April 29, 2009
Balance
Balance lies at the heart of a clock. No balance. No tick tock. No movement. No smile.
Simple.
See how balance can make you smile
Yours
March 6, 2009
Hold your Horses!
My 3-year old son is either a character in Narnia or Captain Hook himself. One theme runs through it all – FIGHTING!! Just hold your cardboard shield high and wield the sword. Hectic I tell you.
I read the Guardian this morning, Bank begins ‘printing money’ to fight slump. Friends in the professions tell me to advertize! advertize! There is clamour all around. The barbarians are on us. On their shields I can read Poverty and Depression as they come charging down the hill.
Hold your horses I say. Most of those marouders would have broken their own ankels long before they reach us. Just stand your ground and hold your horses.
Oh yes, and while you’re doing that why not feast your eye on this Kieninger from Germany?
Herman
March 3, 2009
See the Light
For all of us who know Johannesburg, Jeremy Clarkson’s article in the Sunday Times “I dare you to visit Johannesburg, the city for softies” and also its edited responses, were of real interest. He is a good laugh, knows how to stir the bees’ nest and run for cover.
I love Johannesburg – spent my whole childhood and early adult life there. As much as I believe that London has an awesome nightlife - I haven’t seen it rocking like Jo’burg. I will move back there tomorrow, or the next day.
I’ve also had my share of dodging bullets and out running car hijackers.
Most of all I thankfully recall countless Highveld sun rises touching the Monk’s Cowl.
Herman
February 25, 2009
Companions
A Mantelpiece clock on the fireplace mantel in the White House; a Floor clock next to the door inside the Oval Office.
Companions to power.
Herman
February 23, 2009
Clarity
I’ve been pre-occupied defending the castle folks. Fraudsters on ebay, Paypal and at an Expo in Johannesburg, all unrelated can you believe(!), trying to get their hands on what we hold dear. All in one week. Happy to say that they’re all driven out back to where they belong.
And this morning – Clarity, Lucidity, Purity stir in the shadows. Have a look at her – the Reuge Clara!!
“What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in you hand
Ah, what then?”
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge ~
Yours
Herman
