‘No word of complaint ever passes his lips, however, for he is one of the aristocrats of the spirit – the poor artist who wishes for nothing but a chance to create.’
The Joy of Norman Battle Tactics
Norman battle tactics
Weren’t particularly kind
And weren’t very healthy
For body, soul and mind
While the archers could do range
The calvary got about
So the lance hit the spot
And the arrow took you out
To exhaust horses
English climb a hill
Weak trajectory of arrow
Might help them get a kill
Normans pretend to flee
English chase fast
But back on even land
And now armed, with just an axe…
…the injured go down
Destiny is soon found
As a hundred soldier hooves
Trample English to the ground
Harold and Co. ill prepared
So the Battle of Hastings goes
If only they had the longbow
To help ease all their woes
Viking settlers
And Franks agree
Winning battles
Is easy
Anglo-Saxon pain
And suffering for their boys
Could not take away
Norman Battle Tactic Joys
Quote of the Week
‘Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.’
Quote of the Week
‘No easy flowery path leads to any place worth arriving at.’
First Month Fears
You are the first month of the year
You represent hope
Is that too romantic?
Is it a trope?
Are you forgiven because you are near?
Are you hated because you are here?
January, you offer so much
In the stakes
Eleven more months
To make mistakes
We buy into the twelve month thing
We buy into time if we dare
Seasons are truthful
Can’t lie there
But
It’s all one big year really
Look at the big picture
Four seasons
That’s all we really need to know
As Johnny Logan used to say
Don’t take it too seriously
Take this year day by day.
Quote of the Week
‘Good things will come again, and we’ll have whisky galore.’
Quote of the Week
‘I wasn’t the least bit disappointed that Santa didn’t exist. On the contrary, I was thrilled that my parents would do this for me; that it wasn’t someone else who gave me all these things. It was them.’
Another Llama Christmas
There Must Be A Way
Crack in the pavement
Pothole in the path
Snag in the scheme
Rejection on the road
Obstruction on the line
Blockage on the bearing
Travail on the trail
Occlusion in the tube
There must be a way of moving on
Hold up on the motorway
Prevention of the plan
Hurdle at the course
Exclusion on the highway
Barricade on the street
Hinderance on the route
Blockage on the beat
Hazard in the formula
There must be a way of moving on
Jam at the junction
Crisis in the crossing
Interference at the intersection
Clot in the system
Tear in the tactic
A Shut Out in approach
Concealment on the course
A Joke at the joining
There must be a way of moving on.
Quote of the Week
‘All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad strengthens by exercise.’
Things In My Head 