Word of the day is ‘bloviation’ (19th century): empty rhetoric and a good deal of blah.

A meditation in twenty eight otters.
Ink ( sumi and copper pipe ink)

Your occasional reminder that an “Australia-style deal” is also a “Sierra Leone-style deal”, a “Guam-style deal” or a “Tajikistan-style deal” but they don’t sound quite so good.

Welcome to my studio.
Here's a talk through of what happens at 1pm today.
All welcome. Come in, settle down, bring tea, eyes open.
hayfestival.com/international-…
Spell Songs, from The Lost Words will sing me through so be prepared for beautiful music.

'A culture is no better than its woods.' (WH Auden, 'Bucolics', 1953).

A brilliant essay by Julian Hoffman on HS2 & the irreplaceability of ancient woodland.
'There’s no second chance; what we have is all we get. And once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.'
julian-hoffman.com/2020/05/27/anc…

I waved to a man because I thought he waved at me.
Apparently he waved to an other woman. So to get out of the awkward situation I kept my hand up and a taxi pulled over and drove me to the airport. I am now in Poland starting a new life.