Tag Archives: Goethe

A Cloud Garden for Bruce Grove

Petition to make a Cloud Garden in Luke Howard’s House – The ‘Namer of Clouds’ resided in Bruce Grove, off Tottenham High Street. Here is a poem Goethe wrote to him. CLOUD FORMS X When, from the water’s quiet mirror, … Continue reading

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TOTTENHAM CLOUDS – and a CLOUD MUSEUM

A cloud tree! I will credit this photo as soon as I find the name of the photographer A wonderful blog  Tottenham Clouds  – which celebrates the weather and Luke Howard – “Namer of Clouds”  who lived in Tottenham and … Continue reading

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This essay is a homage to Adolfo Bioy Casares and also refers to other writers I enjoy.

The Invention of Morel and its Context In his 1940 prologue to this celebrated novella by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges exalts adventure stories and “works of reasoned imagination” –from G. K. Chesterton to Kafka –­ over the psychological … Continue reading

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