Monthly Archives: July 2009
elegantly dressed Poetry
Yes! It is a dress made from copies of Poetry magazine. What else would it be? And charmingly in keeping with this blog’s little running Marie Antoinette thing. As a more alert wag than I said, Let them eat Koch. … Continue reading
Filed under bagatelles, Elegantly Dressed Wednesday, Marie Antoinette, poetry
a straightforward decision
Here it is: I can “Make cooking a pleasure with Ocado’s new kitchenware range,” or I can go to Morrisons and get a new saucepan, following the little misfortune we had last week involving a pan of baked beans. Would … Continue reading
Filed under food, Living With Words, money, pseud's corner, writing
rabbits, hats, the Goons, a block, and the pawn shop of my heart
It’s not so much a writer’s block as such – it’s a blogger’s block and a sort of everything block. It’s crunch time and the rabbits are going to stay right where they are unless I pull them out of … Continue reading
Filed under happy, Life, money, poetry, the Line on Beauty, the meaning of life, the movies, the past
the power of art: United Airlines, a very cross country & western singer, and the Zeitgeist at work
Well, you get the idea what happened to the Canadian C&W guy, Dave Carroll, that day at O’Hare airport. His guitar got broken. United used their old saw (I mean, literally) about how the guitar is at your own risk; … Continue reading
Filed under America, bagatelles, schadenfreude
