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Thursday, August 16, 2012

"My arse’s weight" (?)

François Villon (1431-?) wrote this quatrain in prison, under sentence of death by hanging and awaiting execution. (He was subsequently pardoned.) Translating poetry into another language is always difficult not only because of finding appropriate words for the rhyme but also because of length of... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Ruth

She was beautiful, she was loving, and she was loyal. Her name was Ruth. It has been suggested here by a blogger, whose poetry and rhyme I rather admire, that the bible is basically hostile to women. Whilst I am not a religious person, and hold no grudge against any one who is or is not, I am... Sign in to see full entry.

The Gold/Silver Ratio

Sit down Mr Bakewell. What can I do for you?” asked the bank manager. “It’s been a long time, Mr Fitzpatrick, since we’ve last met," said Mr Bakewell as he eased himself into the chair indicated by the bank manager. “Quite so, quite so,” said Mr Fitzpatrick. “What can I do for you?” “I am here to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

A corpse too many

I woke with a splitting headache and a very definite feeling that something was wrong, very wrong. I was lying totally naked between the sheets yet I never ever go to bed naked. Well, anyway, not when I am alone. Worse; there was a stark naked woman lying beside me. I had never ever gone to bed with... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 13, 2012

A promise kept

“ So many people have stories of visitations from beyond, lucid dreams as conversations with the one who's gone on, or finding small psychic messages. I find it comforting. ” wrote PatB in a recent post. Well,... I loved a girl and she loved me too. One summer evening, lying on our backs in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Hate Sundays!

Today is Sunday. Hate Sundays. Hate all other days of the week too. Love children and animals though. Excellent piece in BBC mag. by one John Gray about Harry Lime’s cuckoo clock speech in Third Man and its wide aspects. The film holds a never-ending fascination for me. It is more than fifty years... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

A cornucopia of Blogit profiles

Are you on this list, I wonder. I was browsing bloggers’ profiles. These few, which together with the many others, add up to Blogit, I wanted to see on a single page the contrasts and similarities in profiles of people writing here. The following extracts are a short selection and make interesting... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Eastern Approaches

9 Aug 2012. To the Old Parsonage to book a table for the 20 th for when the Canadians will be her. Then to the PO followed by cup of soup at Taylor’s. On the way to the bank, I stop briefly at the Oxfam bookshop to see if they have a copy of Fitzroy MacLean’s Eastern Approaches. There is a passage... Sign in to see full entry.

Iran Diary - Last page

Saturday, 26 April 2008 Tehran Last day in Iran. After lunch I go to the bazaar to meet up with the rest of the gang at Abbas’s ‘grotto’. The Tehran carpet bazaar has the largest concentration on earth of rugs and of carpets under a single roof. There are many of thousands of rugs, old and new, on... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Iran Diary - 20 to 25 April 2008

Continued from previous page Sunday, 20 April Along the Zagros Mountains to Shahr-e Kord The immense Zagros mountain range in western Iran runs along almost the entire length of western Iran. From Shiraz, we drive north to Shahr-e Kord, a distance of some 550 km. This is a route not normally taken... Sign in to see full entry.

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