One-Liner Wednesday: Art for art’s sake
“Fine lines of poetry…were all the finer if they meant absolutely nothing” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 12 February 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Personal Pronouns – ‘We Love You’
Personal pronouns – I, you, we and suchlike are the keywords for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday challenge this week. You may read what you will into the fact that this absolutely was the first song that came to my mind when I saw the prompt. This is the epitome of 1967, when even rough-edged R&B…
One-Liner Wednesday: Blue sky thinking
“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your head” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 5 February 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Terms of Endearment – ‘Tupelo Honey”
Jim’s key words for Song Lyric Sunday this week could all be classed as terms of endearment. I’ve gone for ‘honey’ and this lovely song by Van Morrison, from the 1971 album of the same name. You can take all the tea in China Put it in a big brown bag for me Sail right…
One-Liner Wednesday: The persistence of memory
“And so it is with our own past. It is a labour in vain to attempt to recapture it” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – – #1liner Weds 29 January 2020
Since you asked…
Very – very – occasionally, I rise to the challenge of answering a few questions posed by another blogger. This is one of those times, so my thanks to Judy at lifelessons for making me bestir myself to respond to these nosy (her word, not mine) questions. If nothing else, this goes to prove that…
Song Lyric Sunday: Duets – ‘Sunshine on Leith’
The Proclaimers – twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid – are arguably a Scottish national institution. It is, for example, an iron rule that any evening wedding ‘do’ that takes place in Scotland must end with ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’. This lovely song is a nod towards their birthplace of Leith – once the…
One-Liner Wednesday: Life goes on
“And in myself too, many things have perished which I imagined would last forever, and new structures have arisen, giving birth to new sorrows and new joys” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – –Or, to put it another way…. One-Liner Wednesday 22 January…
Song Lyric Sunday: Any Tom, Dick or Harry – ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’
Any Tom, Dick or Harry will do for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday challenge this week – so here is ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’, written and performed (under the group name The Verve) by Richard Ashcroft. There was a great deal of controversy about this song when it was first released (in 1997) , as it clearly…
One-Liner Wednesday: Plus ça change
“The fault I find with our journalism is that it forces us to take an interest in some fresh triviality or other every day” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – –Same old, same old. Proust started writing his magnum opus in 1906. One-Liner…
