Monthly Archives: March 2012
The Absentee Landlord
The proprietor of this blog has… GONE FISHING Back on the 1st of April.
Song for a Sunday #5
I was late to Eva Cassidy, but then so was everybody else. She was pretty much unknown during her lifetime, and she died way too young, at only thirty three. Skin cancer. Einstein opined that God doesn’t play dice, but some … Continue reading
Laugh? I Nearly Cried!
Miss P and I were booked to go and see the musical of Legally Blonde (about which more later, maybe), and so I decided to watch the video of the film and made a weekend of it by chucking in … Continue reading
Friday Night: Short and Sweet
ITEM: I was surprised when a friend informed me that she thought Steve Jones was quite fanciable. When I say surprised I mean that it had never occurred to me that my friend would know who Steve Jones was, but after … Continue reading
Sorrowful Songs
Arguably the greatest composer of the twentieth century, Henryk Gorecki died on 12 November 2010 and I marked the occasion by listening to his undoubted masterpiece, Symphony #3, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. It was a wet … Continue reading
Serendipity etc
I found this:- And it reminded me of this:- Q is for QUEEN In the fairytale realm of Zimiamvia it is the law that the Queen must be the most beautiful woman in all the kingdom. Zimiamvia’s … Continue reading
Stretching Credibility on Mothering Sunday x3
Yesterday was Mothering Sunday, and so I marked the occasion by watching a trio of thrillers on DVD (okay, perhaps not the most obvious choice of viewing material in the circumstances, but in my world it made perfect sense). Jane Doe … Continue reading
Song for a Sunday #4
It’s Mother’s Day, so we need something lush and romantic, and music doesn’t come much more romantic than Rachmaninoff’s 18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini. I first heard this on the soundtrack of the film Somewhere in Time. And … Continue reading
Thoughts on a Thursday Afternoon #1
ITEM: So, earlier in the week, good old Channel 4 continued their fine contribution to the cultural life of the nation with a programme called My Phone Sex Secrets (click the link and you can watch thanks to 4 On … Continue reading
