Jon Collins

Jon Collins

Word weaver, song singer, pattern whisperer, baker and candlestick maker.

Marillion - Invisible Man

It is the evening of what has been a fine, sunny yet breezy day, one of the first that could really call itself Spring. The sun is holding a steady position on the

The pastures they beckond

The pastures they beckon'd, the fields did await The birds and the buds and the blooms all conspired With sunrise and sunset; all sufficient bait To draw e'en the

The trouble with Ian Banks

Now reading_ Dead Air 07 Mar 2004 Now reading: Dead Air. The trouble with Ian Banks… … or even Iain Banks (so, you know he’s Scottish from the very first thing you know

Four Colours Solution?

Four Colours Solution? 27 Oct 2003 I was just now listening to Simon Singh's Radio 4 broadcast about the Four Colours problem. No doubt a little over-stimulated by having just

The Gazpacho and Green Glass Incident

The Gazpacho and Green Glass Incident 31 Jul 2003 The scene: a reasonably well-to-do restaurant in downtown Boston. Outside, a number of ironwork tables, largely unoccupied. In one corner, separated from