tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post3083638894407365087..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Spring or Autumn?Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-48890744258780756422010-05-13T13:07:32.784+01:002010-05-13T13:07:32.784+01:00Stray, it's always good to hear from you. Plea...Stray, it's always good to hear from you. Please don't apologise for ranting - let's all rant! I didn't know about Theresa May's appointment when you posted this - ugh! <br /><br />Beth, Pica, Alembic, your words mean a lot to me. <br /><br />Bill, your responses are deep and thought-provoking, as always! I've been looking at your photos and like them very much - you get up close, but remain discreet and sometimes veiled, as well as penetrating.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-9998819653937415792010-05-13T05:43:54.364+01:002010-05-13T05:43:54.364+01:00What Pica said so eloquently already -- indeed, wh...What Pica said so eloquently already -- indeed, what choice do we have but to keep going. Sharing our stories, the way we do here, lightens the load, because we know we are not alone in this.alembichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239840137312063151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-63319132616708548422010-05-13T03:29:59.765+01:002010-05-13T03:29:59.765+01:00The dying oak sprouts fall and doesn't spring-...The dying oak sprouts fall and doesn't spring-up.<br /><br /><br />(Not to call anybody's a dying oak! This is just second observation in response to what I took as your image/spring-fall prompt. And thank you for the prompt! I've had this unresolved memory of horizontal light from a 3/4 moon which lit up the room when it set at 3am and which I mistook for dawn. Did it ever get dark after it set! Your seasonal reverse on the the petals - so true! - jibed with that astronomical confusion and then again with an oak we have whose meagre portion of red leaf sprouts are just not turning green. Thank you for helping me to settle some of this weirdness. You've got a great slant on life's reversals that is somewhere between helpful and revelatory.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168008987728371636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-67666169716898599612010-05-12T22:46:07.455+01:002010-05-12T22:46:07.455+01:00So tired, with you, exhausted and yet what option ...So tired, with you, exhausted and yet what option do we have other than to keep going, keep dissenting? Ugh.Picahttp://www.magpienest.org/birdbybird/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-54658543879718764542010-05-12T22:08:53.022+01:002010-05-12T22:08:53.022+01:00Spring petals
bright as moonset's
western daw...Spring petals <br />bright as moonset's<br />western dawn.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168008987728371636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-15262237168702810742010-05-12T19:11:46.187+01:002010-05-12T19:11:46.187+01:00Jean, you made me cry with this litany of dissent,...Jean, you made me cry with this litany of dissent, most of which I share and know so well. I'm so thankful for the internet creating at least a virtual community where like-minded people can come together and not feel so alone, even if we can't live together in intentional solidarity.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-74620674626603025852010-05-12T19:11:23.538+01:002010-05-12T19:11:23.538+01:00When Cleggeron talk about readdressing unfairness ...When Cleggeron talk about readdressing unfairness in society it just lacks the level of anger I expect to see. At least Gordon always did seem like he had a clue what poverty looked like, and felt like, and was genuinely outraged by it. He just didn't know what to do about it without coming over all ... um... lefty?<br /><br />I'm dissenting. Rejoined the Labour party, will rage against the shiny machine that defers to the market (or the meerkats, as I've heard on Twitter).<br /><br />It's time we stopped thinking economics was science. Time we stopped mistaking price for value. Or ... should I say 'they'? There are many of us who caught on a while ago!<br /><br />I believe our leaders should have to suffer the consequences of their decisions. They, and their families, should be banned from private healthcare, private education, private pensions. If they deem their institutions fit for the rest of us, they should be prepared to live within them.<br /><br />So - keep dissenting. And yes, I'm sick of my vote counting for bugger all, up here in Yorkshire where the Lib Dems run second but the Tories dominate, and Labour are a dirty word.<br /><br />The good thing emerging is the realisation in many people that their beliefs are not so center after all. Their disgust at their vote giving mandate to the tories, when they thought they were doing the opposite, is awakening them.<br /><br />Interesting times. Their move to redefine 46% as a majority in a confidence vote is just unbelievable though. They clearly fear defections.<br /><br />The brand new minister for equalities voted against every important piece of gay equality legislation in her time in parliament. I don't know whether to slap her or kiss her - I assume the later would be more painful for her.<br /><br />I've ranted. Apologies!<br /><br />But yes... keep on dissenting - you won't be doing it alone!Strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283777118421693358noreply@blogger.com