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Perfect Scoundrels – 29th July 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ 3 Comments

Circumstances led to adventure
as Giuseppe failed the monastery
after practising great deceptions
and experiments in alchemy;
With promises of great treasures
he forged his way out of Sicily
to become the most perfect scoundrel
that marked the world’s history.

And then a new adventurer came,
well-studied and practised in lies;
and in the kingdom of deceit
the regime encouraged his rise;
With promises of great treasures
of fantastic, tremendous size,
Donald failed to conjure more
than a Cagliostro in disguise.

Top Trump – 25th September 2022

~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Don’t despair, it’s not your role
It’s not within your control
Rejoice at what you can decide
That’s all the gods deemed to provide

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.

Jean Dubuffet

Today I’m feeling:
A little flat and lazy but still content.
Today I’m grateful for:
My poor motorbike which must hate me for taking it through wet dirt tracks and getting stuck in deep mud and slipping off into the prickly jungle brush. What a trooper of a machine. I hope you enjoyed your wash.
The best thing about today was:
Getting off my ass and going for a ride, getting stuck in mud and getting out again and then getting home thirsty and filthy. Sun, fresh air and accidental exercise. Another ride to remember.

I took this picture because it was at the end of a path around the base of a stone hill and despite not much else being around except a broken fallen down old shack, this little field shrine was well-kept and pretty.