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The New Zealand Quail by George Lodge Five days past the summer solstice now and yet the sky remains little darkened at eleven o'clock. The remnants of sunset hung above High Storrs School as I walked home from another quiz at "The Hammer and Pincers". Gone are the days when local pubs would be packed out for quiz nights - when you couldn't find a table and the prize money might top a hundred pounds. Nowadays there are some nights when we wonder if the quiz might happen at all because of poor attendance. Everybody has some general knowledge in their brains but like other members of my quiz team, I have rather a lot of it. My speciality is Geography whereas Mick knows a lot about films, dates and James Bond. Mike is good with history and Danny, the last to join the team, often surprises us with the random things he knows. We tied for the top prize with twenty two out of a possible twenty five correct answers. This led to a tie break question which was; "In wh...

 Thank you for all the concern shown. I took a week off for vacation. I’m back. I’m tired, but very happy. I’m full of contentment. How are you all?  I missed you. Fill me in. Regine from R's rue https://ift.tt/0aDxznl

I caught this video earlier And I thought it was an unexpectedly powerful piece of film making Albeit in tictok form   from Going Gently https://ift.tt/kviMBZO

 I know it’s very early.  Somewhere just past 5 am I’m way past sleep and am breathless  Since covid I’ve not been able to breathe through my nose much. I get up and make coffee The pleasure of the smell of percolating coffee still gone.  And I sit in the living room in silence with only the sound of the wind for company.  And look around at things  The knot of houseplants in the window.  A sketch of an Italian Villa on the wall.  Coats hanging by the stairs. Thumb sticks in the umbrella stand. Stuff. Barefoot I walk out into the garden, my head bowing under the fragrant free honeysuckle The wind is loud but I can still hear the bickering crows around the pond to the East The Wisteria around the gate arch is doing well but won’t bloom for a couple more years yet. I wonder what those few years will bring It’s been a long lonely week  Albert appears  Looking surprised as always.  He’s annoyed by something an...