Slowly the golden memory of the dead sun fades from the hearts of the cold, sad clouds. Silent, like sorrowing children, the birds have ceased their song, and only the moorhen’s plaintive cry and the harsh croak of the corncrake stirs the awed hush around the couch of waters, where the dying day breathes out […]

When I heard the learn’d astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and Measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much Applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till […]

I always enjoy observing people at the airport. Some look stressed and move quickly, others have a blank look on their face. Businessmen pacing around while talking on their phone, oblivious of the world around them. A group of friends returning from a trip. People drinking beer at 8 am, because the usual rules don’t […]