Henry Anderson
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Frederick Judd Waugh, Looking West, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1896, Watercolour
Along the way to the Coldrum Long Barrow built six thousand summers ago.
Remembering Terry Pratchett and his gifted storytelling - satirical, humorous and profound, born on this day 1948 and gone too soon. - “Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”
New short story. A gripping tale of the far future - Leviathan. A flying ship ventures on a secret voyage beyond the mapped edges of New Berlin. Gentleman adventurer Hanna and helmsman Krebb fight for their lives in a quest that could save-or doom—humanity. mybook.to/NewBerlin1Le...
Earlier. 6000 years ago old, the Coldrum Stones lie near the Pilgrims’ Way. In his ‘Antiquities of Cornwall’, published in 1754, William Borlas stated that the name ‘Coldrum’ came from the Cornish word ‘Galdrum’ meaning ‘a place of enchantment.’ Someone (not me) left a small satsuma as an offering.
"Rise of Krampus" is out! 1862. It’s after visiting hours at the Cape Misfortune Asylum - but a visitor has turned up nonetheless. Is he the terrifying Krampus of local folklore - or a madman escaped from the isolation ward? Either way, his story is beyond belief! mybook.to/RiseofKrampus
@kafkaboots.bsky.social This 1850 daguerreotype made me think of you for some reason.
Reading The Poems of Seamus Heaney, lovingly edited by my old tutor Bernard O’Donoghue. A huge book.
Earlier. Six thousand years old, the Coldrum Stones in Kent. In his ‘Antiquities of Cornwall’ book published in 1754, William Borlas stated that the name ‘Coldrum’ came from the Cornish word ‘Galdrum’ meaning ‘a place of enchantment.’
A local moongate, possibly also an interdimensional portal to those "in the know".
