Friday 22 August 2025
Nostalgia
Well, day 7 or 8 of my wee trip arround the coasts of France and Spain. Kind of loose track of time on some of these trips, but I suppose that is part of the purpose of them.
I spend a lot of time when I am away, in my small way, raging at the inequality and injustices that are very prevalent in our world today. And sometimes I find myself in a place where I feel an attachment.
Today is one of these days as I am sitting in Maggie Farm, a small cafe in Getxo in Spain. A place dedicated to one, much more able than I, at raging against the inequalities and corruption very prevalent in western society.
I don’t have many heroes but one of them is Bob Dylan whose songs span many years of highlighting oppression and unjust wars.
One such song is Maggies farm. It is thought that perhaps in this song, Dylan was having thoughts about his transition from acoustic to electric and at the same time highlighting injustices in working conditions on farms in the US.
Whatever his motive was , it was one of his greats, alongside Blowing In The Wind, and The Times They Are A Changing. songs I will always remember from my youth.
So another day, another capachino and remember : War is where young innocents fight and die on behalf of older hypocrites who don’t .
Bob Costello 