No.204

WISE MEN SAY

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
(Cecil Beaton)

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THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS

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POETRY FOR PLEASURE

The Rose
by Amanda McBroom

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless aching need.

I say love, it is a flower,
And you it's only seed.
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken,
Who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been to long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong,
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose.

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JOHN’S GALLERY

Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop’s Garden
by John Constable (1776-1837)

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This slide show "King of the Fairies"has been devised and uploaded by the Hungarian folk artist Arany Zoltan



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A QUOTE FOR 80 PLUS

The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. (H.L.Mencken)

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