City-ravaging Odysseus
The dark side of Odysseus, the luminous hero. Capable of such delicacy, sincerity, loyalty, he is also often merciless and...
Insubstantial rock-hard durability
The durability of things and of cultures intrigues me; and particularly when those artefacts are themselves physically fragile or insubstantial.
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Sea-battered island
A perfect spot for a hermit, even more so in the seventh century.
'... a hermit living on...
Intimate with hugeness
A wonderful way to describe bobbing on the sea close to the sheer cliffs of the islands, and edging towards still,...
Rock-hole glory
A memorable image of a glorious, dreadful creature hanging out in weather-gouged holes in rocks.
'Nothing can really...
Acorn-bearing boughs
This is the season of acorn crunching paths, after the boughs have released them. A couple of times on my...
Rubber-suited whale
Puffins are lovable partly for their curiosity and quirkiness. Here Nicolson imagines them trying to figure out what manner of...
Monstrous-beautiful Sirens
The prelude to the monstrous-destructive obstacles Odysseus has to overcome, or bypass, to reach home.
'After the monstrous-beautiful Sirens, Odysseus...
Sky-reflecting lake
From a marvelous history of a garden, the idea of lakes made by man simply to reflect the sky.Â
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Milk-blue sky
I hope you find time, now and then, to lie in the long grass while birds fly above you, and...
Glittering as though sugared
Ah yes, that's how it looks when you have those dancing sparkles on the sea's surface. I like the extension...
Moments of ecstatic ease
Nicolson challenges our perceptions of people in the past, what they felt and what motivated them to embark on often...
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