Robert Fripp

“Men have written much, muttered more and understand nothing of our Court of Ladies and my Code of Poitiers,” says Eleanor of Aquitaine, dictating her memoirs to her young scribe, Aline. After troubled marriages to two kings, Eleanor staged a dramatic protest against her husband King Henry II’s lust for his mistress. She packed her household … Read more

Storm wracks the Channel Storm wracks the Channel.To go aboard one babe in arms and one enwombed,Or lose a kingdom? Eleanor takes ship at Barfleur 1154 Gothic time. Then as now as shall be Dwell in the Present.Let life preserve the wholenessIn eternity. Haiku, In Memoriam Eleanor of AquitaineFontevrault 1203 Of light and nature Hold … Read more

This blog reflects me playing with a pet toy, trying to integrate strands from dissimilar themes: Eleanor (Chapter 1): “The many bends along the highroad of my life conceal the vistas between this fleeting moment of pure being and ancient recollections coursing like deerhounds through my brains. In a life of fourscore years and more, … Read more