different lives, different lands

'I would like to live different lives, in different lands.'  - fernando pessoa, 2nd november 1933. 

horsemouth has turned the page on various calendars

 - he feels little better. 

interestingly enough e.h. shepherd illustrated both wind in the willows  and winnie the pooh. (so there's a possibility for some guest appearances there).

a walk on the common. two old ladies and their dogs (who he met again later). a tourist couple and their dog. the tourists were trying to get to ewyas harold, they were coming from further up the hill. horsemouth expected to see them on the common later but he did not. he was going round counter-clockwise (against his usual pattern). 

the sunday - last day on abbey duty. 

the budget is coming (like the comet it is)

november 25th. horsemouth has checked his finances (they remain as they were).

at some point inheritance will become an issue for horsemouth. the government are keen on taxing it more heavily. as a general principle horsemouth would not disagree with redistribution of the wealth. however, as it usually stands, the truly rich are best placed to avoid an inheritance tax, the marginal rich are less well placed, for them it marks a further impoverishment. further the state is now less the defender of the people against the excesses of the market and more a commissioner of services from multinationals such as blackwater, GS4 etc.  

he has been reconsidering matthew arnold's dover beach, there is probably more to say. 

it is the morning. in a bit horsemouth is off down the abbey.  

different lives, different lands

in a way this is what vashti bunyan does (by heading up to scotland) in a horsedrawn cart. 

by november they are in a  cottage in the lake district.