scribbles tagged ‘England’
one magnetic way
Sunday, December 25th, 2011 | tags: England, Oxfordshire, reviews, ridgeway |Labyrinths have a a physical pull, a gravity. They pull you into their pathway. Unlike a maze they provide a single pathway, there are no tyrannous choices. You walk the gentle curves that wind you slowly and steadily towards the centre. If several people walk the labrynth one after another, they can seem to be walking in opposite dirctions, passing each other several times on their journey towards the centre. This passing prompts smiles, laughter, greetings and an acknowledgement of the shared destiny. The meeting in the middle.
There are 3 modern labrynths on the Ridgeway by Streatley. They are constructed from small trenches and rises in the ground, the rises are marked with sparsely placed local stone, flint. The low hung sunlight of the summer solstice helped to highlight their presence and draw us in…
welcoming the green man
Friday, December 23rd, 2011 | tags: England, Oxfordshire, religion, ridgeway, solstice |Early morning climbing the steep hillside at Streatley to the Ridgeway with friends. We watched the solstice sun rise in the distance. Toasting the arrival of the green man with mead, elderflower champagne, and sloe gin made with sloes from a nearby tree. Then cleansing each other with some homegrown sage smudging
After some dancing around local labyrinths and rambling through forests we made our way home for fried-egg sandwiches all around. An excellent start to the new year…
how to make a grown man blush
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 | tags: accent, England, language, phonological similarity |The Canadian’s face instantly flushed red as he smiled, then catuiously asked
Did you just say no fücking nor witch?
facilitated footwear
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | tags: 1986, 4 smiles, Devon, England, Oh, shoes, Totnes, wardrobe |Wendy: I want Oxblood red please!
Conkers footwear facilitator (CFF): You can have any of these colours, you can have different colours for different feet, different colours for different sections of the boot, what would you like?
Wendy: Oh, Oh, OH, purple, no green, no this electric blue, no brown. Oh! … um, Oxblood red please..
I discovered Conkers shoes in the summer of 1986. discovered after having been sent there by a bouncy student friend from Newton Abbot who’s boots I couldn’t help but admire. By the time I found Conkers they were 9 years old and had a small shop at the top of Totnes High street.
They now have a larger shop half way up Totnes High street. As a student I couldn’t afford the luxury of a well made, durable, easy to repair, natural tree-rubber soled, funky coloured, personalised pair of shoes. I sulked and promised myself that when I had a job I would come back and treat myself. I’ve had one job or another for nearly 20 years. This week I went back to Totnes and now I have a pair of boots being made-up to fit. I suspect I will be back again… for purple, or green, or…
the new island of Tewkesbury
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 | tags: England, rain |
It looks like Englands natural boundary with the Welsh people and Britains longest river, Severn, has taken pride in recent rainfalls swelling to make Tewkesbury an island: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6909162.stm
The grey sky and drizzle here in Seattle across the last week feels rather pathetic by comparision.
Flat Eric in Portsmouth
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 | tags: architecture, England, Flat Eric, Portsmouth, UK |
Flat Eric went to the Factory Outlet shops in Gun Wharf. He particularly enjoyed the ‘Animal’ shop. He was a little disappointed that the Millenium Tower is still not open to visitors…
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