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Journal
‘Welcome’
13 November 2026
The one with the feelings Is just out of reach I'll prepare the table And set him a place I'll plump all the cushions And hope he will teach The meaning of kindness And living with grace. I've spent far too long In this place on my own I'll take […]
10 November 2026
In my twenties I had a very significant dream. A man had been buried under a vast area of concrete, the size of an airfield. The man was me. I had had a fairly conventional upbringing and education. I was an unexpressive little boy, but I wouldn't have stood out […]
Sonatas
9 November 2026
On one special occasion I bought the set of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas on compact disc,and two discs of piano sonatas by Schubert. I discovered that musicians who lived centuries before me knew the territory I was moving into in my own life. Beethoven's last piano sonata,opus 111,depicts a journey […]