Henges were important in the Stone age. They were places, often surrounded by a ditch or an elevation, often circular, often containing standing stones or mounds of stones, where the members of the community or tribe came together for a ritual or ceremony of some type. It would be arrogant to believe we do not function in the same way today. Probably football stadia or rock arenas are too large to consider as henges. You do not have enough knowledge of the other members of the group for complex kinship, although they are mostly motivated by the same ambitions (to see Man Utd win/to affirm their love of Oasis or Taylor Swift). The church altar would have been a henge but it has almost died out in this country for most people. Maybe the henge has become virtual. Facebook or WhatsApp groups. Often in a henge you may require a goat or maiden, for sacrificial purposes. The nature of on-line culture has retained this element. It could be one of the consistent features of the henge. Someone to absorb the necessary violence of the members.

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I live in a narrowing window. In the morning I am ineffective for a couple of hours. I stir gently. My eyes are gummed up from the business of night. The human body shifts awkwardly. First, weak tea. Next, a visit to the toilet. Later, coffee. By ten I can function. At night I need winding down. I start in early evening if I can because it takes time. My window of activity is getting narrower.

In the winter the seasons run a narrow window too. It is now my natural place. When the window opens wide in summer I am as if stranded in a desert.

Coffee, I realize, is very good for me. I may up my cupage to keep me functional.

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