Quotation
“We have met the enemy and it is us.” – The cartoon character Pogo in the comic strip of the same name by the late Walt Kelly
Ages of man (condensed version)
16 When you can get a driver’s license. J
? When you first get into a bar without being asked for ID. J
18 When you can vote. J L
19 When you can first get into a bar legally [...]
Autumn leaves
October 13, 2006
Winter sunrise
Full moon
Royalist & Playfair
Royalist & Playfair
Station Wharf, July 30, 2007
David Cadogan’s variation on Mother’s Bean Salad
(fills a four litre plastic container and keeps for at least a couple of weeks)In a large steel mixing bowl put:
2 19 oz. tin of yellow wax beans (with liquid)
2 19 oz. tins of green wax beans (with liquid from one)
1 19 oz. tin red kidney beans (well rinsed)
1 large onion chopped
1 green bell pepper [...]
Modern Ages of Man
(with apologies to William Shakespeare)
Many of us were forced at one time or other to memorize Shakespeare’s “All the world’s a stage,” also known as “The seven ages of man.”
The poem, which follows this piece, is a speech from “As You Like It.”
There is no word for it better than brilliant.
It is universal and timeless.
In [...]
All the World’s a Stage
(aka, The Seven Ages of Man)
From the play “As You Like It”
by William Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;
Then the whining [...]
Pride of Baltimore II
Pride of Baltimore II, Station Wharf Marina, July 31, 2007
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