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The plunging of joy vs the joy of plunging

16/02/2019by thelongview 12 Comments

Our honge tree is laughing! Having got that off my chest: I’ve talked, ad nauseum, about the joy of the outdoor life. But for the last two months, various things […]

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Farming, Housekeeping, Poem

Old stones: the leopard and the guitar

02/11/2018by thelongview 3 Comments

I came across this natural formation today. Can you see the leopard? Thanks to my friend Kajoli for pointing out that it is holding a guitar. Oh leopard set in […]

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Animals, Guitar, Nature, Old stones, Photos, Poem, Rocks

To moong and ragi, siblings in a field

28/05/2018by thelongview 5 Comments

There was a hasty woman Who ploughed some crooked lines And she planted out some ragi And some moong beans looking craggy, And they all grew together in the crooked […]

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Farming, Poem

No cook, no clean

23/04/2018by thelongview 1 Comment

April rebellion No cook, no clean No scrub, no dust No chop, no feed No wash, no sweep No mop, no fry No provisioning No enter house, no what, no […]

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Farming, Housekeeping, Poem, Trees

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