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Continue reading →: Kanvas mid-term election
Religion will play a part in elections in Kanvas. The Democrats have a candidate for the Senate, Adam Hamilton, a pastor who founded one of the largest churches in the state. The Republican incumbent, Roger Marshall, may suffer because of dwindling support for Donald Trump. The Democrats haven’t had a…
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Continue reading →: Dental decay
In the corner of my mouth on the lower jaw, I have a throbbing ache brought on by dental decay. A week or two ago, I had some dental work done to try and secure the right molar that was loosened by the decay at its root. The antibiotics cleared…
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Continue reading →: Klimt’s The Kiss
Our poetry class was asked by our teacher to choose one image each and then prompted to make various observations about them. Students had to write 5 questions about some other student’s image. David posed these questions for me: Who are the couple? What is the painting made from? Are…
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Continue reading →: A good night’s sleep
We have been putting up with a double size mattress on our new king-size bed for too long. Today, a new king-size mattress will be delivered by Bensons for Beds. I can’t wait. We spent quite a bit of money to make sure that we got a quality product that…
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Continue reading →: Poetry classes
Week 3 of poetry classes at the Crescent Arts Centre. The theme has been the autumn and winter seasons. Five out of our group volunteered to read out their poems on that theme, including myself. Ann read her longish poem Bringing in the Sheaves that she had been working on…
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Continue reading →: Umberto D.
La Bottega has an Italian film night on November 1st. They will be showing De Sica’s Umberto D. Unfortunately, I can’t make it. I have a prior engagement, my niece’s newborn daughter’s Christening. But I was curious enough to watch the film at home. The film is beautifully shot in black…
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Continue reading →: Books out of print
I read an interesting review of Len Deighton’s Action Cook Book in the Guardian newspaper, or it could have been the Observer. Apparently he illustrated the cooking method himself. My better half has been looking online for a copy to no avail. eBay to the rescue….at a cost.
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Continue reading →: Samhain
We are approaching the Celtic New Year festival or Samhain. Ancient pagan festivals were often adopted by Christians such as Halloween, the eve of All Saints Day. Children go trick or treating, although I don’t know anyone who would perform a trick rather than hand over a few sweets. My…
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Continue reading →: Under pressure
We noticed a drop in the water pressure over the last two days. We thought it might have had something to do with the boiler, but it occurred to us that there could have been a burst mains water pipe in our street. This morning we checked with our neighbour,…
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Continue reading →: Seasonal prompts
To get us started, the leader of our poetry classes, Stephanie Conn, has given us an autumnal theme and its associations. I have written two rhymes on that theme, A Bumper Crop and Conkered. You can find these on the Latest Draft Odes page.
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