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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

I notice how some other bloggers are more  adept than I am  at reporting  everyday ordinariness. They can make their accounts of  relative mundanity eminently readable. It's quite a skill. When you think about it most days we tick off on our private calendars are quite unremarkable. This is the essence of life - its ordinariness. Days come and days go. Most are forgotten Today, May 3rd, was a wet day. Chilly too. Lord knows that the land is in desperate need of water because April was amazingly dry here in Yorkshire.  Desperate farmers have been praying for rain to fall. At last God responded  kindly. I watched the second day of  the final of The World Snooker Championship on television. The spiritual home of this prestigious event  is Sheffield's own Crucible Theatre. The relentless Mark Selby came out on top, beating the spirited underdog Shaun Murphy in a best out of thirty five frames match. At times it was really  gripping stuff as rai...

The Movie In My Mind - Miss Saigon

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In the early 1990s I went to see Miss Saigon  I saw it several times  Tonight I revisited it and was reminded of this song, which is one that affected me the most from the production  Lea Selonga was a revelation in the lead role but I loved the slightly shopworn character of Gigi played by Isay Alvarez. Her voice perfect for the words she sang from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3edbeOU