Verba mea auribus percipe Domine, intellige clamorem meum.
Intende voci orationis meæ, Rex meus et Deus meus.
Quoniam ad te orabo: Domine mane exaudies vocem meam.
Mane astabo tibi et videbo: quoniam non Deus volens iniquitatem tu es.
Neque habitabit iuxta te malignus: neque permanebunt iniusti ante oculos tuos.
Odisti omnes, qui operantur iniquitatem: perdes omnes, qui loquuntur mendacium. Virum sanguinum et dolosum abominabitur Dominus:
ego autem in multitudine misericordiæ tuæ. Introibo in domum tuam: adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum in timore tuo.

A principle isn't a principle until it costs you something.

TEACH A WOMAN TO SEW, CLOTHE HER FOR A LIFETIME.

TEACH A MAN, HE'LL TEACH HIS ACQUAINTANCES, START A BUSINESS, AND PRETTY SOON AN ENTIRE VILLAGE IS ON THE MEND.

An ad from Oxfam.

Who thinks it's outrageously sexist?

A WEEK IN PROSPECT

Laytham
Breakfast Club
London
Amsterdam
London
Somerset
Laytham
A large bill for the Range Rover.

HIS COY MISTRESS?

TODAY'S MENU

Roasted aubergine, onion, new potatoes,and pine kernels with mint and feta. Very unctuous and nice, whilst still reasonably light. A good antidote to several very carnivorous days.

Beetroot, blood orange and balsamic salad.

A salad of rocket, lambs lettuce, black olives, celery, nuts and cucumber.

Chateau Musar 2002.

A key lime cheesecake.

L'ENFER C'EST LES AUTRES

HRD
RIP

BUSH

I'm a fan of portraiture.
I came across this remarkable protrait recently, of George Bush, by Siegfried Woldhek. You can see more of his work at http://blog.woldhek.nl/