I am the father of 5 children, the grandfather of 3 children and friend to Charlie an 11 year old black labrador. My wife is Irish and I am English though my father was an orphan, so who knows. I worked for the Open University for 30 years teaching history, linguistics and literature. I enjoy reading poetry and novels, history and philosophy. I also like walking, swimming, travelling and watching cricket.
Redemption comes at such a cost
Freezing winds off the Irish sea
Blow me away from hearth and home
At such a cost - loss pressing on loss -
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Light waves to Schrödinger's cat,
it does not matter
if a particular particle's partiality
parts from the classical concept
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Notre Dame's Gothic aspiration
Became a symbol of the French nation.
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