Lazy Sunday Afternoon

On the Road

Bales in morning mist
on my way back with warm rolls
for Sunday breakfast.

Food for the Eyes

Where next year's potatoes will grow.

On the Road

Oh, a treendow.
Or rather a trindow.
Anyway, nice view.

Huida de la Vida

Not only because
Miss J. once contributed:
a gem in my shelves.

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936)

Some more Tomatoes

Datterini

and four different sorts more

we let grow at five places.

Sicilian Lady

Growing in Seanhenge.
Marinda from Sicily.
Last year I took seeds.

On the Road

Mary is long dead.
Her castle's still a landmark.
Batteries refilled.

Time for Outrage

Science + Literature = i

"In the world there are various categories of scientists:
there are people of a secondary or tertiary standing;
there are also those of high standing
who make discoveries of great importance to science;
then there are geniuses like Galileo and Newton.
Well, Ettore was one of them."
Enrico Fermi

 

Ettore Majorana

Leonardo Sciascia

Curious Dig

Their name: Annabelle. :).
Bit bigger in September.
The first potatoes.

A Walden of mine

What chaos you think?
A pleasure for all senses!
A Walden of mine.

Plumsapples

Or:
Damsapple Tree?

Martin:

a small bird with long wings and a short tail , , ,

that flies very fast.

On the Road

Eyecatcher.

Delight. Bilingual

Fisch Spinat & Spieg
Rostbratw. & Sauerk
Einbeck Hannover

Steamer from Cardiff to Tenby

In the 1960's writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas made a series of programmes for TWW in which he visited different parts of Wales. In this programme, Gwyn joins a group a day trippers on a Steamer from Cardiff to Tenby. Today, his unique, warm and darkly humorous observations give us a fascinating insight into what life was like for people living in these Welsh communities half a century ago.

Although the original audio of this particular broadcast has not survived, the script that Gwyn Thomas wrote for the programme has. His timeless words are read here by the superb actor Glyn Houston.

Please note that the copyright of this video belongs to ITV Cymru Wales / National Library of Wales. They have very kindly given permission for it to be showed here. Please show them your appreciation and visit their YouTube channel to see more fantastic archive recordings from Wales: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT2N...

The Keep by Gwyn Thomas

Gwyn Thomas' play "The Keep" has been described as "probably the greatest play to come out of Wales since Under Milk Wood" and was rightly hailed as a triumphant success when it premiered in London's Royal Court Theatre in 1961. 

Glyn Houston as Gwyn Thomas

In the 1980's, the Welsh actor Glyn Houston performed a hilarious one man show about the writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas. Using Gwyn's own words, Glyn Houston delivers a masterful performance that is still remembered with great affection by those fortunate enough to see it. This is a true Welsh masterpeice of comedy theatre, and a treat not to be missed.

Laughing Lhursday*

In 1975 Gwyn Thomas appeared on the Kane at Christmas programme. As these few brief excerpts show, it was a hilarious performance that is still fondly remembered by many to this day. Listen again to the great talker as he explains the dangers of Rugby, the funeral of Cliff Davies, the legend of the buried city of Kenfig, stolen false teeth,the problem with singing and the perils of adultery.

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Gwyn Thomas interviewed

The great Wesh writer, talker and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas appeared on the Michael Parkinson show in the early 1970's. In the first part of the intervew he explains why he has his own signal at Paddington station, how he broke his toe defending pacifism, and the impact of the Welsh religious revival on the productivity of pit ponies underground.



In Part Two of the interview, Michael Parkinson asks Gwyn Thomas about the time he spent at Oxford University, growing up in the Rhondda and his experiences of working on the Brains Trust. Gwyn explains how Welsh people have a theatrical nature, why he is always being mistaken for someone else and the unfortunate consequences of learning to smoke at a very early age



In the third part of his interview on the Parkinson show, Gwyn Thomas explains Dr Bronowski's greatest challenge, why he eventually gave up teaching and his unfortunate early experience of being miscast as an actor. Later, with actress Sarah Miles they discuss fox hunting, the secret of a happy marriage and the madness of Hollywood.

Welsh Greats – Gwyn Thomas

The Truth of his Joy

In the 1960's writer and broadcaster Gwyn Thomas made a series of programmes for TWW in which he visited different parts of Wales. In this programme, Gwyn visits Laugharne and pays tribute to the literary genius Dylan Thomas, a man who Gwyn had known well.

Although the original audio of this particular broadcast has not survived , the script that Gwyn Thomas wrote for the programme has. His timeless words are read here by the superb actor Glyn Houston.

Please note that the copyright of this video belongs to ITV Cymru Wales / National Library of Wales. They have very kindly given permission for it to be shown here. Please show them your appreciation and visit their YouTube channel to see more fantastic archive recordings from Wales.

Canto General

Mikis Theodorakis (* 29th, July, 1925)

After the Coup

Mikis Theodorakis (* 29th, July, 1925)

Maria Farantouri

Giorgios Dalaras 

Before the Coup

Mikis Theodorakis (* 29th, July, 1925)

Maria Farantouri

When they grab one's Hands

Mikis Theodorakis (* 29th, July, 1925)

20 Years Later

Mikis Theodorakis (* 29th, July, 1925)

Rescue

Young blackbird felt trapped.
And a cat getting closer.

Rescue was at hand.

Entry lane

House martins are back.
Busy with feeing their brood
while I am writing.

Marvel(lou)s

"Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children."
- Pablo Casals -

Encounter

Meeting in the walnut.

Laughing Lhursday *

What does one not do
just to please one's granddaughter.
Ah, to see her smile.

 

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

"Multitasking"

Offering shadow

plus sweet, delicious cherries –

multitasking tree.

Open

Welcome to Seanhenge.
Instead of a closed yard gate
nature at its best.

Laughing Lhursday*

. . .

 

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Monochrome Monday

Birch

Friday is Skyday

On the road . . .

Ulysses Documentary

Laughing Lhursday*

Ha ha ha ha ha:
Poppy without bumble-bee.
Blame the shutter lag.

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Those were the Days

Seven Fishermen.
Playboys of the Western World?
Perhaps Synge could tell.

Little Feet

Feet that soon will run
fast and faster . . . oh so fast.
How I love these feet.

Friday is Skyday

The frogs are croaking.
Refugees dying somewhere.
Beautiful sunset.

Laughing Lhursday*

* [For first time visitors]:
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil
an avantgardistic alliteration.




In 1975 Gwyn Thomas appeared on the Kane at Christmas programme. As these few brief excerpts show, it was a hilarious performance that is still fondly remembered by many to this day. Listen again to the great talker as he explains the dangers of Rugby, the funeral of Cliff Davies, the legend of the buried city of Kenfig, stolen false teeth,the problem with singing and the perils of adultery.

Friday is Skyday

No need to complain.
Slowly running out of time.
The sky will remain.

Strange Fruit

Billie Holliday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959)

Partial(ly enjoyed) eclipse

My dad is teacher
master of experiments,
the joy of science.

The sun in my back
I slept better than ever.
And dreamed of . . .

But then I woke up.
Certainly more in South Spain
2026.

Monochrome Monday

Missed you. Where've you been?
There'd be a lot to tell.
Anyway, you're back.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970)

Happy New Year