Saturday Night Music – Léo Ferré

Léo Ferré (14 August 1916 – 14 July 1993)

Laughing Lhursday* – Deadly serious

How serious is it, really ... ?
Deadly serious

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

Spring

Last March...

the view ...

on the way to "my" pool.

This March my view ...

... in Seanhenge.

Tango Tuesday – Kiss of Fire

Hugh Laurie *11 June 1959

Gaby Moreno *16 December 1981

Today seven years ago

At 11:44 a.m. seven years ago he posted A young dancer. Hours later Shaun Downey alias Jams O'Donnell died, seven days before his 50th birthday.
I miss him.

Saturday Night Music – Il n'y a plus rien

Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993)

Hölderlin Looking Outward

Looking outward
The open day is bright with pictures for everyone,

when green fields appear on the distant plain,

before the light of evening yields to twilight,
and reflections of light alleviate the noise of the day.
The inner being of the world often appears clouded
and hidden, and people's minds are full of doubts
and irritation, but splendid nature cheers up their days,
and doubt's dark questions stay distant.

Friedrich Hölderlin (20 March 1770 – 17 June 1843)

Aussicht

Der offne Tag ist Menschen hell mit Bildern,
Wenn sich das Grün aus ebner Ferne zeiget,
Noch eh des Abends Licht zur Dämmerung sich neiget,
Und Schimmer sanft den Klang des Tages mildern.
Oft scheint die Innerheit der Welt umwölkt, verschlossen,
Des Menschen Sinn von Zweifeln voll, verdrossen,
Die prächtige Natur erheitert seine Tage
Und ferne steht des Zweifels dunkle Frage.

24. März 1671

Mit Untertänigkeit

Scardanelli.

Friday is Skyday

Cuando sale la luna
se pierden las campanas
y aparecen las sendas
impenetrables.*

From Federico García Lorca's Canciones de luna

Bacalao

Sometimes, when too lazy to cook
it's nice to let someone else do the job.

Instead of writing

Handsun moment

Three Irish Writers

Anthony Cronin (23 December 1927 – 27 December 2016)

Brendan Behan (9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964)

Brian O'Nolan aka Flann O-Brien etc. etc. (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966)

Patrick Kavanagh (21 Oktober 1904 –30 November 1967)

In the Heat of March

Hot St. Patrick's Day

13:59 in the sun

14:44 in the shade

Through the Window*

Seventeen Essays about Literature
and one short story

* Always interesting to see how titles vary from country to country. Reading the German "Am Fenster" one could think the book's English title were "At the Window".
Which lets me come to think of John McGahern's "Pornographer" of which the first German edition was "Der Pornograph", but got changed in the second into "Der Liebhaber" (The Lover).
Why? The first edition did not sell. ...