Monthly Archives: September 2016

(Smudge, hotel dog, removed in the evening after a busy day; house in lobby) (the lobby from Confederation Lounge) (walking off patio down to garden) (Low Level bridge and Muttart pyramids from the main viewpoint) (Mac has added more chairs … Continue reading →

If there was ever a set I was destined to own, this is it. A Happy Birthday to me present. 37 plays, 37 discs. Numerous big name UK actors. The Master of The Word. The World’s Greatest Writer.

I put them on each year at this time to commemorate his achievements and run. He’s still one of our greatest selfless heroes. There were only 6,500 made. The insoles are neat–have maps of his run. In one shoe, you see his … Continue reading →

Today when I went out to ride my 6 speed Raleigh Oasis bicycle, the chain was loose and off the turning mechanism, first time ever going back to the ’80s when I first bought the bike. When I got back … Continue reading →

“He’d be catastrophic. She would not. The choice is not between cyanide and rat poison. The choice is between cyanide and a particularly unpalatable piece of meat that has been sitting in the fridge too long. You’ve got to force … Continue reading →

More than enough to pleasure eyes or soul, take your pick. Sirmilik does not disappoint beyond the treeline and barrens with its tundra and moonscapes, the frosted mounts and few carpets of green hugging hills you could never hope to … Continue reading →

(Newman’s cookbook, rare signed) Herb Alpert–Tango Nuevo Robert Altman–Pret a Porter Joan Baez–And a Voice to Sing With Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, director Arthur Penn–playbill of The Miracle Worker Claire Bloom–Leaving a Doll’s House Kenneth Branagh–Hamlet screenplay Dave Brubeck (“Take … Continue reading →

(left: Graham Greene’s famous slanted signature; right: Tennessee Williams’ languorous signature) EngLit W. H. Auden–City Without Walls Joseph Conrad–The Secret Agent Graham Greene–Dr. Fischer Aldous Huxley–Meredith Somerset Maugham–A Writer’s Notebook Siegfried Sassoon–To My Mother Tom Stoppard–Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead … Continue reading →

(recommended: good, cheap, readable Arcturus edition, available at Chapters/Indigo these daze) I think Dickens got it right with the original short, ‘sad’ ending. Much there is in the book before that, that supports an unhappy ending. Both Pip and Estella … Continue reading →

(baby deer about 6 feet from my van in parking lot @ resort) Also Bighorn sheep everywhere. Saw several herds of males and females at various times of day. Even watched them from hot pool on hill across the street. … Continue reading →