Today's posts

Robert Burns’ ‘To a Mouse’ is a marvel of unforced rhyme.  Not a word is out of place.  His phrase ‘of mice and men’ was borrowed by Steinbeck years later.  ‘To a Spider’ is a humble tribute to the master.

‘The Tall Girl from Somerset.’     Henry ambles on.  Being retired he has plenty of time to do this. I suppose he just needs someone to listen to him.