Harrowing, brutal, beautiful, the journey of 3 young boys from Guatemala to the the land of honey and freedom the US. The journey incorporated the the Mexican wall which I saw for the first time. I didn't know that one already existed. The director cut his teeth working with Ken Loach on Land and Freedom, and… Continue reading The Golden Dream – Film
Author: kalikellett
Traveller, habitual writer, dog walker, East Anglian, woodland owner
Science Cafe: Sex Art and Genes
February 2017 Professor Phil Gilmartin UEA and John Innes - Professor of Sciences. A fascinating talk about the PRIMULA VULGARIS - Common Primrose, and PRIMULA VERIS (Common Cowslip) which have two different and distinct styles of reproduction PIN FORM - a long pin like stamen with male pistils are half way down THURM FORM - Thrum… Continue reading Science Cafe: Sex Art and Genes
Monkey mind
And there it goes again the argument packaging the point of view chattering away all inside the head As I’m walking in a landscape the last 10 minutes of which I’ve passed unobserved. Unobserved the blossom of the wild pear, the death of a fly the impeachment of Trump As the chatter meanders like the river… Continue reading Monkey mind
Worth of Hales
Inspired by Corminboef by Robert Rehder Writing on a Saturday with Michael and Dean. 'Actually we're both international poets' says Dean with satirical humour. While he's to the Land of Trump for 12 days on a poetry workshop tour (inspired I think by the late Thomas Lux died too young), Michael is a day or… Continue reading Worth of Hales
Bobji
I collected the bundle of Bobji in a snow storm - an English one where nothing really settled, but it caused a mild flurry. Her first ever snow, her first journey in a motor car. Fixed by nervousness, she lay down in the cage. Kali, totally unaware of this revolution that was about to take… Continue reading Bobji
Obhama care
Trump two weeks
An exercise. These are bizarre unconventional times, with an avalanche of trumpeting tweets, executive orders trouncing over diplomatic politics, alternative facts which don't matter - or do they?, no time to draw breath, let alone digest, assimilate, protest, as the next arrow arrives. Effective strategy? Action of a sane man? Protectionism gone rampant? Uncomfortably similar to… Continue reading Trump two weeks
Moon
Sara and I are studying the moon, she's my moon buddy. She's good. Rigerous. And she has a better view than I in the woods, for she has a panorama out to sea. Our first joint revelation is that the moon rises in the east and sets in the west - ie same as the… Continue reading Moon
London with Rupert
Drove. Been a long time since I drove. Echo’s of Bob arrived early on, and take me by surprise. A man outside the North Circular waves we down “I am German, can you help me, i’ve broken down, and just need some money to get a taxi’ He starts to take off his ring I drove off,… Continue reading London with Rupert
Trump – the first 6 days
Saturday Jan 21 - Crowd numbers and Climate Climate change The major issue for discussion was the contradiction on crowd sizes, Obama v Trump. Dissent is rising. There was a Woman’s March on Washington, which drew hundreds of thousands around the world all the way from the US to the Arctic Web site altered -… Continue reading Trump – the first 6 days
