john.reeves @ tryst-cottage.net
with Maureen & Archie, a citizen of
Stoke
Mandeville, Buckinghamshire and of
Montedinove (AP), Le Marche, Italy
No, it's
not actually me
though a trivial likeness has been commented upon by a few -
it's
Morgante ( a dwarf at Cosimo Medici's court) - I'm at the bottom
of the page!
Some
Images
Images from My Italy 2005 - 2020
A few
favourite articles, quotations
and amusements
A
wonderful , mellifluous passage by Bertrand
Russell setting humanity, imho, firmly in its rightful place plus some
other quotations I treasure
Some more
quotations I like to keep
A marvellous piece by Loren Eiseley about man's solitude in the universe
A Declaration by John Stuart Mill
Confessions of a Heretic - viz Ray
Billington
A summary of Rethinking Life and Death by Peter
Singer (a most important book imho - read it)
Article - The Sanctity of Life by Peter Singer
(read him - what he says is important imho)
Dear Dr Laura
A
love poem, author unknown to me I'm
afraid
Great lines from Red Dwarf
On a Memorable Performance of
Spontini's La Vestale, by Bernard Levin
Listen
to Gladys laying into a car dealer
The repository for Old John's, world famous, Christmas Almanac - for aficionados only
One's
age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful.
Hard
work at either extremity of life seems out of place.
At
midday the sun may burn, and men labour under it;
but
the morning and evening should be alike, calm and cheerful.
Thomas Arnold
updated May 2022
Archie - our beautiful Skye Terrier
Flora (1998 - 2010)
Highlands Roadtrip April 2019
Blackwell, Windermere - The Arts & Crafts House 2022 (images are not brilliant, unfortunately)
