Failure Of Nerve?
“Professor Gilbert Murray has termed the centuries between the flowering of classical Athens and the growth of the radically different …
Category Archives: History
Metropolitan Musing
In the past I would have walked the streets until my legs gave out. But one of them gave out …
Blockages
“The period—we must note—was that of the fanatic cutting down of the Old Germanic sacred shrines and groves by the …
A Knight’s Tale…Revisited
I don’t get many hits. When I first launched this humble site I mistakenly thought hits mattered. They don’t. At …
Heralds Of A Future Day
“Who ever anywhere will read these written words? Signs on a white field.”—Stephen Dedalus, A.K.A. James Joyce, Ulysses “Where is …
For Madmen Only!
I’ve slackened the pace of posting these days. Taking a step back. Changing the rhythm. No crisis here at home, …
She…And The Poetry Open Mic (Again)
“For it is one of the curiosities and difficulties of our subject that its materials come to us for the …
A Post Containing Every Quote Imaginable
Alright everybody, settle down. Take your seats. Stow the mobile devices—Janey and Bobby-Joe can wait an hour for your latest …
The Last Art Gallery (Part II)
“I stepped onto the stone with both feet and this is what I saw. Again the glowing puff of cloud …
The Last Art Gallery (Part I)
There’s nothing like the City on a warm sunny summer’s day for wandering aimlessly and for getting lost amidst the …
Omphalos Cafe 