Checking out the bit between departure and arrival. I hope I never get there.
This is a journal more than a blog.
Very self-centred. It is written for some future me. I am not looking for a following. You may read it. Please comment, but please don't judge. I write about what interests me, concerns me, and a bit about what happens to me. I hope some of it interests or entertains you.I should probably have titled this blog "Shit Happens". Because it does.
Sometimes I quote a song or some poetry, either just because I really like it, or because it expresses something I cannot put as eloquently into my own words. Occasionally i am brave enough to publish one of my own.
Category Archives: Books
Lost Weekend Yet Again
The weather has been dull and cool. I have been disinclined to do anything much. I have already reported that I optioned out of a ride this weekend. Nothing much has filled the gap. The housework remains neglected except … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Books, Communication and language, Computers and Internet, Cookery, Drama, Entertainment, Health and wellness, Lifestyle, Non-Events, Philosophy
Tagged Autobiography, Books, dealing with life, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Facebook, food preparation, Humour, Life the universe and everything, weekends
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Erudition.
Danae, an old friend from school days, posted a link from Goodreads on Facebook. They claim: BBC Believes You Only Read 6 of These Books… The BBC believes that most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Books, Lifestyle, opinion, Philosophy
Tagged Autobiography, dealing with life, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, fiction, Humour, influences, Novels, science
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Salomé
Whenever I take the trouble to watch an opera, I am always just a little surprised each time, because I really enjoy it. Yet I have never considered myself an opera fan. It helps a great deal if I know … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Classics, dancing, Death, Drama, Entertainment, Folklore, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Movies, Music, Opera, Performance, Relationships
Tagged Books, Covent Garden, dealing with life, denial bay, equanimity, Music, Nadja Michael, opera, Oscar Wilde, performance, Relationships and Sex, Royal Opera, Strauss
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The Hole of Sorrows
Flashback to October, 2008 Those photographs are of Poulnabrone portal tomb, on the Burren, in County Clare, Ireland. That is me, standing before the portal. What I have not mentioned before to anyone, is the truth about who it was that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Books, fiction, Folklore, History, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Travel
Tagged Autobiography, dolmen, Family, Humour, Lios Dúin Bhearna, Mythology, other worlds, Poule, Poule Na Brone, sidhe, travel, Wayland
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Good Reading
Some time ago I finished A Dance with Dragons, the latest (so far) volume of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) and I am eager for the next to be published. I have not become so interested in the fates … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Books, Entertainment, Family, fiction, Folklore, History, Hobbies, Humour, Music, Nature, News and politics, opinion, Organizations, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion and Superstition
Tagged authors, Facebook, Family, History, Mythology
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End of the Year
I am told that people who blog about their employers, and what goes on at their workplace, may find it difficult to find future employment. I can say that as from Christmas Eve, Michelle, my very valued and respected … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Books, Classics, Communication and language, Depression, Drama, Drugs, Dungeons and Dragons, Family, fiction, frogs, Hobbies, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, Movies, Nature, Nightmares, Pets, Philosophy, possums, quandaries and Dilemmas, Relationships, Wildlife
Tagged Autobiography, Books, cannibalism, dealing with life, denial bay, depression, disaster, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Food and drink, frogs, Handy Hints, History, Humour, Relationships and Sex, vacation
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Bunburying
Not a reference to The Importance of being Ernest. Well, OK, it was, but a poor one. The sick friend is me. I had a day off work to go to Bunbury today. I had a surgeon to see. The … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, birds, Books, Depression, disability, Health and wellness, History, Humour, kangaroos, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, lizards, Motorbikes, Motorcycling, quandaries and Dilemmas, Relationships, torn muscles, Travel, Wildlife
Tagged Autobiography, cannibalism, dealing with life, denial bay, depression, disaster, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Food and drink, travel
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Before the morn ye’ll work mischief…
Her majesty the Quoon was visiting a hospital in Edinburgh. She approached one old chap in the wards, and said “How are you today my good man?” “Ach” he replied. “Ma twin misfortunes – Barren land and fertile women!. “He … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Husbandry, Art, Autobiography, Books, Classics, Communication and language, dancing, Death, Depression, Drama, Drugs, Entertainment, Family, fiction, Folklore, Food and drink, Handy Hints, Health and wellness, History, Hobbies, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, opinion, Philosophy, Poetry, Relationships, Sheep, tall tales
Tagged Autobiography, Books, cannibalism, Climate Change, dealing with life, depression, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Food and drink, Handy Hints, Humour, loss, marriage, Motorcycling, reasoned argument, Relationships and Sex, Robert Burns, sleep, travel
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One Fine Day
Keke rane leana Haele la sa vineki Hake koa sa basioto Meke zama si asa Qetu hola si asa. Meke hegere sa basioto. One fine day the girl climbs up perching on the crocodile and she says she is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Books, Depression, Fishing, Folklore, Pets, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Relationships, Religion and Superstition, Riding, Wildlife
Tagged Autobiography, cannibalism, Climate Change, crocodiles, culture, custom, dealing with life, depression, disaster, don't talk to me about life!, Food and drink, Nature, Pets, Poetry, Relationships and Sex
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More Good News/Bad News and a History Lesson
What a day for riding yesterday. On the one hand it was beautiful. On the other it was damnably hot! I can almost say it was a cut off the nose to spite the face day. I really would have … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Books, Climate, Communication and language, Cookery, Death, Depression, Diabetes, Family, Food and drink, frogs, Handy Hints, Health and wellness, History, Hobbies, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, Nature, opinion, Philosophy, Riding, Weather
Tagged Autobiography, cannibalism, Diabetes, disaster, Family, Food and drink, frogs, Handy Hints, Heat, History, Humour, Life, loss, marriage, Motorcycling, Music, Nature, Pets, ponds, raising frogs, Relationships and Sex, tadpoles, travel
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Hodophilia 