Monthly Archives: January 2016

‘SK’ oranges from the States

Classic line by Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) to the annoyingly ‘deaf’ Mrs. Richards on Fawlty Towers, spoken as he picks up something from the floor.

A desk calendar of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Every few days a new chapter. Relatively pleasurable way to read a classic and savour at the same time. Wonder what next year’s calendar would be. Probably another Austen, I’d predict.

Each passing and close friend’s or family member’s  life-story helps give purpose and direction for the living/survivors. Nothing new for me, but a confirmation, no less, that what life is or should be mainly about is Fun, Play, Pleasure, and … Continue reading →

occurs/can occur with simple organization and planning. This is a simple, but subtle point lost in the lives of myriad people.

I don’t normally go to funerals except to m.c. or eulogize for those who have been family, special or otherwise close. Yesterday was an exception. Ron, as everyone will tell you in that packed funeral home, was the nicest guy … Continue reading →

“And in the end, the love you take/Is equal to the love you make.”–Paul McCartney Icebergs–there is always so much we cannot see or know of one another even of ourselves. I would think those with imagination, love, faith, desire … Continue reading →

I choose this island and its freedom from false face. I select a landfall apart from the swell and tides of others. I claim this lone strand for the Dominion of Self. Unattended by minions, I live without the cant … Continue reading →

Close to ‘It’ on many daze that elusive feeling of sublime contentment. The satisfaction of knowing who I am and what might really matter. Much was precarious and misfire, missed opportunity. Close calls amid the moments of being. And all … Continue reading →

“All the world’s a stage,/And all the men and women merely players:/They have their exits and their entrances;/And one man in his time plays many parts.”–William Shakespeare, As You Like It Shakespeare was right, of course, and many of his … Continue reading →