Coffee time with Satyajit Ray

Spring is in the air

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992)

Striking resemblance

According to my absolutely credible source*, the great-grandmother* of her informant* these days feels 'more and more reminded of an Austrian-born loudmouth whenever she has the displeasure of listening to the both moronic and perverse convicted sex offender, whose election to the White House reveals a great deal about character and intelligence quotient of both his admirers and brown-nosing sycophants'.

To which I replied: Your informant's great-grandmother compares the future ex-US president and first and only FIFA Peace Prize Winner to Adolf Hitler? 

To which my absolutely reliable source replied: ‘Moreover, amongst others she does also call him a megalomaniac war-criminal who shits on any law, the international inclusive.'

* No names are given, as Omnium is committed to protecting its informants.

I have seen the future

. . .

Spring's entering Seanhenge

It's blooming in Seanhenge

and it's buzzing, 

and tonight I heard the cranes singing.

Beers & Books (447) – Rulfo: Der Llano in Flammen

El Llano en llamas / The Plain in Flames

Juan Rulfo (16 May 1918 – 7 January 1986)

Laughing Lhursday*

Jürgen Tomicek, one of the most renowned German cartoonists of our time, 
often leaves viewers of his work with laughter stuck in their throats. 

 
* [For first time visitors]: 
Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that 
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Personal note

Tens of thousands of data thieves have finally succeeded: 
I've had enough! 
Until further notice, from now on, Omnium will only be accessible to friends to whom I sent an invitation last night.
The peace of the night.
* *
Desenes de milers de lladres de dades finalment ho han aconseguit: 
ja n'he tingut prou!
Fins a nou avís, a partir d'ara, Omnium només serà accessible per als amics als quals vaig enviar una invitació ahir a la nit.
La pau de la nit.

Beers & Books (446) – Charlotte Mew: Poems

Well, and this was the surprise on top.

Charlotte Mew (15 November 1869 – 24 March 1928)

Saturday Night Music

 

Seiji Ozawa (1 September 1935 – 6 February 2024)

Martha Argerich *5 June 1941 

Beers & Books (445) – J. Johnson: Now in November

Now in November

Josephine Johnson (20 Juni 1910 – 27 February 1990)

On the road

3:30 p.m. On the way to shopping. 
Snow drifts. No sign of the cycle path.

5:30 p.m. Heading home.
Shopping was a good idea.
For tomorrow snow, rain and black ice are expected.
Schools across the country will therefore be closed.

Beers & Books (444) – Rushdie: The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour
*
In the South I enjoyed best.

Salman Rushdie *19 June 1947

Friday is Skyday

16:25