a. fahey is born (the great globe itself...)

'the cloud-capp'd towers, 

the gorgeous palaces, 

the solemn temples, 

the great globe itself...'  

- william shakespeare 

the tempest, act 4 scene 1 

horsemouth is back in the wild 

(courtesy of a lift from his brother). 

in a bit he will go and feed the chickens. he will muck them out/ go and get the hereford times from the village/ maybe wander the eggs up the hill (we shall see). 

the recycling bin is full apparently (horsemouth may have to squish it down a bit). 

all the usual duties and tasks. 

meanwhile the new raised beds have been built and horsemouth should get on with populating them with earth (and compost) and get on with potting stuff up in the greenhouse. 

weatherwise today doesn't look too bad (sunday, monday etc. look like stinkers). 

the black cat was just visiting.

gorton and denton analysed

turnout: 

47.62% of registered electorate. so lower than the 60% turnout in the general election of 2024 - itself the lowest turnout since 2001 but not atypical for an ordinary by-election. horsemouth thinks this shows a low level of political engagement by the people. 

now given how this political situation is being talked up by the commentariat horsemouth finds this low level of participation paradoxical. 

a. fahey is born

john aloysius fahey will be born this day in 1939. fahey week is over. there's much more of horsemouth's writings on fahey in previous years. 

robbie basho will die this day in 1986 (it is the 40ieth anniversary of his death).