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Reaching Crisis Point
Yesterday, I was reminded of ‘Crisis’ four times… On Sunday, in church, considering fresh water and hygienic toilets, ‘The Great Stink’ of 1858 was mentioned… The London population had grown to 2.5 million… homes lacked flush toilets… 17th century sewers were old and inadequate… cholera outbreaks recurred… waste from homes, factories and slaughterhouses was discharged…
Water, Water, Everywhere…
Reading Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ I’ve come to the famous lines: Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.…
California Dreaming
I’ve been singing the old Mamas and Papa’s song ‘California Dreaming’ all week. I’d read about John and Michelle Philips writing it… living in New York… the cold winter… wishing they were back home in California… releasing the song in 1965… I remember it from my teenage years…. Then yesterday I heard the Petersens version:…
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