One-Liner Wednesday: Things can only get…er, worse
“It is not in the first hour of a storm that the waves are highest” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 24 June 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Mary/Marie/Maria – ‘Absolutely Sweet Marie’
In much the same way as last week’s Song Lyric Sunday threw up a multitude of possibilities for John or Jack, this week’s prompt of Mary and its various derivatives offers no shortage of potential offerings. I toyed with The Who’s ‘Mary Ann With The Shaky Hands’ ‘and Hendrix’ ‘The Wind Cries Mary’, but finally…
One-Liner Wednesday: Just another day…
“I had discovered the illusion that lies in our thinking that certain solemn holidays differ essentially from the other days in the calendar” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 17 June 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: John or Jack – ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’
Unusually, I was almost spoilt for choice this week in finding a song to fit Jim’s latest Song Lyric Sunday prompt. There are quite a few titles featuring ‘John’ or its diminutive ‘Jack’. My first choice – ‘Jack straw’ by the Grateful Dead – had to be ruled out because I used it for another…
One-Liner Wednesday: Tarred With The Same Brush
‘There are far fewer ideas than men, therefore all men with similar ideas are alike” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 10 June 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Size – ‘Big River’
One of the many great things about Song Lyric Sunday is that you learn something new every week, whether from researching your own contribution or looking at other submissions. This time, for example, I decided quite quickly that in response to Jim’s prompt this week relating to ‘size’ I would go with ‘Big River’, a…
One-Liner Wednesday: Fake News (Again)
“Our cruellest adversaries are not those who contradict and try to convince us, but those who magnify or invent reports which may make us unhappy” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 3 June 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Herbs and Spices – ‘Cinnamon Girl’
After having to dig a little deper than usual for inspiration last week, on this occasion I’m going with my first thought for Jim’s latest, flavour-packed, Song Lyric Sunday prompt. Anyway, we must be overdue another Neil Young song by now. I hadn’t realised until I hit Youtube that Lana del Rey had also performed…
One-Liner Wednesday: Will this do?
“The people who refuse us the objects of our desire are always ready to offer us something else” – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 27 May 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Fini – ‘I’ll Never Get Over You’
It’s not often I have to go down as far as my fourth choice to find a suitable song in response to Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday, but this is one of those times. The theme this week is looking ahead to better times (‘This too shall pass’), but I’ve already used ‘The End’, ‘It’s Over’…
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