Posted in Art, Literature, War on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes when I am reading, a passage of prose is so beautiful I have to stop, let the story wait, and read the passage again, perhaps even aloud, just for the pure pleasure of it. So it was the other evening when I was reading Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Ralph D. Paine.
I’ll freely admit it; I [...]
Posted in Literature on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“There are few things better for our mental health than laughter. A balanced dose of steam-letting irrreverence and taboo-busting satire keeps a society sane. Nor is it the transcendent power of big bands, high kicks and dazzling scenery to be sneered at. In the pursuit of changing the world, there is still room for sheer [...]
Posted in Hunting, Literature on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Benelli Super Black Eagle with Wad Wizard choke and Kent Fasteel #1 shot”
– The preferred goose gun and load of waterfowler Glen Gillespie, as noted in Outdoor Canada’s 2007 Hunting issue
Posted in Art, Dogs, Literature on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
While on another errand, I came across a 1907 letter by Henry Adams to a friend, Mabel La Farge, that mentioned British author Elinor Glyn’s latest novel:
“ ‘Three Weeks’ is the title of Mrs. Glyn’s new purple volume, and the ladies are screaming with laughter at it. I have it, but I guard myself from [...]
Posted in Literature on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The great English sports are pursued almost as fiercely by sedentary men who cannot sit a donkey, and by quiet women who cannot drown a mouse, as by the booted and spurred. They hunt in imagination. They follow the fortunes of the Berkeley, the Cattistock, the Quorn, and the Belvoir upon phantom hunters. They roll [...]
Posted in Literature on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”
– Winnie-the-Pooh
Posted in Literature on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Pooh went back to his own house, and feeling very proud of what he had done, had a little something to revive himself.”
– A.A. Milne in Winne-the-Pooh
Posted in Literature on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let it rain!
Who cares?
I’ve a train
Upstairs.
– A.A. Milne, Now We Are Six
Posted in Literature, Music on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“You’ve got to go on and off with a bang. From the audience’s point of view, though, the ending is more important than the beginning. You’ve got to know where the hell you’re going. If you mess up the ending, it’s over. You’ve just signed your death warrant.”
– Les Paul, in Guitar Player Magazine, August [...]
Posted in Literature on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If you try to talk to the bison, he never quite understands.”
– A.A. Milne in When We Were Very Young
