The phone rang in the very early morning hours of Dec 17th, a Sunday. In the USA it was still Saturday, Dec 16th. I rose from…Continue reading→
Music
Occasionally music intrudes into my life…. about 10-15 times a day. I wake up with a song playing in my head pretty much everyday.
Here are all the posts I’ve written that relate to this strange thing called music.
Pride in your Post
Notes to you. < some may get it, some may not. I don’t really care either way > There are things called articles. Like “a”, “the”….Continue reading→
Pride, Prejudice and Curiosity
The words “Pride” and “Prejudice”, especially when joined with a non-contrasting conjunction are to a certain gender what, reportedly, catnip is to a feline. Some of…Continue reading→
Sex and Marriage
So recently, some female author, trying to flog her book, sponsored a debate on premarital sex. Briefly, she asked, Yes or No. Of course the usual…Continue reading→
30 Years On the Rocks
It has been a long time. Yet, it seems just like just the other day the Slo-Man was young, slim and gormless instead of what…Continue reading→
Eggplant Mash
Introduction Introductions may be in order since I have at least 1 reader in 3 different continents. So. An eggplant is called Baingan – Hindi Begun…Continue reading→
Death on the cricket field
Phil Hughes is dead. He died from a brain injury caused by a vertebral artery dissection. The dissection was caused by a cricket ball bowled by…Continue reading→
Anniversary Anguish
I was going to call this the “Annual Anniversary Anguish” but then realized I would be redundant. No, I mean, not me, I mean, I was…Continue reading→
The Mercy of Strangers
The Race normally went to the Swifts. The Swifts were a family, a large, loose family. They hunted together and they kept it all within their…Continue reading→
ek glo! Despite you, Hansie!
Almost exactly 3 years ago, LeggieLefty wrote this ode to cricket. At that time three young men had been sent to jail for “spot-fixing”, predetermined outcomes…Continue reading→
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