The curious case

... of the upside down fly
A cycle down to Ullswater after a day of online training delivered by Newcastle University which went well.
It was a bit of a shock to see lots of people in Pooley and the pubs all open.

Thinking about uncertainty and mention of Keats idea of ‘negative capability ‘ has sent me off to read a bit of Keats...

When I have fears that I may cease to be - John Keats

When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.