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It’s been a grim ‘ol Christmas - I think you’ve captured it’s spirit. Sorry for your loss, and sorry to read about your poor brother and his lack of phone.
I like the poster!!
All the best for 2021.
Sx
I’m sorry for your loss my friend… as you may or may not know Steinbeck is one of my favorite writers, i recently pulled out my old copy of Cannery Row and told the I-mac to read it though that was a bit silly of me as a teenage boy doesn’t give a rat’s arse about Steinbeck… it was a copy that i stole from a bookstore back when i was at Uni and was living very much hand to mouth and had a habit of stealing books i wanted to read, i could debate the moral and ethics but it’s a moot point.
That said, i know it’s not a replacement for the copy you left, which we hope finds its way back to you, which i’m hoping the literary gods smile upon you (as it’s well deserved) and send it back your way, but if it doesn’t you can send me your address, i’ll send you my copy with my dedication, i know it won’t be the same and my handwriting is atrocious but it’s the least i could do…
And that poster is fantastic!
kono that’s so kind of you, many thanks. The original has turned up so you can hang on to it for now but I really appreciate that gesture.
We did Of Mice and Men for O Level at school. I loved it. Then I started on The Grapes of Wrath and it was beyond me. I’m looking forward to an overdue date with Steinbeck now that I’ve got a bit more patience.
Thanks again kono – very best wishes for 2021 and hope Biden can reverse some of the damage that baby has done.
Happy New Year sounds a tad trite these days but let’s keep stretching hope, eh! I’m watching the weekend’s snow slowly melt as my world wakes up to return to work, wfh or enjoy more slobtastic; I’m int latter cat e gory! Stay alive & kicking, Lad :-P Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem is apt:
I am signaling you through the flames.
The North Pole is not where it used to be.
Manifest Destiny is no longer manifest.
Civilization self-destructs.
Nemesis is knocking at the door.
Ferlinghetti sounds like a god-fearing finger-wagger delighted in seeing his own self-righteousness being vindicated.
I know what you mean about the wish but bolloclks to it, Happy New Year to you too, and a finger up at the last one. I envy you not going back to the strip-lit office today.
Happy New Year Loobs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe3uaRYq-TE&ab_channel=121omePiet
Well I must say MM, you do dig them out. Including times when they’d best be left interred. It’d walk Eurovision though.
Disco Dancing in Holland… that was pure genius, i’m currently working on the whole routine, including dusting off my robot moves, to hopefully post on the interwebs someday.
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Yeah I just hope people won’t adopt this attitude of fear as a permanent feature in their lives. Some people seem to quite like being anti-social. Still, that’s up to them.
My brother’s got a phone but they’ve taken it off him.
And all the best to you Scarlet, my Calligrapher-in-Chief in the Department of Affairs of the Co – er… Heart.