Emotions only burn fiercely for a limited time I suppose.

This gives it a strong narative feel and allows you, I hope, to remember those events as they happened and your own thoughts as they did.

It makes it a very fast read. There is no hanging about with long theoretcal back-story explanations. There IS a coherent critique of present policies as well as an argument for an alternative, which is still open to us. But this emerges out of the events.

What I think is preserved is a strong sense of how it happened, the speed of it, what rubbish we were fed and the growing sense of outrage.

The book relies a lot on the welter of metaphors and analogies that I tend to use as a way of trying to demystify and make plain what experts seem to want to preserve as mystery.

It is NOT a text book. It is NOT a dry theory. It is NOT from within the broad concensus of opinion you get in the papers and on tele.

It aspires to be something more visceral than those things. It is part critique and explanation, part call to arms. Think of those pamphleteers of the English and Amercian revolutions. Think Tom Paine or Gerard Winstanley. I'm not claiming to be in their league. But that is the genre.

How have you constructed it? One long narrative? In chunks looking at different themes? A series of essays?

Are there pictures? cartoon strips? Pop-ups?

I need to work out the appropriate audience.

You're a born comedian you know that? Made me laugh out loud.

And yes, I know there is smoe sort of abreviation for laughing out loud, but I'm too old for it.

Then we will begin.
Once upon a time….

Good job dude I bet there's a couple of songs in there. Last time i bought a book (not including today) was the latter part of the 20th century 😛

You people make me sick with your veg gardens and firewood stacks.

Sorry, wrong word.

Jealous, you make me jealous, that was it.

still geting delicious Sorrel, Rocket and Lettuce. The late Rocket is amazingly tasty. Onions all dried, braided and hung up. A last few little beets. And pounds and pounds of the most fantastic Damson jam. Basically hog heaven!

Firewood split and stacked. Willow is weird wood isn't it? So brittle when its wet. I'll stop now. I'm beginning to sound like Percy Thrower's demented half brother.

Christmas presents here too, just sorting out postage with them for my worldwide network .

Thanks for the reminder on manure,in the meanwhile just off to get some firewood under cover …

PS good idea getting the veg growing organised . . . in these times . . .

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