Graybeard's Blog

The Art of Communication

Russell Hoban

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language ... even when they speak the same language?

Communication is a difficult art. How can we be sure

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Horatius

Shortened Version

The legend of Horatius at the bridge appears in many classical authors, most notably in Livy. Already immortal in literature, Horatius was augmented in modern fame by Thomas Babington Macaulay’s poem, Horatius at the Bridge. The Romans revolted against the Etruscan domination of Rome and threw off the rule of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the last king, in favor of a republic.

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Beach Burial


Softly and Humbly to the Gulf of Arabs,
The convoys of dead sailors come;
At night they sway and wander in the waters far under,
But morning rolls them in the foam.

Between the sob and clubbing of the gunfire
Someone, it seems, has time for this,
To pluck them from the shallows and bury them in burrows
And tread the sand upon their nakedness;

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Calcutta 1977

The Monkey Man and the Ball of Hash

This is a true story, of minimal interest, that paints the street life, tragic and humorous, of Calcutta in 1977. I include some photos of the characters of those far off days taken on a small cheap kodak 110 instamatic. The Photos

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H.G. Wells

Science is a match that man has just got alight. He thought he was in a room - in a moment of devotion, a temple - and that his light would be reflected from and display walls inscribed with wonderful secrets and pillars carved with philosophical systems wrought into harmony.

It is a curious sensation, now that the preliminary sputter is over and the flame burns up clear, to see his

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