Richmond Park Muse

"...and she was just going to spring over, when she heard a deep sigh, which seemed to come from the wood behind her."

~Alice in Wonderland

We spent a few lovely hours in Richmond Park. A sumptuous green wonderland full of paths, stags and room for thought. You could walk it for years and still find something new, a hidden lake, a quaint English lodge, hollow trees large enough to hold an avid reader with a soaring imagination. I was dragged willingly from screen and keyboard; slowly shaking off the thoughts of the day as they clung on, merging with reality: Scene 1, Ext. Richmond Park, two friends walk gingerly upon...
and of course you simply release here, talk when you want and enjoy the silence when you feel it. The camera came along, resulting in the photograph above. One ought to find places like this as often as possible. Embrace the heady gift of nature.

Why can't she sleep?

Did I have coffee today? I think not, nothing stronger than a Red Bull.... it's never worked before. Note to self, stop buying Red Bull. Second Note to self, stop typing notes to self.

I remembered the part in Alice in Wonderland where Alice chances upon the Queen's (the one that was simply a card) subjects, who are painting the white rose tree, red - satirical and amusing, reread the book, and if you haven't already got it then go to project gutenberg and read it there:

"Would you tell me, please," said Alice, a little timidly, "why you are painting those roses?".....

So I had to paint and the result was this rather large canvas above.

Things to do before you're thirty

1) Start an anonymous blog

It is nearly 4am in London and I am just tired enough to keep this one short and sweet, well, sweet perhaps:

Dear God, I hope I enjoy this 'blog'. The word itself sounds cartoon-like but I hope the entries will be anything but otherwise. They ought to involve writing, travel, memories, dreams and truth.

This is an anonymous one, for the most part. I doubt my friends could find me here. Not that I don't want that, but it will be fun for a while to play hide and seek and write quietly....
So this is me Clarity in Wonderland, quoting Lewis Carroll (real name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, really):

"Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?''
"Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

~Alice in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)