Ben Tye

Glorious swim day and a chilly but pleasant 8C in the water. Warm in the sun afterwards.

Ha! Mine is on the way from SoundOhm.

I suspect I shall look back in the future and consider the period of my life from 2016 as The Backlisted Years. Through much change, the pod, you, Nicky, John and all the guests has been a steady companion. Thankyou.

Fab! I shall listen later.

Books on a table. The Maximus Poems. C. Olson; Butterick’s guide to the Maximus Poems. The Secret of the Black Chrysanthemum by Charles Stein. Alchemy by Phillip Ball. With a pencil nearby.

A rare chance at some time able to read properly on a Sunday afternoon.

Soul cleanse

My favourite bitter. Cheers!

The amazing churches of Pierre Pinsard
No 3: Église Notre Dame de la Plaine, Oyonnax
Designed 1965. Completed 1970 #PinsardChurch

We have the same cat.

Morgen! Looks fabulous.

Nuts in May on BBC FOUR tonight.

Yes please!

Me on Dial-A-Poem in 2024 in NYC.

Don't often eat breakfast out. This was a lovely treat. I should do it more ofte.

😂😂

R. S. Thomas

“This morning I discovered the newborn year on my doorstep, begging to be welcomed into the house. I hesitated a moment for fear of what might come in its wake. But it continued to plead until I picked it up, not out of pity, but because I had to.”

(‘Autobiographies: A Year in Llŷn’)

What a glorious day for the final swim of the year. Wonderful stuff!

Will try and find one!

Sharing with @andrewpopp.bsky.social 😀

Bardot was a deeply unpleasant misanthrope for decades. Its almost proverbial in France. Makes all the weepy profiles baffling to be honest. I don't think she was a beloved celebrity, more a notorious weirdo.

Watched Stalker FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. Having got the Criterion Blu Ray for Christmas. W loved it.

Hackney marshes and Lea Valley long walk. Lovely.

Chilly swim at the pond. The Heath was quieter than I expected.

Wow. Looks delicious. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Merry Christmas everyone. Wishing you all good health and happiness xx

I’d laugh, but have just spent the last hour arranging three bud vases on our tiny table. What monster have I become?!?!

If you haven't already fallen down a @peteralanross.bsky.social sized sinkwell of wonder and imagination, do yersel a favour.

Take some time out this Sunday. The bastard writes like a feverdream.

A square painting: cream background with a Mondrian-like arrangement of vertical and horizontal lines in black and red interspersed with blue shadows and grey standing stones.

Avebury Series No. 4 (1973) by Derek Jarman.

I'm sorry, but 'yer da shouts at hotels' is the best sticker ever made