A Few Sevens

Seven Things I Plan to Do Before I Die:
· visit Antarctica
· publish at least two novels
· visit the battlefields of Northern France
· make a few more people happy
· buy a cottage on the South African West Coast
· get a good night’s sleep
· visit the Scottish Islands

Seven Things I Can Do:
· lose the plot
· fly
· piss people off without meaning to.
· recite the name of the longest place name in the UK
· drive a motor bike at more than 100mph
· cycle more than 70 miles
· tell a good joke

Seven Things I Can't Do:
· accounts
· get comfortable
· read Harry Potter
· stay up late
· help it
· tolerate arrogance
· play an instrument

Seven Things I Find Attractive in a Person:
· intelligence
· sense of humour
· perspective
· logic
· eyes
· hair
· physique

Seven Things I Say Most Often:
· Bugger.
· I’ve no idea.
· Look at THAT!
· Ye gods!
· You didn’t have to say that, did you?
· I promise you I wasn’t looking!
· You’re always right, dear.

Pablo Neruda & The Star

-- I've been doing a little research on the Spanish Civil War; not much you understand, just sufficient to give some context to a fictious meeting. Perhaps the most famous of all war photographs, by Robert Capa, was taken during that conflict, and Picasso himself was moved to paint that peculiar horror.
Pablo Neruda wrote on the conflict, but I was surprised to find--with a big push from a dear friend and colleague--that he also wrote the most tender love poems. Try this. Beautiful.

-- Sometimes one finds gems in the most unexpected places... In today's 'Star' newspaper, the following;

'The great personal battles are always fought alone. Not in front of an audience of well-meaning advisors, friends or family. They are fought in the deafening darkness of starless nights, when even the moon is covered by stormy weather. So be constantly prepared to face your isolation with resolute independence.'

Mattias Hau

Straight penguins

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A Sense of Deja Moo

..the sense that you've heard all this bullshit before...

Katrina

The analysis, the outrage, the disgust, the recriminations will continue for months, years even. Just to add to the background noise, a few comments from this neck of the woods;

Last Wednesday, from BlueBoy; "If it (Katrina) has to happen, then it's best that it happens in the States--at least they've got the ability to handle it. Not like Bangladesh or somewhere."
You would have thought so, right?

Today, from BlueBuddy Paul; "This is not the America we know....and love."

Amen.