New Year's Day, Jan 1st 2024
Well, hello to a brand new year:
2024
let's adore
yet more days
& wonderful ways
wake up
see what we'll make of it
on umpteenth day of the umpteenth year
lost count
no big deal
addiction to fiction
Opening a new Diary
Nearly said Dairy but I'm vegan
Here we are! How lucky.
Happy not to have hangover! So sunny... gloriously sunny. Then, progressively more cloudy. Changing always.
Nonsense couplet cos I like the word, moxie.
being foxy
with more moxie
& again:
bonanza
another stanza
Jan 2nd 2024
no winoweh
not a lion
except symbolically
as I am also
like a tiger
burning bright
yes bloody
tryin'
no ninja
tho I like
Japanese culture
(Drawing of the archetypical ninja
from a series of sketches of Hokusai.)
rains
pointless to complain
it will wane before I go insane
so hardly germane
but cut the crap
keep your trap shut
let there be
some jazzy
snazzy shenanigans
Jan 3rd more nonsense encore, just like the words:
we
had a spat
& that is that
peeved
more than you'd have believed
when a
kid
used to go to jumble sales
whereas now I rummage for things
Britain or America
keep
track
if people sass back
take it as an attack
Jan 4th - Eleventh day Of Xmas: 11 pipers piping!
New page, assiduity
if I'm poetic
it's just noetic
Jan 5th - Sky overcast grey maybe rain again later. Lowering sky. In the gloom before the gloaming. Nontheless lucid.
Brightening up now. Kind-hearted thoughts towards all.
Many lacunae in this. Avoiding effrontery about weather. Culminating in calumniation?
Meanwhile on a cosmic scale, astronomically, it has been speculated by renowned astrophysicist, Brian Cox, that stellar behemoth Betelgeuse, a Red Giant. in Orion will become a Supernova? Only a guess The video I'm watching is narrated by annoying A.I. that wrongly pronounces words.
Thought:
Doofus the stupid
reindeer was late
Today's Epiphany, Feast of the 3 Kings, Les Trois Rois.May bake a cake as they do en France.
Christmas Decorations to come down too.
Made William Blake page.
Jan 7th -
am a
scrivener
in various senses of the word
it can be magic
tragic & all
(As well as writing, I can also tell the future by shapes revealed
in smoke, water or crystal ball)
vent it
ventilate
do what you will
Jan 8th - Realized that
Dollar & Dolour are homophones. Interesting!
dollars make
me feel dolour
may be a scholar
but live in comparative squalor
a little off colour
as it were
Created /scouts.
feeling so low
in a solo
tip to toe
will I grow
he's
a veritable halfwit
truly a twit
a bit into lit
like a nitwit
by another name
same difference
if you know what I mean
keen
Re-watched the film 'Psycho':
don't worry
won't be staying
at the Bates motel
in a hurry
Created: Funambulist
Jan 10th -
ate
then
eructated
belched
burped
absurd words
Jan 11th - Another, Samuel Beckett.
Jan 13th -
Balance...
Ada
Adores
Ardor
BLUE sky, cold...
New page, Awen.
Jan 15th - Ditto: BLUE sky, cold...
Jan 16th - Sunny but cold. Getting old. Aren't we all? How appalling.
New page, cluck
Jan 17th -
not one for
swank
or swagger
tend to stagger
bit of
Rorschach blot
rascal
naughty not haughty
Warm, sitting in sunshine behind window pane. Brain melting.
ho hum
some dumb glum scum
succumb to numbness
in a nearby slum's 'lum'
fo fum
Jan 18th -
so it's really not too late
to make affirmations
feel great elation
have all sorts of sensations
or make oblations to god
white
doves
grey doves
same old young loves
Tried tricycle! I like the trike!
Jan 19th -
ITY
HISTORY...
in Medici massacres
much bloodshed
many bled
***
**
*
Odalisque, new page.
Jan 20th - Red sky in morning, a warning to us.
Jan 21st -
don't
be a twat
say where you're at
prat
Apophatic, Sacerdotal, Cataphatic? Am a bit discombobulated! Aren't you?
Went for jaunt on powered mobility scooter in icy wind. Collecting toilet rolls. Refreshing.
Jan 22nd - Madness! My charming wife has thrown a shelf of books across the living room. Son has kicked me in the balls & sworn at me. I stay calm.
stay calm
amid the harm
thrown books
look
angry words
swears
as if they don't care
beware
Jan 23rd - Could we chop weblog with axiom?
Cold wet.
New page, /franciscan
Just remembered:
Dad taught Lolly our budgie to say 'bugger the cat' cos it once took him in his mouth. I named the budgerigar, when I said 'I want,
want a lolly'
Jan 24th - Sunny cold. Wind continues. Hoping no damage to trees.Jan 25th - Another day.
Jan 26th - Wind stopped eventually. Sunny. Warm behind window panes indoors.
Working online. New page, /Munch.
Jan 28th - Technical probs. Grr.
New page, on Samuel Palmer.
Jan 29 th -
Gioconda
smile
expression
777 pages in my website.
Feb 1st - Imbolc, cross-quarter day.
Feb 2nd - hope am having Cataract seen to today. Must pray to Saint Lucy. Old age, sickness. heading for death.
Made it passed 69 anyway.
Feb 3rd -
Buddy Holly
not so jolly
died in plane crash
at 22 years old
that's not long
wrote & played
some wonderful songs
changed the face of rock & roll
still sounds good today
hurray
Feb 4th - Need to be a patient patient!
Feb 5th - Blue sky, few clouds, cold. Must see Doctor. Ho hum. Waited over 5 hours to be seen in hospital. Frustrated. Gave up & left.
Feb 6th - Anniversary of father's birth in 1915. More uncertainty about my health
Feb 7th - Hospital. Stayed overnight. Medication to keep high Blood Pressure under control.
Feb 8th - Heavy snow. Brrr!
Feb 9th - New moon.
Feb 10th - Year of Wood Dragon
Feb 13th - Hospital Eye Centre.
Feb 14th - Valentine's Day.
New page, Charley.
Feb 15th - Encouraging if someone would TIP Yours TrulyTM, say, the cost of a coffee/tea...This vast website is offered FREE!
Feb 16th - New page, foggiest.
Feb 17th - Finally, new page on sister.
Feb 18th - Twinges of pain. Mustn't whinge about it.
Feb 19th - Einstein, new page.
Feb 20th - my son, Osker's Birthday. He is now a teenager. We went to Odeon Lux cinema & watched "Migration''. Had meal.
Feb 21st - Thought:
Amity
better than
Enmity
don't you agree
Feb 22nd - Kay & I are going to see 'Bob Marley: One Love' film this evening...
Saw him perform many years ago. He did Redemption Song before it was officially released.
Praise JAH!
Wonderful film!
Feb 23rd - Sunny day. Warm behind windowpane in my room.
Feb 24th - Preparing to extradite Assange to USA. Wrote this long ago.
Full Moon today.
once when
I was a a boy
had a stamp collection
suitable for inspection
I was proud of it
enjoyed
including a victorian stamp
gone now lost
o well
so it goes
impermanent
Feb 25th - sunny & cold out. Warm indoors.
Feb 26th - Kay, my
kind consort, & I going to cinema today. Excited.
Enjoyed. Excellent films.
Feb 28th - Dentist & Cinema to see Hamlet. Action-packed & lack of action day.
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The film was wonderful, acting& editing. We, Kay & I, watched it yesterday evening.
New page, /hockney
Feb 29th - Leap Day, 2024 being a Leap Year. I intend to leap a little. It's good exercise!
March 1st - Saint David's day. Hey hey. Daffodils.
March 2nd - Finally got hold of a copy of Hamlet by its real author. De Vere.
Delighted De Vere is finally being recognised as the real author of the works of Shake-spear.
March 4th, (Monday)
Don't forget: Gaza:
"eyeless in Gaza
we don't want to see
assassinations
inhumanity
humiliations
daily misery
G
so
nakba
intifada
in Gaza
insallah
Israelis lied
about occupied
Palestine
it's a war crime
won't we learn
from the March of Return
people are clearly
under seige
Zionism is wrong!
where
you at
twat
why do that
doormat
not cool
cat
dot com
where you from
tom tom
March 5th, (Tuesday)
in news
Israelis murder
Palestinians
starving
desperate for food
so-called flour massacre
nothing to do with flowers
March 6th - Hospital surgery for cataract on right eye.
March 7th - more work on eye. Given lots of drops to apply daily for some time into future.
cataract a fact
none can deny
Discovered new word, daggy, Australian slang for 'dirty, untidy'...
March 9th -
my wife helps
save my life
March 10th - Listening to Andy Serkis read the Hobbit on Audible.
So-called Mother's Day. Remember /mum.
Ramadan begins on sighting new moon on 11th
Started watching film of The Hobbit. Ian McKellen, who we recently saw play Hamlet, as Gandalf.
Thought of a new star, Elfish Presley!
March 11th - Watched third & final Hobbit film & first part of Lord of the Rings...
Remember Tolkein
March 12th - Many daily eye drops...
New page, /attaboy.
March 13th - What next I wonder.
Grey, rainy day.Cold. Roll on Spring!
March 14th - Use Amazon Alexa, A.I. assistant.
Appointment at Outpatients in Hosp later
March 15th -
am I a badass
bit crass alas
spaz maybe
cool
as a rule
do I fool
any of you
?
Began watching Netflix series, The Crown. You should know my feelings about the monarchy by now.
March 16th - Sunny day. Cold outside.
Just watched 'The Lost Weekend: A Love Story' '(A story 50 years in the making, exploring the romantic relationship between John Lennon and his assistant-turned-lover, May Pang)'
after sparkles
it darkles...
March 17th - Last night. saw Emma Thompson in 'Wit' about John Donne. Death be not proud indeed. Also, 'Control' about Ian Curtis of Joy Division. And Tim Burton's 'Big Fish' with Ewan McGregor.
St.Patrick's Day today! Once had a 4-leaved clover. Gave it to someone who I thought needed good luck.
March 18th - Warm behind the window in work room, listening to music thru Bose stereo speakers. 50th Anniversary Edition of Tubular Bells. Heard said album when it first came out in May 1973! Remember Vivian Stanshall in 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
March 19th - Got into habit of listening to The Hobbit read by Andy Serkis on Audiobook. Precious.
Meanwhile Famine/Starvation being created by nasty Israel in Gaza.
New page, /shit
March 20th
20/23 - Vernal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere):
New page, /tara
take a puff
of that stuff
have a laugh
if you can
show you're a man
that's how I became an addict
March 21st -
was in a
noisy fracas
quite drastic alas
long ago in the past
March 22nd -
buck up
good luck
if you're stage-struck
March 23rd -
Watched animations etc by Suzanne Pitt.
Wasn't aware of her work before. Colourful. Fun.
Feeling surprisingly relaxed.
Bloody Genocide in Gaza continues...
Kate Middleton also has cancer! Like King Charles 3!
Famine in Sudan.
What a jolly world!
Feeling surprisingly relaxed.
March 24th - Sunday - day of rest? We shall see.
Nah! Seems like any other day.
Watched Nocturnal (Gianfranco Rosi, 2020) 'Shot over the course of three years between Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon, Notturno follows different people from areas near war zones in the Middle East who are trying to start over again with their everyday lives...' (Wikipedia)
Warfare again. What an ecological cost!
Britain ADMITS Israel Is deliberately staving Palestinians in Gaza!
March 25th (Mon) - monday dynamo anagram!
Rockstar philosopher and revolutionary Slavoj Žižek was 75 on 25 March.
Holi Festival.
Saw film of Songs for Drella (John Cale & Lou Reed of Velvet Underground) about Andy Warhol.
Listened to the Mike Oldfield's famous Tubular Bells. Remember when it came out,1973.
(Iconic artwork)
March 26th -
UK Court to deliver decision Assange's Extradition
March 27th - New page, /elated
Recently remembered dad used to call me Dai Bach, Little Davy.
March 28th - Maundy Thursday. Won't cheat. Will wash my feet.
March 29th - Had some homemade Hot Cross Buns. Delicious!
We plan to go to Cinema today, Kung Fu Panda 4 in 3D! Looking forward!
March 30th - Film wonderful yesterday. Sunny today. Warm like a plant in a greenhouse. Out of icy outside temperature
March 31st
-
HOP HAPPY EASTER! Easter?
Lamb? Have been critically crucified but will
rise again. Dust to dust. Ashes
to Ashes.
'in the sure & certain hope
of the resurrection
into eternal life.''
(from Book of Common Prayer)
British Summer Time. Clocks went Forward.
Vegan, Sugar-free eggs for us.
April 1st - We are all April Fools!
April 3rd - Waiting for Spring.
April 4th - Watched The Pillow Book, a 1996 erotic drama film, directed by Peter Greenaway, Music by Brian Eno.
I type onto www, rather than use ink on human flesh.
April 5th - Been listening to Steven Wilson, Insurgentes, The Harmony Codex etc
April 6th -
forages
for ages
heir's hair
waving in air
Wordplay takes my mind off Zionist Genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
April 7th - New page, /species
April 8th - New Moon today!
April 9th - In Gaza, Israeli genocide against Palestinians continues.
April 11th - Wife & son away in York till this evening.
Watching Mubi movie, Journey to Italy by Rossellini 1954, considered a masterpiece:
My life is dolce far niente in a way.
Listened to a recording of Basil Bunting perform Walt Whitman's 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking'...
April 12th - Re-watching Wim Wenders' latest film Perfect Days. Good music soundtrack. Inspired by Ozu? Saw it a while back, in cinema.
"A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film stars Kōji Yakusho in the role of a cleaner of public toilets in Tokyo." ''The 4:3 aspect ratio of the film are all nods to Ozu''
Wikipedia)
April 13th -
THRENODY
FOR PALESTINIANS
grief
without relief
genocide
no pride
one side
lied
tries to get away with it
painting
ballet
words on page
same difference
tho we age
April 14th - Live-streaming Genocide continues...
April 15th - Windy... cold. Sunny outside. April showers
April 16th - Watched Of Human Bondage (1934). Made Bette Davis a star.
April 17th - Sat in sunshine of front garden this morning & admired Cherry Blossom.
April 18th - Watched Man With a Movie Camera, a wonderful 1929 experimental Soviet Documentary film by Dziga Vertov:
April 19th - Sat in morning sunshine of front garden for a while. Refreshing.
April 20th - Sat out again: Sunny but felt quite cold. Watching movies on mubi...
April 21st - Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues.Yesterday's Iran attack on Zionist Israel was dangerous
April 22nd - Watched Deception (Tromperie), 2021 film, based on Philip Roth novel
Weather wet & not warm yet. Kay 'n' son out till about 5pm.
April 23rd - St.
George's Day. Shakespeare's Birthday but the man
from Stratford didn't write the plays & poems, it was Ed. De Vere.
New page, Sherlock.
April 24th - Israeli genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues. Assange still facing extradition
April 25th - 116th Day of the Year. Going to cinema with my wife & Osker
Here's a little nonsense verse:
hark hush
Sherlock shark
to make a mark
goes for the kill
as he always will
mush mush
you lush
don't rush to blush
We saw Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Osker laughed in right places. Mildly entertaining.
April 26th - Watching documentary re John Guilliano. Interesting. Man with a passion for fashion. Haut couture galore. One time alcoholic. Took cocaine. Lots of pills.
April 27th - Bit lacklustre this morning. Kay & OAK gone to Blackpool for the day. Hope weather holds.
Listening to Van Morrison online. Videos of live performances.
at my wit's end
I can't defend
any piquant page
full of rage
April 29th -
Remembered how I first learnt about Buddhism from Christmas Humphreys. Christmas is a good name. Funny that he became associated with Buddhism!
Did new page, statue.
And christie
May 1st - MAYDAY. Time for Revolution! International Workers Day.
Went to dentist. Recollect.
May 2nd -
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