The Goldmine.
  • Spy vs Spy
    • At Fox River
    • Patty and the Tet Offensive
    • Pale and Interesting >
      • More pale and interesting
      • Older, still pale, possibly only interesting to a couple of people
    • The Heckler and Koch Affair
    • Spy vs Spy
  • Peeling the Onion
  • Old unhappy far-off things
    • Wipers and the Ypres League
    • Fanny and Cobber.
    • In Memoriam
  • Slightly Saltirical
    • A Dexter Hand
    • The Boar-Worshippers
  • Taken by the Hand
    • Geranium Days
    • The Lockhart Papers
    • A Martial Aspect
    • O Perfect Love >
      • Sonnets Unplugged
      • Stout Cortez
    • Tea and an Ascot
  • Childe Harold
    • Monikers >
      • The Sandman and Sleipnir
    • Bos Indicus
    • Three things in a field >
      • Dance With A Bull
  • Eureka (Stockade)
    • Two for Joy
    • At the Bottom of the Garden >
      • Coins of the Realm
  • Superstitious Nonsense
    • Leaves of Tea
  • The Best of Times
    • The Space Race >
      • C.P.Snow
  • Sorry luv, I missed that.
  • Valley Girls
    • Britten, B et al >
      • Gammon and Spinach
      • The Blue Flowers >
        • The Beautiful People
        • The girls from 9DY Rangi Ruru >
          • The Fires of Hell and other Works of Art
        • The Cat's Paw and other Feline Fables
        • Flowers in Bloom
      • The Moon and Daisies
      • Snowmaiden Revelry
  • Sitting on Custard
  • The Long White Grass
    • Somewhere...
  • I have pictures
  • The Queen's Cake
  • A Portrait by Hoppner
  • The Iron Fist.
    • Slow twitching gams.
  • Whips and Whatnot
  • Showering with Friends
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A bit of alliteration. I like that.

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A most promising sign?

I thought I knew some things once but now I am not so sure.  Even one's own history becomes elusive and shadowed over time. 
The comments on the blog ('Peeling the Onion') tend to be a little obscure, and are largely personal in nature with an occasional literary reference thrown in. I would like to offer a world of rich imaginings, obviously, but I'm not quite up to that yet and may never be.

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And in the East! -- Galore Hill ( Southern Riverina, NSW). A familiar and favoured view.
ABOUT MOI: There's not much to say. (See above).
WHAT IS THE POINT THEN?: There was graffiti on the walls of Pompeii, people who could write have recorded their doings and thoughts in journals and diaries for ages. People with slightly more advanced capabilities write poems and plays and novels. The more musically inclined sing their songs, merry or sad. The artist draws or paints and the sculptor moulds his materials to express his vision. Generally speaking people have got to get what is inside out.  It is a strange compulsion in some ways but quite recognisably human, I suppose. I'm no expert.
SO WHAT'S ON HERE?: In the end it will be a magpie's collection, a reflection of the times, and, possibly, even an occasional lifting of the veil but it is hard to be certain about these things.