...time hurries on. It's next year already.

Jan 1^st ~ Still NOW. A powerful, timeless time. Begin again, as good old Finnegan said.

6^th ~ Created new webpage, Feast of Epiphany

days into new year

another repeat of fear

same old same o dear

expect we could cheer up

take steps in a positive direction

as it were

breathe in out

that's what it's all about

*

8^th ~ Using "Attar Ltd. Oud" - Attar was the name of the Sufi poet who wrote "Conference of the Birds"

Fragrant.

9^th ~ Continuing...

no need to report

yesterday's news

superfluous thought

same old blues

***

10^th ~ Famous guitarist Jeff Beck died, aged 78. RIP, let rip.

Added soundtrack 'All Blue'  from Miles Davis'  Kind of Blue to page, road.

Friday 13^th ~ Unlucky for some, though I was born on 13^th. Unhappy Anniversary of James Joyce's death.

Added soundtrack "Hope" from Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Birds of Fire" to page, Hope

14^th - Created new page, inconsequential, soundtrack music by Nils Frahm.

15^th - Proudhon's Birthday (1809). Started creating new webpage, expt.

          And another small one, just for fun.

17^th - Tiny new webpage, Curry, in case you're hungry for more.

      Playing with this, laconic, nonsense verse.

18^th - More NEW pages, fly, quest, leap, busy boy.

19^th - Play? Anyone for a new page? And another, oldnew.

20^th - diary, for what is becoming daily new piece. Yet again. splash!

21^st - It's nice, so i'm celebrating a new page

22^nd - Anniversary of Byron's death and Thich Nhat Hahn's.

We can still work and play for Political Utopia or it'll be our Requiem

Lunar or Chinese New Year of the Rabbit

Another bunny

& BTW a WATER bunny

23^rd - Attempting to make a CREATIVE response to the world I'm in. How about this tasty new page, wisdom? Or this colourful one, polychrome?

24^th - Assange not forgotten, following Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington DC yesterday, here's a new page/poem

Waiting for latest Doomsday Clock announcement coming today. Ho hum.

Now it''s moved forward to 90 SECONDS to midnight!

25^th - Conscious? New Page Poem. Experimented wth this little prayer.

26^th - Ukraine? New Page!

30^th - by magic, did this, Merlin. Gathered links new pages in 2023, here.

Vandalised The Bard  by Thomas Jones

                                 quick click pic

31^st -a new webpage about change for the last day of the month, transmute. And another good one. Third today, VIEW.

1^st Feb ~ Cross Quarter Day, Imbolc, St Brigid's Day.

Secret!

2^nd Feb - musing on matters this morning, as one does, I came to the conclusion that I prefer Elves to Elvis! Former only exist in imagination, though so does latter really. The difference a vowel makes.

James Joyce's Birthday (1882). Listen to his lovely lilting voice, (hear here) it's YOUR choice!
 

Grey day? New page!

QR Code for website front cover done by Osker.

And Barcode for website:

3^rd Feb - it's not what you say...

4^th Feb - Eternal? Stroll? Created 2 new Pages

5^th Feb - Fate? New page anyway.

6^th Feb - Dead Dad's Birthday. Born 1915, died 1968, age only 53. Created new webpage of one of his poems.

AND yet another page, naturally. And this, tic. Still playing with it. May take a while before it settles down.

8^th Feb - New page, Sufi Blues

9^th Feb - Playing with these new pages, Vegan & Arabic & Silence

12^th Feb - little new page, called lot.

14^th Feb - Topically, direct you to Valentine. Did Bouquet by my dead Dad

20^th Feb - OK's  Birthday, 12.

21^st Feb - Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day. Losar, Tibetan New Year of the female Water Hare/ Rabbit.

22^nd Feb - Ash Wednesday, first Day of Lent.

28^th Feb Created new page, coup & UFO

1^st March, St David's Day.

6^th March, Created Crystal Ball page

7^th March, Created new Silly page.

8^th March, in India, Holi Festival of Colours, (Spring, Love, triumph of Good over Evil, that sort of thing).

Gentle snow falling, world turning white.

9^th - snow continues. Outside white as this page.

10^th -

15^th - Created new HOUDINI page.

16^th - Somewhat alarmed by the preposterous prospect OCTOPUS farming. These are clever sentient beings & would experience unnecessary suffering.

as an entrée ate
primordial soup
eventually evolved
into poop
 

17^th - St. Patrick's Day. Created new octopus page.

19^th - Illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq began (2003) See internal links here.

Anniversary of Kronstadt My poem about it here.

20^th - SPRING EQUINOX!!! 

21^st - so-called World Poetry Day. Ain't every day?

22^nd - Springclean, new.

Ramadan? Food? Fast or slow?! No Plant-based Vegan Milk Sheikh!

30^th - Eye Of Horus ring to protect.

April 1^st - Created, fool page.

April showers to come?

2^nd - Palm Sunday. Dig the Donkeys in Depictions of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.

mourning in the morning
mourning at night
mourning whenever
it's alright
why not cheer up now
quick as we might
don't despair
if you care
it really is ok
anytime of day

3^rd - Playing with this new crisis page.

4^th - creating whatever.

5^th - Did new page on Trump and Bowie.

6^th -How about another new, Swan Lake.

NB Usually when I compose a text, it takes a few days for it to settle down into final form. So please check back...

7^th - "Good" Friday. New page, blessing. And also new, holy. And spell.

9^th - EASTER  Sunday. Rose from dead this morning.

11^th - Testing this new typeface here, to add a bit of interest... ain't it clear?

Created new page, dance.

12^th -

Sketch of moi by Kay, my kind consort

Did NEW, Resting.

13^th - Another new page, Miles

14^th -  Playing with this new page, Coronation

18^th - New improved sketch/caricature of me by Kay, my kind consort

Created tiny new pages, Lives & Continue

21^st - EID al-Fitr, festival of breaking Ramadan fasting, so a time of celebration for Muslims, hurray! New page, Celebration
23^{rd -St. George's Day & reckoned to be Shakepeare's Birthday. St.George was  unkind to dragons. Dragon Lines are Ley Lines. The Welsh have a dragon on their  flag.Re Shakespeare? Consider this, folio? Lots of people question if the man from Stratford was the real author.}

XR have been making presence felt, The Big One till Monday. Just heard Government Warning broadcast at 3pm. On all mobile phones. Reminded  me of this. A real emergency

New Page, Polo

25^{th - Thatcher told us to  REJOICE  on this day in 1982. New page, Survive.}

29^{th -}

 

^May 1^{st _}  Mayday Hurray! Created page, tsar.

^May 3^{rd  :} Turing

6^th - Watched Coronation of Charles III on TV. Pomp & Circumstance  , Pageantry in Procession to & from Westminter Abbey. Crowning of a so-called King. Show Biz. Colourful Bling.

^{8th - Did Dreamland page.}

^{9th - Boy, new page, sort of autobiographical nonsense. Blah ....}

^{10th -   Fishing, new page. statusquo, new page, astra, new.
Blossom & Flowers in Garden.}

^{11th - Nous page}

^{12th - Smugglers}

^{13th -  AI, new page}

^{14th -  minstrel, memory.}

^{15 th - Yesterday, 15th May, was Nakba Day, 'Day of the Catastrophe/ Disaster' (an-Nakba). For Palestinians an annual day of commemoration of the massive displacement preceding and following Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.
During the 1948 Palestine war, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled, and hundreds of Palestinian towns and villages were depopulated and destroyed. Check out what I wrote abou Palestine & Israel, here.}

^*

^{Just read Astronomers detected largest cosmic explosion ever seen, ten times brighter than any recorded exploding star (supernova.)}

^{19th - Chance, new page. And Kismet.}

^{22nd - Harlequin. Hot day:}

(joyous jaunt in glorious weather)

^{23rd - Big new page, called Vanitas}

^{24th - Chiaroscuro, new page}

^{26th - Guru page}

^{27th - New Lick page}

^{29th - Magician, new, the 700th page on my site!}

^{June 1st - Zen, page.}

^{2nd - Playing with Riff}

^15th-

17^th - Official heatwave, as we daily edge towards solstice.

^21st - SUMMER SOLSTICE. Started New Pages 2023 part 2. Also Resist. 13^th Wedding Anniversary.
22^nd - Nap

23^rd - Glastonbury Festival on this weekend. In 1982, I performed there in the Theatre Tent, which was full to capacity with hundreds of people. Poured with rain. Very muddy. This year gloriously sunny.

26^th - Created /clear page. Kink?

27^th - A little rain at last.

28^th -

29^th - New Vincent page

July 2^nd - Scry

4^th - So-called Independence Day. New fragrant page, oud.

6^th - Obloquy?

8^th - Extinct. Read recently Orcas are ramming the luxury yachts of the rich!

9^th - New page, Satori

10^th - New ideology

11^th - Created Samizdat page

15^th - St.Swithins Day & it's raining!

A new page has grown, Simul

16^th - Atomic Bomb Day (1st Atomic Bomb exploded - 1945) Discover more about this horror here.

19^th - Sheffield Wednesday.

20^th -Trip?

25^th - Impermanence, new page.

26^th - Created Score

27^th - And serendipity

30^th - Ukraine War continues. Puppet Zelinsky attacks Kremlin with karmic kamikaze drones. Peace & Love? Confronting nuclear war?

31^st.... then pinch. punch, the first of the month..

August 1^st -

Lammas, cross-quarter festivals, between solstice & equinox. See  Wheel of the Year. Loaf Mass. Bread?

Full Moon today!

8^th - New pages: cartoon, being

16^th - nothing to say. Made this:

19^th - Created new page, badinage

23^th - ^{New DT}

30^th - So-called Blue Super MOON. Jolly Good. Super.

Sept 5^th - New page, Sheikh. Sat in sunshine in front garden, with bees, ate blackberries from bush.

8^th - My dad died today in 1968. A selection of his work available here.

11^th - Created new page, Anxiety. Anniversary of 9/11 attack in 2001: Empyre & newsreal.

 14^th -  Went to Dentist.

 15^th -  New Moon.

20^th - Headlines accusing Russell Brand of rape. A co-ordinated mainstream media attack He's been de-platformed by YouTube, his tour cancelled etc, causing untold damage to his reputation and his brand!

22^nd - Amazon

23^{rd -} Autumnal Equinox (Mabon) today. See Wheel of the Year

OCTOBER - Another month begins. Wonder what this one brings.

4^th - Sheffield Wednesday!

5^th - Optician came. I have a cataract. Booked an appointment with hospital to have it removed.

7^th -  In the news again, Gaza.

11^th - 

rail

against Israel

alas

Hamas

Created Vantablack

12^th - New Page, Rumi

13^th -

Watching war crimes taking place in front of our eyes. The 2^nd nakbha. No food, no electricity, no water, no food, no medicine, no internet.

___

20^th - Israeli Genocide of Palestinians proceeds. Watching it. Meanwhile, here heavy rain & very windy.

21^st - Breaking news, new page.

22^nd - Sunny Sunday. Went for brief jaunt up & down hill round block in the cold. Fresh air. First time out for ages.Woke me up.

24^th - Am I an Anatheist? I Am. Probably. Used to be agnostic.

27^th -  Genocide continues. Watch is safely online. Vicariously.

ethnic cleansing
sensing
menacing
developments
as far as
Gaza is concerned

(Don't  believe in nation states, rather care about people)

28^th -  War on Gaza continues. Am consuming more bloody carnage online, not pleasant, poor Palestinians.

29^th -  Sunday, day of rest, so they say.

end of civilisation
maybe
we'll see
silence
against violence
it's over
when it's over
fini
the end

on the brink
of collapse
any lapse or lack
of urgency
in this emergency
unlawful war
will certainly
lead to catastrophe
defeat

prima facie
as they say
if there is
no other way
to stop this madness
& our sadness
then we must
no longer play
today

evidence
of malevolence
there's surely enough
of such stuff

30^th -  In Gaza bombardment is killing one child every 15 minutes. This is genocide.

31^st - Final day  of October.

(trick or treat?)

  Fancy a Night Out with Dracula?

Nov 1^st  - All Saints Day

 & 2^nd   - Days of the Dead

Beatles' so-called final song released.

New verse by moi:

FIRST DATE

wait

after a late walk

we came to

a knife and fork

in the road

that's life

as they say

 we ate

from a plate

carried the load

don't you know

went somewhat loco

all this trouble
picking thru rubble
yes
what a mess
so much distress
bursts the bubble

(Re Gaza)

Nov 3^rd -

dotard
I may be 
but do the best I can
don't know if I'll pass the test
& all the rest
it's hard
please don't think
I'm in the pink

Nov 5^th

Bonfire, new. Went into back garden. With Consort & son & heir. Small bonfire.
Sounded like there was a war on. Explosions, flashes, choking smoke...

Nov 7^th - Genocide of Palestinians continues apace. Israelis have murdered over 10,000 so far...

Meanwhile:

well I scrabble
to dabble with a gaggle
of swaggering syllables
a veritable babble
being led to a shambles
to coin a crazy phrase
as it were
if that's fair
in case you care

so those lovely
cuddly Israelis
have created
bloody hell in Gaza
& we
the people
of other countries
let them
as far as I can see
tho I'm very
myopic
 

Nov 9^th - created new page, Turning.

Nov 11^th - Remembrance Day. Lovely Autumn. Colours. Went out in sunshine. Quite cold.

Nov 12^th - Remembrance Sunday. Misty.

New?

blame same old flame
forever chasing
grace
of a face
end up
locked in golden
cage of marriage
surprise surprise
irrevocable ties
lies
sighs
whys
till you
wise
wise up
perhaps
follow
maps

in poor imitation
of Dylan Thomas
became chronic
alcoholic
 was quite ill
almost coming to
a bad end
entered hell
would yell
yet didn't write so
well

*
(at bottom of  DT page)

Consort trimmed beard. She's both a skilful hairdresser & barber:

Nov 16^th - Guess I'm a bit of a 'nefelibata', live in the clouds of imagination, don't obey the conventions of society, literature, or art but that's 'tacenda' or better left unsaid, passed over in silence, don't you think?

Am no expert but, I think:

 possibly Putin
will put new terms
on the table
we may be able
to do a real deal
just might delight
who knows
where it will go
no idea
won't shed a tear

well do you think
I need a shrink
am on the brink
of serious depression
may sink
& need a session or two
of professional
counselling
now
how about you
what you say
eh
?

Trees losing leaves, natural at this time of year...
Nov 17^th - Watched Oppenheimer movie. Wrote about him here.

Consort gave me a major haircut. 'No 2' trim all over, to go with beard. Just for fun.

Nov 19^th - Cloudy Sunday.
Nov 20^th - Created new pages, dad & one of his poems, obscure
 

Nov 23^rd -

love long hair

short easier

take care of...

sitting
in radiant
mind
find
even if nearly blind
whatever
be kind

misheard words

often mixed up in my mind

light life

both equally divine

entwined

in our heart

for a start

birds

shine

bright

in delight

say

yes

quite

Nov 24^th - So-called 'Black Friday', capitalist marketing propaganda. Buy buy buy. Greed rather than need.

(photo by my Kay, consort)

Nov 26^th - Was I erring by wearing an earring? It was very daring. Didn't really care.

Just crossed my mind, if not the picket line. Am I a card-carrying bard? Well, Yours Truly used to belong to Communications Workers Union, IWW, a so-called Wobbly, now Unite. Not quite CNT, I know.

Nov 29^th -

(photo by my consort, Kay)

Murderous Kissinger dead at 100. Comes to us all.

avoid schadenfreude
it's not to be enjoyed
why not get annoyed
about pleasure destroyed

 

that gringo
Ringo
wings it
his fingers
linger
as bingo
he bangs some
drums

life is cool
in the heat
like a fool
feel real beat

 

More nonsense verse:

dolt
you're at fault
don't scoff
just toff off
bolt
silly moth

Nov 30^th - last day of month. Sunny but freezing cold.

Remembered this old thing, done long ago.

                                                   More nonsense verse?

WHO

I'd hitchhike in the Tardis
but don't like Daleks
love garlic tho
don't you know
in case you're interested
it's good for you

Dec 1^st - Hoping for snow... Brr cold today

just this
justice
just this
that must be just
what you say
to that
today
eh
no other way

if we were in the saddle
we wouldn't skedaddle
or fiddle-faddle

       

Remembering we used to say grace at my old-fashioned grammar school:

Benedictus, Benedicat per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum is a Latin grace for saying before a meal.  It means: "May he who is Blessed bless [this food] through Jesus Christ Our Lord." 
 
Benedicto Benedicatur, per Jesum Christum Dominum Nostrum is the corresponding closing grace..

I like the word  Grace. I dedicated my book, Songs of Frustrated Lust & Seduction, to Grace.

***

Created new page, jive.

Dec 2^nd -  Relatively good sleep last night. Freezing, minus 3.

that's life
I may have a wife
there's sometimes strife
but it ends
I will defend it
till my last breath
indeed to death

 a walk in the park
would be a lark

I have a spark of interest

not to rest
too much
as such

what a whopper
real show-stopper
but could come a cropper

on high alert
may have to spurt
to avoid being hurt

                     

 

Dec 3rd - Snowfall overnight. White world. Do hope clouds contain more...

I feel very
little velleity to go out
so will no doubt
do nowt

not a lot
but worth a shot
it's what we've got
so there
in case you care
dot dot dot

 

 

I don't mean to
pry
why should I

 

 

 

on the booze
fair-dos
nothing to lose
except the blues

                 

 

it sucks
ever since I was a baby
my giddy aunt
can't do owt
about it
fuck
I guess
yes

it was vivid
made me livid
is that OK
to say

so I was furious
aren't you even curious
no way
        

 

Used to be a gaudy, hard, bawdy bard.

Dec 4^th - Grey day. Overnight rain on snow. Ice? Won't venture out. Treacherous underfoot. Could slip, slide, end up on my backside.

New Page, mum.

had a presentiment
sort of sentimental intuition
that time will tell
well we could
call it a day
enjoy the time

left
before we're bereft

More nonsense:

higgledy-piggledy
don't be so nigardly
go easy young man
old boy
or go west

Dec 5^th - Rain today. Created new page, stick. Sunshine now. No more snow yet.

Dec 6^th - Created page, melancholy.

some are rancorous
even cantankerous
they can be audacious
without being rapacious
in my humble bumbling opinion

Dec 7^th - looks like there'll be rain, no snow here  today.

Dec 8^th -

supernal
eternal
a bright cynosure
for sure
pure
alluring
couldn't ask for more

Created new page...beatoven

Remembering Lennon's Assassination today.

seems memes
we dream
evolve
what does that solve

Dec 9^th - created page, spanish.

Dec 10^th - New page, pablo

Re. Zionism in Israel:

idiotic ideology
without apology
no denying
they are lying

Dec 12^th - New page, festival. Another, kid. Genocide.

Dec 13^th - My Birthday or Continuation day as Thich Nhat Hanh used to call it. 72 today. Red Letter Day.

St. Lucy's Day.  13 is Lucky for some.

blueberries in porridge
delicious
nutritious
birthday breakfast
doesn't last long
for a famished boy
young man
he enjoys it

blue sky
between clouds
says hi(gh)
hello
how are you below

New, quote.

Dec 14^th - New, pornstar. Whistler page.

Dec 15^th - Created hamlet.

Dec 16^th -  Nonsense verses:

Frank from Frankfurt
suffered too much
misery in Missouri
frankly
such a shame
who's too blame
we may under
-standably
wonder

Punch & Judy
Hey Judy
take a sad song
& make it better
Punch
out to lunch
moody
when it comes to the crunch
it's your duty
you supererogate

Dec 17^th -

from WTF
to LOL
Norwegian Troll
in online pursuit
of loot
to boot

barely a teenager
used to study
photos of women in bras
in the
Littlewoods catalogue
were quite a thrill for me
pornography

reason for the festive season
is to please
I tease

Dec 18^th - Created expelled.

Wrote more. Praying for snow.

Dec 19^th - new, clock.                              

we'll be fine
without wine
don't you think
especially
if we don't think
unless you like a drink
like they do in the movies
you'd soon be quite squiffy
it's all rather iffy

more nonsense verse:

had panache
a certain verve
would have a bash
to serve all
a curve ball

nonsense
a pretentious ponce
banged his bonce

(click?)

once
a dunce
trounced
a bouncer at the door
couldn't be ignored

(click?)

Dec 21^st -  Created ashes

View from my 'studio' window.
Dec 22^nd - Winter Solstice. Winter begins.

hey hey hey
hibernal
solstice today
great
let's celebrate

Created hubris.

Dec 23^rd - Today is Eve of Xmas Eve!

Created new page, various ....

Gaudete et cetera. Ding Dong Merrily on High! We 3 Kings....

Dec 24^th - speculation:

Star of Bethlehem
probably comet
yet we're not sure
never mind forget it

Dec 25^th -

Xmas

marvellous merry

jovial jolly

holy holly

varied very

Weather not white. Drizzle mizzle, not to say miserable.

Created new pages, /ambrosia & /nick

Dec 26^th - So-called Boxing Day. A different kind of Boxing, by Muhammad Ali.

Dec 27^th -  Created saturnalia 

                          & prospero      

Dec 28^th -  The fourth day of Christmas  is the Feast Of The Holy Innocents, when people remember those killed by King Herod in his search for Baby Jesus.

Dec 30^th - Eve of New Year's Eve or Hogmanay.

Hush. Tush, sitting  on my tush.

Am discombobulated sometimes. Why? 'Cos I like the word?

At present, re-watching film by Ken Loach, Carla's Song, companeros in the revolution. Yesterday, saw his final film, The Old Oak. Good socialist films.

Dec 31^st - New Year's Eve again.

2024