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ToNight I took part in a City Lit zoom Lecture on Neo Noir (modern film noir movies )  We are studying The Long Goodbye 1973, Chinatown 1974 and Bodyheat 1981.  I really enjoyed the lecturer’s take on things even though the other “ students” may have found my “ odd eyeball rolling  faces” on the grid a little bizarre as Dorothy spent 2 hours under my desk scraping the hard skin from both of my heels with her baby teeth.  My favourite film Noir movie is the 1944 thriller Double Indemnity which features the glorious Barbara Stanwick as the scheming Phylis Dietrichson . I’m so glad we will be discussing her next week ! She was such a slag . No other news to report ….this afternoon neighbours Mandy and Sailor John and I met up with Animal Helper Pat in the lane….it was her first walk after getting over covid and she was bright as a button. We slagged off the owners of the new build behind the cottage, who have been ruining Mandy’s washing with their bo...

 Hot Steamy And sweltering Summer in the South Here’s to a cool treat To ease the strain Thank you for the birthday wishes. I appreciate it.  from R's rue https://ift.tt/2TPFN65

Our Yorkshire Day feast was also our Sunday dinner. Frances, Stew and Phoebe came over and as they relaxed in the front room with Grandma I sang every verse of "On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At"  in the kitchen. Let me translate that title - it means "On Ilkley Moor Without a Hat". I must confess that it is a pretty silly song but I like singing it all the same. I once sang it in a bar in the middle of Ohio as startled Americans gaped open-mouthed at the madman in their midst. At the centre of the feast was a joint of best Yorkshire beef. This I surrounded with crispy roasted potatoes, green beans, roasted carrots and caballero nero. Of course there was homemade beef gravy but the pièce de résistance was a large Yorkshire pudding that I made in our new roasting tin. It rose like a golden phoenix and in spite of my slight  anxiety there was no adherence to the tin whatsoever. I cut the beauteous offering  into four. We drank Italian wine and Yorkshire beer and Shirle...