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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 23

Posted on 15/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

From where they lay, they could watch the lights going by on the river, and Kit – in this darkness – could forget the squalor of the room. Elizabeth Taylor – The Soul of Kindness     Try some kindness. … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 22

Posted on 14/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

Paradise is a salvage operation, A reckoning of what we desire stretched, Unbroken, from here to infinity, like syrup twisted onto a spoon, lifted up high, tipped to a skeining – a long stitch of sweetness mending the ordinary. Liz … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 21

Posted on 13/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

By the waters of Leman I sat down and wept . . . Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song, Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long. But at my back in a cold … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 20

Posted on 12/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

No matter what gets in the way and which way the wind does blow And as long as it does I’ll just sit here And watch the river flow. Bob Dylan – Watching the River Flow From the safety of … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 19

Posted on 11/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river. Jorge Luis Borges – Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings I’ve worked hard in my locked down vegetable plot this last couple of weeks. I’ve planted out … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 18

Posted on 10/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

Many ravens flying south. The cattle keep stamping during transport, they are restless. The Rhine seems to me like the Nanay, although there’s absolutely nothing at all that could remind someone of the Nanay. I wish the ferry had taken … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 17

Posted on 09/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

In the beginning there was the road. But before the road, there was the river. Gillian Tindall – The Fields Beneath Her fishlike eyes adjust to the dimness of the church’s interior. The walls, she notices, are alive with colour. … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 16

Posted on 08/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

Oh, I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye. Joni Mitchell – River Yesterday evening we … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 15

Posted on 07/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

the rivers we cut                                    the artificial divides                       lead us to the shore … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 14

Posted on 06/04/2020 by Bobby Seal

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. Marcel Proust – In Search of Lost Time     The fortitude shown by some people in this present crisis is really quite humbling. My eldest daughter, … Continue reading →

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