SCENES ALONG THE CHARLES RIVER WHILST WALKING

Stand of Birches

River with Clouds

Spring

Autumn Colours

Mute Swans on the river

Sunset Across River

MIRRORED BRIDGE

Flowers II seen along the river

                                                         MORNING REFLECTIONS                                                                          

Turtle Digging Nest for Eggs on Rover Bank

Sunset II - Harvard House in Background

LIKEABLE THINGS - THINGS I'VE LOST - THINGS I'VE GIVEN UP

THINGS I LIKE AND ENJOY

A good strong cup of black coffee.


A good claret - (Grave or Medoc).


A good classic mystery novel.


A succulent joint of pork.


A good chamber concert (e.g. Wigmore Hall).


A comfortable bed and pillow.


Stimulating conversation.


Walking along the Charles.


a good wank.


A5 size paper books to write in.


Old Carter fountain pens.


The physical act of writing - pen on paper.


Thanksgiving Lunch with friends

THINGS I'VE LOST

My innocence.

My virginity.

My optimism.


Sight in my right eye.

My faith in people.


My retracting ballpoint pen.


Several People I've Loved.


My cat Ashley at an absurdly young age.


Several favourite fountain pens.

THINGS I'VE GIVEN UP

My Harvard Club of New York Membership.


My membership in COV.


Smoking cigarettes (several years ago now).

THINGS I REALLY DISLIKE

DISLIKES

Books printed on bumf paper.


Books printed so gray you'd think the press ran out of ink.


Thin intuitional bumf paper so flimsy your hand goes thru it when you wipe yourself.


Tined Veg. Especially Green Beans.


Trousers with pleats.


Beets - In any form.


Sugar in my tea.


Republicans - In any shape or form.


Facebook.


Head Cold and sore throat.


Moths.


Light blue ink.


Cheep paper that makes ink feather and bleed.


The Louisiana Purchase.


The Wall Street Journal.


Fox News (Not that I ever watch it).


Cooked spinach.


Too much ice in my drink.


Rectal exams!


Giulia's Restaurant Cambridge (In same category as rectal exams).


The plastic seals on the btls. of water in the bedrooms of the Oxford-Cambridge Club.

POLITICAL DEFINITIONS I

DEFINITION OF A BONE-SPUR BOZO REPUBLICAN

A White Male who is a:

BIGOT

RACIST

IGNORENT

MISSOGNIST

MORON

PRIME EXAMPLES:

Jeff Sessions

Steve Miller

John Kelley

Steve Bannon

Ted Cruz

Paul Ryan - self styled policy wonk! Sadly as thick as two short planks.

John Cronyn

Roy Moore

Neil Gosuch

Tillerson - A fucking Moron!

OR PATHETIC WOMAN - WITH NO SELF RESPECT OR CONCRN FOR TRUTH

Sarah Suck-a-b Sanders


Ivanka Trump


Kelly Ann Conway


Ivanka - self aggrandizing phony




THE PARTY SYMBOL SHOULD NOT BE AN ELEPHANT                                              BUT A PIG

MEMORY - Cambridge and Caius - Youth and Pleasure

"HE COULD NEVER FORGIVE THE REST OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF CAMBRIDGE FOR NOT BEING CAMBRIDGE"

THE NEW WISDOM

        THE NEW WISDOM OF REPUBLICANS AND POTUS



Be against abortion and pro-life but deny access to proper contraception.


Be pro-life but insist your mistress aborts your unwanted baby.


Deny the conclusions of rigorous and valid science but use junk science (Fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks! -FALSE) to support the policy decision to ban abortions at 20 weeks gestation.


Abrogate a treaty that binds your adversary not to pursue nuclear weapons because you think it a bad deal against all sage advice and let them continue to develop a weapon. 


Attack members of your own party when you need their assistance to achieve your agenda.


Do whatever the Israelis tell you for it must be the truth. 


Predict the demise of expanded health cove by actively undermining it.

SILENCE

SILENCE IS THE DOOR TO CONTEMPLATION

              STUDY IS THE ROAD UNDESTANDING

  CONTEMPLATION IS THE WAY TO CONTENTMENT