Christmas market’s dark, stands and stalls shuttered up: * seasonal crowds withdrawn in space of singular silence no one hears nor follows * [...]
Coco the Dog and some Desks…
The fabulously witty Liz over on the famous Five Go Glamping blog, has just published a piece about Freddie Omm’s desks and dog. See for yourself how three different [...]
Bear Boobs…
The Bear is getting excited about Boobs. The reason for this excitement is because we’re working with the wonderful (and seemingly indefatigable) Shrewsbury artist, Sam [...]
Wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing…
“Ah, drink again This river that is the taker-away of pain, And the giver-back of beauty!” – Edna St. Vincent Millay Why do writers drink? asks Blake [...]
Michael Douglas: A Clerihew
To help celebrate Michael Douglas’ discovery, announced in yesterday’s Guardian, that throat cancer is caused – and cured – by cunnilingus, we offer [...]
Self-Help Books: I
I was thinking about self-help books last weekend. I’ve long been interested in them, both as a buyer and a prospective publisher. Self-help books have given me more [...]
An iconic irony
So, Charles Krafft – his Disasterware, including seemingly sardonic anti-Nazi ceramic creations, hailed as iconic for years – is outed as a Holocaust denier. Red faces [...]
“History claimed them…”
Lives shaped by large, historical events can end up trapped in them forever. This was certainly true in the past, but I wonder whether it still applies in the present, when [...]
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