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Continue reading →: Violet and Summertime
Another film review post…I just finished watching a romantic French film called Summertime (La Bellle Saison) directed by Catherine Corsini. The soundtrack and beautiful scenery complement the narrative and fine acting by Cécile de France and Izïa Higelin. They play women from different backgrounds who fall in love. Izïa Higelin…
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Continue reading →: More (or less) teeth
My 3 monthly visit to the Dentist for a clean and check-up went smoothly. My gums are reasonably healthy which helps to keep my crowns secured. There are a couple of wobblers in my lower front teeth, but they don’t need attention just yet. Unfortunately, when they do need sorting…
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Continue reading →: Numinous atheism
The power of nature to inspire wonder, awe and a spiritual connection to our surroundings has its own word, numinous. Our landscapes, the physical attributes of living creatures and the power to explore beyond our own planet are magical aspects of human experience. How we interpret that spirituality is varied…
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Continue reading →: A man walks into a bar…
An Aussie journo walked into a bar and ordered a beer. He paid by card and was not wearing his glasses, but suspected something was wrong. It wasn’t the beer (which was a prize-winning success, including the Supreme Champion Beer of Britain). No, the mistake was how much he had…
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Continue reading →: Equality and Diversity
Our attitudes are hopefully more enlightened than our forebears towards diversity and equality. That is to say, there is no excuse for prejudice and bigotry in countries with a healthy respect for human rights. The Age of Enlightenment occurred in Western Europe around the 17th century. Old values were challenged…
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Continue reading →: Tarantino Films
I rewatched three Quentin Tarantino movies over the weekend: The Hateful Eight and Kill Bill Vol. I and II. I must have been tipsy or tired when I first saw those films because they were well worth revisiting. The violence in a Tarantino film is a given, as is the…
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Continue reading →: Teeth
I was fortunate to have been born in NHS England. My teeth have a genetic condition that affected the growth of dentine. As a result, I needed a lot of treatment to protect all my teeth as I was growing up, and crowns when I had stopped growing. The crowns…
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Continue reading →: Swedish protest
In 1979 protesters got creative. Homosexuality was deemed a mental illness under the law in Sweden. Hundreds of people phoned in too gay to go to work. The law was changed soon after.
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Continue reading →: Leisure by Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see,…
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Continue reading →: Happy memories of Mum
Mum picked out this poem to be read by yours truly at her funeral this week: Afterglow by Helen Lowrie Marshall I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo…
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