Author Archives: jonathan trustram

A walk in the woods,

Posted on February 24, 2022 by jonathan trustram

but first I passed the eventful hoarding at the end of the street. I was pleased to see that someone had torn a strip off one of the posters so that it read THE EAR INDEX. (I think it’s a … Continue reading →

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some photos, and a last goodbye to 2021

Posted on February 1, 2022 by jonathan trustram

bet you can’t guess why this person is smiling? Here’s why: See? Try it today. Everywhere I go I see pictures of people with stupid smiles. She’s in an advert for a departure lounge at Heathrow. The real people, also … Continue reading →

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a walk in South East London

Posted on January 5, 2022 by jonathan trustram

First I took the train from Stoke Newington to Liverpool Street and walked through our new little Manhattan off Bishopsgate to see the latest skyscrapers we used to call them and the weather was and has been for some time … Continue reading →

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garden notes no 36. sorry for my absence. some late spring/early summer flowers.

Posted on June 18, 2021 by jonathan trustram

The rains began two days ago and everything changed again. From just a few days ago… the end of spring – the heat is withering the thalictrum flowers, the welsh poppies seem fragile. You might remember the poppy last year … Continue reading →

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Garden Notes No 35, 2021, Echiums (the pain, the glory, the jealousy etc)

Posted on March 15, 2021 by jonathan trustram

I’m still looking for signs of life, finding it hard to believe that it’s dead. But every day it looks deader than the day before. The damage was done during that cold week in february, but at first it seemed … Continue reading →

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A litany of praise

Posted on March 1, 2021 by jonathan trustram

A slide show litany might be a way to overcome or avoid altogether the difficulties I’m having writing this piece, which is to follow on from my embarrassment at getting lost and being stuck in a little red car when … Continue reading →

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Olympus 5 – getting lost on the way to Ano Skotina, of walking and fairies

Posted on February 22, 2021 by jonathan trustram

My journey to the ‘sweet little cabin in the woods’ started well, I took Campanula incurva as a good omen. The road up into the hills leaves the coast here. Agamemnon is advertised. I was about to leave my guides … Continue reading →

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Drama

Posted on February 20, 2021 by jonathan trustram

But it’s not what you think. But it is another diversion before I finally confront my embarrassing and revealing little adventure at the back of Olympus. After staying for a few days in Litochoro and walking in the Papa Rema … Continue reading →

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skylarks

Posted on February 19, 2021 by jonathan trustram

…. and a post script to the last piece, which could go on and on but here’s just one interesting picture. By early May the snow on the ski runs on Parnassos has melted and the stony base of one … Continue reading →

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stepping aside from Olympus….

Posted on February 13, 2021 by jonathan trustram

… and from the story of my humiliation, which I want to be funny, because humiliation or at least embarrassment is amusing – it’s how you tell it of course – not just the humiliation but feelings of envy and … Continue reading →

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