Category Archives: Birds/birdsong

In the Face of the Unknowable

Posted on May 5, 2021 by besonian

The highest that man can attain is Wonder…. (Goethe) Then wonder – that the wonder of these things is a mirror to the innermost you.

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Listen to the Birds

Posted on January 20, 2020 by besonian

I will remember the December just gone as having been mostly grey and grim. And wet. On many days, in the little park below my kitchen window, the leaden skies seemed to hang so low they could hardly have been … Continue reading →

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Making a mess, aren’t we?

Posted on May 9, 2018 by besonian

We’re making a mess of this, aren’t we? After thousands of years of conflict, we – the human race – are still at it. One nation argues with another, drops bombs on another. (What, in the final analysis, is a … Continue reading →

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Again I say it – the human race is insane.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by besonian

1. Dawn over London At about seven o’clock this morning I spent a few minutes looking out on the scene from my kitchen window. As I’ve said elsewhere in this blog, I live in a flat on the sixth floor. It overlooks … Continue reading →

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