Spring…..‘Tapes of Stones’…. Thought for Today….
by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 23 February 2023
Spring…
Frogspawn in the pond……
Snowdrops…
…and Crocuses…
…..flowering in the meadow.
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The Plants Who Teach Me All I Know
The plants, who teach me all I know,
have shown me it is part of life
to be frozen and formless
in the dark below.
Dying, the thing that we most dread,
each year they readily embrace:
I bow to them, my friends the plants,
who shed their forms with such good grace.
They give themselves to winter's night,
and then, when all's completely lost,
from dark and cold they rise again
and strive, strive, strive for the light.
From 'Soul Gardening' by Jeremy Naydler
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‘Tapes of Stones’….
A truly exceptional blog post from Urban Pre-historian Kenny Brophy….
https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2023/02/21/tapes-of-stones/
Where do I begin with my tuppenceworth’s? So much in this piece chimes with me - it sent me off all over the place – geographically and mythologically. Thinking, thinking, thinking….
‘Real‘ Stones and ‘Fake’ Stones?....
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/04/09/real-stones-and-fake-stones/
The images of Men an Tol - it’s one of those places…..
https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/04/06/a-bit-of-cornish-archaeology/
I’d never come across Barbara Hepworth’s ‘Forms in Echelon’ – thank you Kenny!
Though – I have seen Barbara Hepworth’s work in association with ‘Magic Stones’….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/09/12/stone-balls-supplemental/
Bryn Celli Ddu……
https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/04/20/the-irish-connection-among-others/
Plus….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2022/05/01/more-neolithic-connections/
When is a Dolmen not a Dolmen?....
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/10/05/when-is-a-dolmen-not-a-dolmen/
In Susan Cooper’s ‘Over Sea and Under Stone….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16126
In Orkney, there are tales of Standing Stones which ‘walk’ on certain dates….
http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/giants/walkstones.htm
Hmmmm?..…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EBJRZyIv6Q
A lot of links – that’s because this is mainly to bring your attention to Kenny Brophy’s piece and I’m just…… adding my tuppenceworth’s.
PS
Just remembered this...
https://theorkneynews.scot/2018/06/08/the-western-isles-or-there-and-back-again-xi/
See pic of 'Two Old Ladies Admiring The View' ... but which is which?
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Thought for Today….
Russia & China make un-easy bed-fellows…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-64726329 . I doubt that this is an association based on a belief in mutual benefit – more likely opportunism.
I’m reminded of writing this… https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/02/04/letter-bully-boys/
One thing which very much puzzles me is that Mr Putin claims that the war in the Ukraine is to ‘de-Nazify’ that country – yet, as far as I can tell – the Russian military are behaving just as the Nazis did in the nations of Eastern Europe during the Second World War - basically - carrying out genocide.
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Here’s one I made earlier…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/07/03/thank-goodness-for-music/
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