
Autumn
So Autumn is here. Taking an early morning walk, I was reminded of this stanza:.
[Read more…]Poem: The Lake Isle of Innisfree

The Lake Isle of Innisfree is the work of W. B. Yeats, one of my favourite poets.
Why do I like this poem?
A summer heatwave

We are currently enduring an unrelenting heatwave. It’s lasted days. We expect a thunderstorm tonight. Never so eagerly have I awaited one. And I suspect I’m not alone.
Stories from my walks – van Reigersbergenstraat

I was curious about this street because it is named after someone who is described simply as the wife of someone else.
Surely that cannot have been the only thing noteworthy about Maria van Reigersbergen.
So who was she, really?
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