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.

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...