in which scholem and borges meet to discuss the golem

 'if it had been possible to build the tower of babel without climbing it, it would have been allowed' 

- franz kafka, 19 November 1917. (a variant on this aphorism was published in parables and paradoxes in 1946). 

and in 1969 scholem and borges met to discuss the golem in israel - so says the alberto manguel (which is going well). 

alberto manguel packing my library / unpacking my library walter benjamin

yesterday horsemouth walked over to ewyas harold to buy some fakemeat, baked beans and cheese (and the hereford times). the weather is absolutely gorgeous (and will be for the next week or so) until friday 23rd when it just starts raining more. 

today probably a wander up the hill to deliver eggs. 

plantwatch

looks like the nasturtiums in the pots are on their way to flowering. the nasturtiums and buttercups round the raised beds have flowered and look good together. 

horsemouth has planted more beetroot seedlings and some spring onion seeds. the runner beans are climbing up the poles.

the broad bean plant and the marrows? no real improvement.

the peas in the raised beds are looking more cheerful.

a few stray potato plants are growing here and there. 

the gooseberries are well on their way and the plums and damsons have begun. 

there are some (small) peppers on one of the pepper plants in the conservatory. he has some pepper plant seedlings growing  in the greenhouse. 

his mum was asking where the potatoes should be planted, horsemouth is unsure, he's running out of space even though not that much is coming up yet. 

very little that he has planted directly as seed seems to be coming up but the stuff that he starts in the green house seems to be doing ok. 

it has been a very dry spring with little rainfall. the water butts round the house are empty, horsemouth will probably have to use commons water to get him through to when it starts raining again. 

hazelnuts - horsemouth thinks there will be a few. 

there are (of course) many more things growing but they are not edible and horsemouth doesn't know the names of them.