Tag Archives: utopia

the Greylag and Arcadia

Posted on May 27, 2025 by jonathan trustram

The landscape in lines, left to right as you walk under the railway bridge at the edge of the town: 1, railway line on a brambled embankment ; 2, damp pasture with reeds and sedge and a shallow lake in … Continue reading →

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the robin, herbivores in the garden, patriotism, utopia

Posted on October 27, 2020 by jonathan trustram

Bryn Terfel was on R3, a little caption speech for Mendelsohn’s ‘Elijah’ which he listened to at a concert years ago with ‘tears rolling down my cheeks’. I don’t think they roll, do they? not in the sense of turning … Continue reading →

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Garden Notes number 20 “wouldn’t it be great if it were like this all the time”

Posted on May 17, 2020 by jonathan trustram

I look at the side of your face as the sunlight comesStreaming through the window in the autumn sunshineAnd all the time going to Coney Island I’m thinking,Wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time.    … Continue reading →

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