Eloge de la Jachère – English Translation
JL: Rather than write a simple critique, I am trying to do 3 things. First, I am trying to provide better access to the story for English speakers, whose French…
Literary Arts are those, which involve words and a reader, for example, books and poetry. There are many types of book, for example, novel, biography, short stories etc. There are also many types of poetry, for example, narrative, epic, romantic etc.
Comments by John Long on a Model Theory of Consciousness by Nick Collins
NC is a tennis club mate - sometimes partner and sometimes opponent. Hopefully, the same relationship will hold for exchanges, appearing in this post. I am reading his blog to…
Eloge de la Jachere
This text was written in March 2020 and initially published in Gros Gris magazine in January 2021 ( https://grosgris.fr/ ) Glandue. Ce mot, je l'ai très souvent entendu pendant mon enfance. Désignant…
A Gift for Athena by John Wade
Athena Pallas Athena laid aside her fierce bronze helm, Protectress of ancient Attica, her sea girt realm; A maiden with flashing eyes and burnished hair, Swooped to cloudy Britain, mortal…
The Trouble with Facebook
This section brings together 'shortcomings' of Facebook. The use of 'shortcomings' here is ironic....... Facebook Friends for Sale - Hardly Used 2. Facebook Seniors Learn to Get Ahead
Haiku for Beginners
Dr <DD> got me going on this.......he is a bit of a dab hand, as you can read. I am, on the other hand, very much a beginner.....I am not…
CP’s Corner
CP shares some thoughts with his reader 20 November, 2020 As for the biobook........After a little thought - not deep, I don’t do deep - I conclude that it must…
It’s All in the Bible by CP
We all use familiar phrases and sayings in our everyday conversation, but have you ever wondered about their origins? Many are to be found in the Bible, a large number…
J and BBF’s Auzon Phrasebook for First and Second Homers
Like all good ideas on this blogsite, the present escapade originated from two different people and started out as two different ideas. BBF's idea was for J to help her improve…
What My Family Means To Me
The small cluster of surviving SPs are of course scattered and inaccessible at the moment. N has maintained a strict social isolation policy because she feels that she is in…
Pangrams Anyone?
PANGRAM 1 CP writes Pangram for my goddaughter O with alternative endings (now slightly out of date due to changing lockdown rules) HAPPY BIRTHDAY A birthday card delivering extremely fond…
Flying Turtles by Dr DD
MH I really enjoyed and like this. There is an unreal air about it all; but it's also very much to the point. It's at the same time a bit…
CP BioBook
This is a post (!) modern (that is, non-linear) memoir (or autobiography) of CP. The life categories of CP are nevertheless ordered by decade. They can be accessed independently of…
CP Spills the Beans……
Without a real grasp of what modern is in terms of writing I have no idea what post-modern might mean. But the idea of juxtaposed autobiographies is intriguing, and I…
A Political Ping Pong Exchange between Unlikeminded Cousins and Others
INTRODUCTION BREMAIN/BREXIT EXCHANGE https://www.facebook.com/john.long.73550794/posts/2213357368701040https://www.facebook.com/home.php Dear John Long, The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.”. Government responded: You’re receiving this email because…
Street Names Around Where I live – What they Mean – in General and to Me in Particular by Peter Long (Greenwood Resident)
Street Names around Greenwood I have often walked down this street before, but until now I never wondered how Oseney Crescent and the other streets around Greenwood got their names.For…
A Really Useful Little Letter
To all, To be read andante or you might miss what I hope are occasional flashes of humour. Hope this will amuse some of you. And with your imagination and…
‘Self-portrait’ a poem by John Christopher Wade
Self-portrait_____________________________________ In London are found, the vistas, vales and ponds of Hampstead Heath, And Kenwood House, upon a time a noble-man, to the nation bequeath, Our happiness often made a…
‘Life at GW’ by Cousin P
Cousin P and I have little or nothing in common except some early shared family experiences and and our tertiary education. The former consisted of very jolly Xmas and family…
Dialogue of the Death?
DIALOGUE OF THE DEATH? SP and MH have known each other on and off since the early ‘70s, when both were researchers in C. Their relationship has many aspects –…