WHY I GO NOWHERE : #1 - WEYMOUTH'S WHITE HORSE/S

White horses out in force all along the bay this a'noon. & on distant hills, one can make-out KING GEORGE riding OUT of Weymouth - some would say - GOOD RIDDANCE. Georgie, of course, should have been depicted riding majestically INTO our town - for his summer sojourn. It is not summer yet - probably, summer came and went some weeks ago !  ON this last day of APRIL, are we on the threshold of a "proper" summer ? i wonder. Is it too much to hope for in England ?

THE SUN is out today, and y'days dire greyness, gales and rain has been replaced by these beautiful, WHITE HORSES, all-be-they still driven by a less-fierce weather system, before my eyes on Weymouth beach, heralding, i wonder what ? Will OLYMPIAN SAILORS be welcomed by an adoring sun and the locals ?....£10 to get into the NOTHE GARDENS !...Losing-out to McDONALD'S and WALLS ICE CREAM...exclusive franchises during this Olympian Festival ! Just who will be the winners, on and off the water ?

BUT i am not a "local", i am an interloper - only bin 'ere 27 years. A "real" local, tells me, she can trace her family tree back over 400 years, was it ? - That's what qualifies as "LOCAL" ! And the long-gone roadside sign out of Weymouth, on THE RIDGEWAY, on the old Roman Road to Dorchester read - "WELCOME TO THE NORTH".....when you live in Weymouth, Dorchester is that far away - another world !   CERTAIN personal incapacities, over the last 30/40 years, means i do not have a passport. And what need for one now ?... except that i really owe it to my elder brother in OZ, to see exactly where he has been these last 40+ years - to at least reciprocate his many visits to "my" Weymouth, here in DORSET. i do not think i will ever be unseated from my rapture of Weymouth's WHITE HORSE/S, in the BAY ,on days like these - NO WONDER i GO NOWHERE !

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P.S. After beach walk and getting caught in the surf to catch a photo opportunity, i end-up at COSTA COFFEE in St.MARY STREET and have a huge triple-esspresso-decaff. with soya milk, and some oh-so-beautiful, but oh-so-unhealthy, little crispy biscuits. and i am oh-so happy to be sitting HERE circa 5P.M....

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there's blossoms up 'road...

blossoms

blossoms

blossoms

& the road

all wet

with rain

goldcroft road - weymouth - sunday afternoon

29 / april / 2012

in the pouring rain

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NEIL YOUNG in Weymouth

Neil Young really hit it in the early '70's : 4 brilliant albums - "AFTER THE GOLD RUSH", "HARVEST", "TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT", and the one that really caught my attention - "ON THE BEACH"....and in Weymouth you cannot get away from it...and it is the best beach around for miles. Whenever i stroll the sands, or cycle along the sea-wall..WHEREVER ...Weymouth is definitely defined by its huge stretch of sand. John Cowper Powys, of course, wrote that classic - WEYMOUTH SANDS - yet here am i remembering Neil Young....and it is all because of them seagulls, always watching and waiting for scraps, chips....etcetera...

...and what are those crows looking at ? Just one little yacht does not make it The Olympics just yet....and me ....? Well, "i'm just sitting here on the beach ..........but those seagulls are out of reach.....GET OUT OF TOWN, think i'll get out of town."  Anyways, i'm sitting on a deckchair with my pineapple and passion fruit pot from ASDA....and Neil Young's lyrics continue to circulate...

....Day after day, happy to be in Weymouth. One should not search outside of self (microcosm) for happiness. And now i will not look outside of Weymouth (macrocosm) for happiness....Utterly settled and content. It has taken 64 years !!

Easy when one has this...

....and this...

....or this...

....and to quote Bolinas poet, JOANNE KYGER.....

...ALL THIS EVERY DAY....

(only in WEYMOUTH !!)

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radipole dawning....(strictly) for the birds....

.....and 'trane sounds passed by.....

&

 nado biked by.....

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local reflections - #1 after the rain

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ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT...

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All of a sudden, after my usual warm water and lemon when i get up, i remembered the 2 bags of "blood oranges" i'd not unpacked from yesterday morning's shopping. i had been in a hurry - in and out - to go catch one of our once-every-two-hours bus service into town. Drinking the juice - about 330mls - was a welcome change from the meusli i've been having these past few mornings. But talk of MOCHI on facebook with Kymberlee Frame, i did think of miso soup with mochi, in this return-to-winter weather of ours. We have had forewarning of the coldest MAY for 100 years !!!.....so watch this space for talk of Miso soup recipes, or talk of Miso generally. i do have lots of Miso and lots to talk about !!!!

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(inside fridge, miso will keep indefinitely)

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UNTITLED...

(i)

w/out words
small lights
lead the way

(ii)

quiet steps
immense intervals
on stairs

(iii)

spring night
considering birdsong &
puddles of rain

(iv)

excursions into
the night sky
moment by moment

(v)

only God could
stop these thoughts
stop this music

(vi)

hermit daydreams
not looking
not listening

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april / 2012 golden goji hermitage.

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drifting thru dorchester

i

really

don't

know

clouds

at

all

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sunday - dorchester mainly inhabited by crazy clouds.

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