[Western] Missive to HE Gavin

[larkinokane at suddenlink.net]

Now all this talk of Donkeys does remind this one of that famous tilter at windmills.
I wonder if they had picket fences around those windmills?  

Then again perhaps these few well laid bricks  could be ammunition for an advancing trebuchet or two? 
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Shalom,
HL Larkin O'Kane  Tilter at windmills  which appears to be a period occupation.
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Tilting is jousting. 'Tilting at windmills' derives from Cervantes' Don Quixote - first published in 1604, under the title The Ingenious Knight of La Mancha. The novel recounts the exploits of would-be knight 'Don Quixote' and his loyal servant Sancho Panza who propose to fight injustice through chivalry. It is considered one of the major literary masterpieces and remains a best seller in numerous translations. In the book, which also gives us the adjective quixotic (striving for visionary ideals),  the eponymous hero imagines himself to be fighting giants when he attacks windmills.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/tilting-at-windmills.html