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 and can produce ID. J 3? When you are last asked for an ID. Highest […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pride of Baltimore II
Pride of Baltimore II, Station Wharf Marina, July 31, 2007
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