In Devon, gates are for . . .
. . . looking over, especially when they are at the end of your road.
Thought for life
- 'We are the carriers of lives and legends - who knows the unseen frescoes on the private walls of the skull?' The House of Breath William Goyen, 1975
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Eileen Chang: Lust, Caution: And Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
Richard Benson: The Farm: The Story of One Family and the English Countryside
Barbara Comyns: Our Spoons Came from Woolworths (Virago Modern Classics)
Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Estate (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
Peter Y. Sussman (Editor): Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
Charlotte Mosley (Editor): Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
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Annabel Venning: Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and Present
John Humphrys: Lost for Words: The Mangling and Manipulating of the English Language
John Humphrys: Beyond Words: How Language Reveals the Way We Live Now
Paul Theroux: Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China
Ruth Scurr: Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution
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Jane Alexander: Spirit of the Home: How to Make Your Home a Sanctuary
Miriam Kasin Hospodar: Heaven's Banquet: Vegetarian Cooking for Lifelong Health the Ayurveda Way
Pema Chodron: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Robin Robertson: The Sacred Kitchen: Higher Conciousness Cooking for Health and Wholeness
Vicki MacKenzie: Cave in the Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
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Looks so inviting. Is there a bull just around the corner or can one walk through and admire the view?
Posted by:Juliet | May 22, 2008 at 07:54 PM
Well, knowing you, Juliet, you'd probably take a chance. But if you were unlucky, the running would help keep you in tip-top condition for your Race for Life. Great to see the donations coming in . . .
Posted by:60 Going on 16 | May 22, 2008 at 08:14 PM
That's a nice view! It's funny, but seeing a view over a gate like that always brings to mind that poem of William Henry Davies', called 'Leisure'. It begins - 'What is this life, if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?'
Posted by:Jay | May 22, 2008 at 08:28 PM