Vintage Cervantes
I have recently read Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes. It is a wonderful book and has, like all good books, a lot to ‘say’ for today. I am going … Continue reading Vintage Cervantes
Tag: Vladimir Nabakov
in the middle
in the middle of a few days in G A L L O W A Y an adventure began in which a film could neither begin nor end. … Continue reading in the middle
Logan Botanic Garden
When in Galloway we visited the wonderful Logan Botanic Garden. The sun was out – and it was both exotic and homely – even as autumn began:
Canto Two
Dylan said listen to it pass – listen. Nabokov did not believe in it. Einstein talked about it relatively. Evidence may be bound but experience is not: Time passes time … Continue reading Canto Two
‘I am La Louve. I am Longmeadow.’
This post is for the wonderful Monty Don.
o u t l i n e s
A few years back: my daughter made this sketch for my 50th birthday. [the words on ‘outlines’ are by Vladimir Nabakov]
half-tingle, half-tickle
My mother provided wonderful birthday parties for all her children. Such that I still half-tingle and half-tickle with the memory of childhood birthday parties.
a ‘finite though boundless’ universe
From ‘Bend Sinister’ by Vladimir Nabokov
a man of leisure has estimated
From ‘Bend Sinister’ by Vladimir Nabokov
“We met yesterday” said the room
I cannot recall when I created the above mixed-media of a room. It is probably close to 30 years ago! The sketch below was drawn by me at Bovaglia, Glen … Continue reading “We met yesterday” said the room
possibly, something
[an edit from Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov]