‘I really like it. It looks beautiful, the colours are lush and it’s a refreshing perspective on the world. I love the idea of excellent dates engaging with Pliny’s figs and mushrooms, your thought provoking note on innocence, and the concept of the songs of men deep in the heart of grape buds’ – Nicki
Otter mockery
As you may have noticed, I have a soft spot for the playfulness of otters, and a growing collection of examples soon to be gathered together in a dedicated page. In this case, the merry otter watches a human, who had been chasing him, take a tumble and a dip, and...
Leonine concentration
As I get older, I have a stronger sense of needing this kind of concentration. So many dreams and projects to realise, filling more space than the (likely) time available to complete them. This has made me less tolerant of things which seem inessential and jejune,...
As punctual as …
... an otter? Not the obvious simile, but according to this, true. This curious fact lies alongside the revelation that when the otter decided it was time to get up, his human handler had to get up to - the animal went through an elaborate process of removing all...
Plump with happiness
Another beautiful description of a young dog's capacity for joy and playfulness, even when hungry and abandoned. Vasily Grossman seems to have had a particular sensitivity to animals and appears...
In praise of dubious eggs
A wonderful voice of hope, wryly recognising, however, that potential can be fragile, as eggs can break. But then again, they can hatch...
In fact, the world is full...
Of life and the world
This expansive quotation comes from a wonderful novel by Mia Couto, in which a father tries to escape his past by isolating himself and his children from the world, even...
The rich, running day
Sometimes I wake up and worry about this or that. Then I zoom in on the day ahead and mostly discover that all the things I 'need' to do actually...
Love of the earth
If ever we needed to remember our love of the earth, it is now. I like George Eliot's hypothesis that our love of it is anchored in our childhood experience...
Alive on this earth
Grossman's essay on the Sistine Madonna by Raphael is one of the most splendid responses to art I have read. He deploys all his descriptive powers to encompass what it...
Bursting the boundaries
A wonderful comment on life - you can come up with as many fine formulae as you like, it will sooner or later defy our clever definitions.Â
Shining like a new creation
The miracle of morning is that when it shines as if it has finished its ablutions, it seems new-made. Early morning is my favourite time of day, particularly in summer...
My kind of market (II)
If you follow this website, you will know I'm partial to cornucopian markets bursting with fine foods and other delights. Â Here's a new description to whet the appetite for such...
Sincerity of expression
Describe a walk you have enjoyed with someone in which …‘The going did not slow the talk, the talk / Slowed not the going.’
'With a mischievous grin I delight in...
Live to be ancient
Long live trees. I love this observation by a dendrologist who has brought to our attention the hidden life and communication of trees. I also love that trees operate on...
A factory of dreams, laughter and sighs
One of the most charming and imaginative descriptions of human beings. Well worth keeping in mind in case you find yourself standing before a panel of Martians demanding that you...
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