Tuesday 17 July 2018

One Sketch #114) Geoffrey Chaucer

Father of English
That's what they call you.
It must have been expensive
When your child's birthday
Came round.

Over the last few weeks I've read a number of works on some famous pilgrimages, and of course, the most famous pilgrimage in Britain is that to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. And one of the greatest works of English literature is Geoffrey Chaucer's Middle English masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, which uses a pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury as its framework. In the course of reading  I came upon a reference to a book called "Who Murdered Chaucer?", authored amongst others by Terry Jones. Decades ago I read and enjoyed his "Chaucer's Knight". The book arrived in the post today, and I've literally just started reading. Hence the choice of Geoff for today's sketch.

One Sketch #113) World Cup Trophy (Monday 16th July)


Croatia, Belgium, England
Must keep dreaming.
- France is where the World Cup Trophy's
Gleaming.

Yesterday France won the World Cup, in one of the best final games of one of the best World Cup tournaments I can remember.

Catching Up . . .

Been a while, hasn't it?  Don't worry, I haven't given up sketching. No, I just haven't got round to posting anything. Now, ...