From ten years ago, and inspired – for want of a better word – by a prompt included in WordPress’ Writing 101 course that invited us to ‘reinvent the letter format’. This is as close as it’s going to get. An Open Letter To My Passport Photo Dear self, Well, I wouldn’t go so far as…
This was originally published on 7 July 2015 and is another example of me trying to reconcile myself to the fact that I am getting older. Never mind my generation, what about yours? I got on a bus recently. Let me tell you, my life is one long party. I had a suitcase, so, wanting to…
Cards on the table: I am 71 years of age. This is the only possible conclusion to draw from looking at my official documents, from birth certificate onward. But do I feel 71? That’s an interesting question, which can only really be answered with another: what is 71 supposed to feel like? Darned if I…
“I am old enough to please myself, life is too short” – Proust: The Captive (La Prisonnière) – – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 28.10.20
“I thought she had been dead for years, which would be the only possible explanation for the spectacle she presents” – Proust: Cities Of The Plain (Sodome et Gomorrhe) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 29 July 2020
“In later life we look at things in a more practical way, in full conformity with the rest of society, but youth was the only time in which we learned anything.” – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner…
“I don’t believe in ageing; I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun”. – Virginia Woolf – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 10 October 2018
“I hate having to behave: it takes all the joy out of life” – my Mum (last week) – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 12 September 2018
“Preserve your memories/They’re all that’s left you” Usually, for Helen’s Song Lyric Sunday challenges I end up going with the first or second title that comes to mind. However, for this week’s theme of ‘picture/photograph’ I had to delve down to number four on my list. Number one was ‘Photograph’ by Ringo Starr; if that’s…
“You and I have memories/longer than the road that lies ahead” – ‘Two Of Us’, by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon & McCartney), from the album ‘Let It Be’ – – – – – – – Last week’s One-Liner was about the future, so in the interests of editorial balance here’s one about the…
the only deadhead in the hameau 