.

...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

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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

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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

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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.}

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^{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:}

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

^{24th - Chiaroscuro, new page}

^{26th - Guru page}

^{27th - New Lick page}

^{29th - Magician, new}

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