Monday 7 January 2008

Three late Christmas photographs

That lovely early winter twilight:



But even medieval German kings need some fresh music on their CD players...



Outdoor skating. Here it looks wonderful – this young woman was certainly enjoying herself. But generally it looks like a war zone – people limping round as if trudging through snow drifts, their hands and faces blue with cold.

Thursday 3 January 2008

Trotsky said...

Apparently, Trotsky said, "Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man." It's odd that he didn't have the world-historical foresight to also add "or to a woman", but that's undoubtedly what he meant...