…used to be king of England, Denmark and Norway. He was King Canute’s dad. Those of us who did our 1066 and all that will remember that Canute tried to order the waves of the sea to do his bidding. The sea did not oblige. The sea has little respect for kings. The mice, of [...]
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Sweyn Forkbeard…
February 2, 2007Tibet comes to Amsterdam…
November 17, 2006…next Thursday when we receive a visit from my good friend Geshe Thupten who will be teaching us meditation and Tibetan Buddhadharma and telling us about his project to help support poor and aging Tibetan refugees in India. This should be an exciting weekend as it is also mushroom teatime next week as well. I’m [...]
Blogpoets…the purpose of life…on OneWebDay…
September 22, 2006…Sonia is back and asking what it’s all about. I’ve been wondering that this week. The life support machine that was keeping a friend at a temperature of 34 degrees was turned off yesterday. The damage to the brain was too severe and so the decision was made to terminate treatment. She leaves behind a [...]
Blogpoets…sad, joyless people in their underwear…
August 25, 2006…as the BBC tries once again to fathom out why do we do it. I am in Amsterdam’s public library so I don’t think it’s a good idea to sit here in my Tony Blair designer summer holiday underwear. Might attract too much attention from security. It’s been a busy week in the Russian squat [...]
