Author: basgallop

mattress

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bad back… order new mattress… lumbago twinge lugging upstairs… ah the spiral cycles of life gyre
where are off spring when you need to lug a pocket sprung mattress? eh! some excuse about being off at uni… kids!
nothing more ROCK than a new orthopedic sleep thang!
anyway its amazing… they come vacuum packed! i had no idea… rolled up its about one billionth of its eventual size (slight exaggeration)
then it literally bursts into being… i can see where they got the idea for the big bang creation of the universe now
The literature promises ‘its more breathable than clouds’… yes cloud breath!?
right sunshine! what be that? best be out in it
ooh is the the ‘Rock Horns’ like the V-sign and mean something totally different the other way around? fluffy kitten cuddles or somesuch?

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‘in life, although we can’t have the life we expect, we can add a color to our life, perhaps a comfortable mattress, a fun pillow, a creative home decoration. Both can enrich our lives, and all this is in our own hands.’
inspiring! snoozy osbourne?

the great boing into being

lawks, yes, i do find my own posts somewhat annoying! partly i think that its just this facebook contraption is wearying… tho there is a fizz and a zing to be found in words. enthralling

so far as backs go, more yoga! have tended to neglect it whilst sitting and staring forlornly at computer for work… necessary… but some balance in all things

tetris falls

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Tetris Falls, UK, 2020… PROOF, as if any were needed, the MATRIX is CRUMBLING!
Doom encroaches… ignore the doofus in the foreground, rather observe the peculiar, suspiciously regular shaped rocks behind!
the universe is pixellated… if you dare to venture to the margins…
and seaford is WAY beyond any responsible boundary… the orthodontal decay is indisputable… ibid ‘Hancock, Sheldrake, McKenna 2012’
bafflement and confusion!… quite literally, the best way to soothe the power of any wave is to break it up, get it to reflect then interfere with itself
as true for eggshell box sound insulation, as for concrete coastal defence against erosion
i’ve always loved these geometric sea bollards… they make me think of the now retro futurism of the 60’s, the 70’s…
on a family holiday, we drove the long swoop of the grand corniche to monte carlo…
and these bits of lego were everywhere… barbican barbarella bar bar ram

morphicically resonating aside, i’m currently enjoying one of the younger sheldrakes mushroom audio books

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*footnote… of waffle interest only to me… ibid… latin ‘of the same source’… obviously used incorrectly above, as there’s only one bibliographic reference…
but have always yearned to type ‘ibid’, just so i can feel the frisson of momentarily belonging to the world of fusty academia.
the word always makes me think of thoth… misconstruing it as ibis… and the moon god thoth is of course sacred to scribes

tomatoes

tomatoes, in late october? the 3 month glut continues…
of course by now they contrive to be both leathery and fluffy, less of the much longed for succulent sweetness of summer,
more of the ‘oh well might as well munch another’ but still thoroughly palatable
being somewhat of a late bloomer myself, kindred sympathy
frrling somewhat troll like this autumn (feeling! but frrrrling probably catches it better), where can’t be bothered, mingles with exhaustion, reluctance and slumber
… yes me with my shimmer and swagger, ha… but hey curmudgeonly stubborness has its place… looks out the window again… may well go back to bed
oh and astonishingly Finn is 24 today! gobsmacking!

too much red eye in the snap?

octopus

Aw such a wonderful, beautiful, profoundly intimate story of a relationship between two genius creatures (man and octopus) and the nuanced, calibrated world of the kelp forests…
If you love the sea, or are just cephalopod like curious about the world watch it!
Thanks to the many friends who recommended

just the trailer for blog

toots

as much Gospel as Reggae… a song seemingly around forever

and yet before today i never quite knew it was about a barometer… when the pressure drops a hurricane is coming.. meteorological instruments rule!

“It’s a song about revenge, but in the form of karma: If you do bad things to innocent people, then bad things will happen to you. The title was a phrase I used to say. If someone done me wrong, rather than fight them like a warrior, I’d say: ‘The pressure’s going to drop on you.'”— Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert

sunny day vibes go gentle

pebble

‘pebble with fingers’
i love the way pebbles just loll about doing nothing… forever… obdurate gobstoppers of eternity!
this eye like beach find, nary a blink in all the years i’ve had it
beach smoothed, soused by waves, jostled with its kin, until silken to the touch, finger invisible but for the gentle weight of its heft and clout
ah the natural human necessity for story, to tether all things in the weave of narrative… stones tho cheerfully endure and out live these concerns…
‘doing ma thing, the big no thing!’
can imagine our forebears, loitering on these shores, waist deep, sea waded, harvesting mussels and barnacles into reed woven baskets
one stops, stoops, plucks just such a stone, to take back to the shelter.. there is never a why… this definably human characteristic, discernment,
‘that stone, no need for others’, beguiled by intrigue, creatures of slender delight, beauty and whim
…. oops late for work, but do enjoy the opportunity to bilge! ha… laterzzz

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‘obdurate gobstoppers of eternity’… lawks where was my head at… a phrase to roll around the mouth, like a pebble, or, erm a gobstopper
are all languages so synesthesia onomatopoeic? try saying the word ‘boulder’ and not touch/taste/feel a huge globular stone nestled within your yawning maw

ha! thanks!… i think… i know there’s is a always a dictum/homily for ‘plain speaking’, yet if your nature is to be an obfuscator-y psued, well then, best embrace it!
… preferable to being an obscure prude?
if you have nowt to say, then cover that bluster with a grandiloquent crescendo
tho, as the world is frequently about patterning, more like a beaky beady crow, here see these words lined up in a row? peck, scuttle, peck… rearrange them… just so
anyway hope your enjoying these blackberry and elderberry filled days! xx

i was actually thinking about buddha, zen gardens, the stones all Reiki-ed into rows

my kids usually just smile kindly and indulgently, whilst muttering ‘doofus’ under their breath… often an appropriate response