A monthly miscellany from books, art, history and memories, usually with a theme for the 1st of the month. Ceramics and some English worthies are often featured.
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Wednesday 25 July 2012
Absurd mouse
"Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus."
Horace, Ars Poetica 139.
trans: 'Mountains will be in labour, and the birth will be an absurd little mouse.' Cohen, Penguin dictionary of quotations.
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