Every so often I come across a close-up photo of a Jackdaw that reminds me of this verse:

Thrice happy bird! I too have seen
Much of the vanities of men;
And sick of having seen ’em,
Would cheerfully these limbs resign
For such a pair of wings as thine,
And such a head between ’em.

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I would like this, too, but I cannot help but feel for those unhappy or oppressed or troubled. I just can't help it.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore. -William Cowper, poet (26 Nov 1731-1800)

Walkers are Welcome Town - Dereham

The poet and hymn writer, William Cowper (1731-1800) settled and died in Dereham, Norfolk. He wrote of life in the English countryside, becoming a forerunner of Romantic Poetry. He was much admired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.

Cowper’s House in Dereham Market Place was demolished, and the Cowper Evangelical Congregational Church was built in his memory.

https://mailchi.mp/walkersarewelcome.org.uk/walk-this-way-spring-2023

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