The Once and Future King

I have begun reading a rather heady novel.

I am fortunate not to have read the book as a youth. in my immaturity, I would have been impressed by its deprecating humor and preoccupation with thaumaturgy.

reading it now, I appreciate its bucolic setting, royal characters and righteous message.

indeed, my character would have been much attenuated had I read this novel, rather than The Pilgrim's Progress and The Faerie Queene, early in life.

Roadpost

though not raised in exaltation, this sign reminds passers-by of a once-popular group of ignoramuses - men too simple to recognize that ultimately their goals would be achieved legislatively and economically, without all that undignified violence and commotion.

Semper Fidelis

strange indeed are the skills - if they can be so called - celebrated by the dimwitted, impecunious and uncouth.

Mass Transport

pedestrian from without, the inside teems with all manner of human refuse, primarily transients and the unwashed.

Literature

Evelyn, a very great friend, lives here.