Laughing Lhursday*

KEEP THE GATE
CLOSED
No matter what
the hens
say!

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah. It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

A Birthday Blues

So much four years after to Route 66 I would have liked cheerfully to welcome him to "Club 70", today.
But alas! Andrew, my friend, has died.
In 2008 stumbling upon eachother in the blogosphere, Don QuiScottie (not Don Quijote) and Seanso (not Sancho Panza) became friends (not only) on their diverse "windmillish" quests to impress his Dulcinea / Margaret. ;-)

Ha! And what fun it would be if they were both still alive, Claude Prescott and Andrew Scott, now that the new Pope is a Prescott ;-)))
Deep believer Claude here, bantering Andrew and me there.

Together with Jams, my very special friend I consider(ed) us a four-leaf clover.

It's like Andrew wrote to me as a dedication in one of his books in 2017:

Sic!!
I might (soon) end blogging,
but before moving to my last dwelling six feet under
I do thank for such wonderful friends.

And thus, at least for now, I do end with Andrew's poem  for me:

Thank you, my friend.
Whilst you might be celebrating with Claude and Jams tonight, accompanied by a pint of Guinness and a wee dram of Talisker, I shall be smiling a lot, whilst revisiting certain comment sections.
Sláinte!

Personal note: New attempt

Hundreds of unwanted visits every day from China, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, South Africa, Modugno (Italy), Council Bluff (Iowa); on one day alone more than 1200 from an 800x600 Linux user from the United States - I had had enough and set Omnium to ‘private’.

Today a new attempt. Should the above happen again soon, I will set the blog permanently to ‘private’ and only grant access to my blogger friends by invitation.

I ask for your understanding.

Sofia Gubaidulina: Ich und Du

 Sofia Gubaidulina (24 October 1931 – 13 March 2025)

Baiba Skride *19 February 1981

Saturday Night Music – Sofia Gubaidulina

  

 The forgotten Piano / El Piano Olvidado
[You can choose either English or Spanish subtitles.]

Sofia Gubaidulina (24 October 1931 – 13 March 2025)

Saturday Night Music – Mozart y Mambo

  

Sarah Willis *23 February 1968

Johann Wolfgang Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791

Mambo

Happy Bolero, Monsieur Ravel

 Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937)

Alondra de la Parra * 31 October 1980

Saturday Night Music – The Demon

 

 

The Demon

Anton Rubinstein (1829 – 1894)

Dmiti Hvorostovsky (16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017)

Asmik Grigorian *12 May 1981

Personal note

As one or two of my friends may have surmised, for one reason and another (at least) currently I feel little or no desire to blog.

I have not cancelled, though, a few scheduled posts.

And I will still be available via e-mail (seanjeating at gmail dot com) ... unless I have moved to my last dwelling six feet under. ;-)

Take good care of yourselves, and be kind to each other.
Sean

Monochrome Monday

In the woods ...

Beers & Books (419) – Ospina Pizano

Solo un poco aqui

María Ospina Pizano *1977

Saturday Night Music – Duo violine & cello

Gabriel Bianco * 25 April 1988

Anastasia Kobekina * 26 August 1994

Cold

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