We deserve something
Just a little break somewhere
Cafe tucked away
picture and haiku copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Cafe Culture
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Haiku: Could We?
Could we do it now?
Make such great statements of faith?
Worlds are in retreat
picture and haiku copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Prague
City of beauty
a culture par exellence
astride Europa
picture and haiku copyright Francis Barker 2020
Old Books Are Great – Railways!
Ok, it may not be in the best condition and the photos, apart from the cover, are in black and white, but I love this little book.
I’ve had it since childhood and I still love to read the information and study the pictures. I’m not a railway buff, but I think I could have been if I had allowed myself to get drawn into that world.
As a boy, I used to dream of visiting these places, experiencing the different European and other cultures, which all had their own distinction.
I fear much of that uniqueness is disappearing, along with the trains. Of all the countries, Switzerland does appear to be retaining its sense of place, aided no doubt by its particular geographic location.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Old Toys, Old Services – The AA and The Royal Mail
The AA and The Royal Mail are two mainstays of British cultural life, services that, generally speaking, can be relied upon.
We still belong to the AA and the number of times they have ‘dug us out of a hole’ are too many to count. Yes, it is perhaps fairly expensive if you go for bells and whistles membership, but is it worth it? Yes, I think it is. I love the emphatic yellow of the organisation and particular that of this toy.
If anything The Royal Mail is just as iconic and with that special monarchical and historic link, coloured by a similarly strident red. I think the two vans go well together.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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