And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. Thursday, 30 October 2014.

As I engrossed myself in view and thought, I found that the poor creature had died of thirst beside a stream of water, and of hunger in the midst of a rich field, cradle of life; like a rich man locked inside his iron safe, perishing from hunger amid heaps of gold. More was said, but my misted eyes and crying should prevented further sight or hearing.

An online library about art, philosophy, culture etc. 03 末代皇帝華倫天奴Valentino, The Last Emperor.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012. We have a nice clean boat. One day we stopped at an extremely interesting museum which was owned by an elderly couple and housed their collection of minerals, fossils, coral, sand and shells, which they had gathered during their travels around the world. They explained about the development of the earth and how all the different coloured minerals etc were formed. Barry eating his favourite cake from the pattisierre.