R's rue

Most evenings the trendy blue sofa is full of dogs, cat and me.  It’s the nice part of animal ownership , where the pack quietly comes together for a bonding sleep, usually at the very end of the day when bellies are full and everyone is in need of a physical and psychological cuddle.  Dogs remember their litter feelings , as much as we miss being cuddled as children  Last night , I spent the evening FaceTiming friends as the pack dozed.  I thank covid for this “new” phenomenon Chatting when you can see the person you are talking to  Is a great bonus when you live alone  They are in the room with you!  Always!  On Saturday I’m taking part in an interactive zoom discussion / lecture on gay cinema. We had to share what films we would like to discuss and my suggestion of The Object of my affection has been accepted. I’ve always loved the novel as well as the movie and how they views love  This quote from the novel, I’ve always re...

© PaulThompson 2022 Weatherwise, it has been an unsettled week here in South Yorkshire. Yesterday was a good example - blustery showers interspersed with blue skies and sunshine. You didn't know whether you were coming or going. And it has been quite cold too. That's how it is when you live on the western edge of Europe at a latitude of 53.3811° N, beside the temperamental Atlantic Ocean. This week's weather has been governed by an airflow from the Arctic but at the weekend a high pressure system from the south west will bring warmer and more settled weather. To get more walking and photography done in what I call virgin territory, I have booked a room in a cheap guesthouse in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth. That's on Monday night. I plan to get two long walks in - one on the Monday and one next Tuesday before I head home. Louth is under two hours from this keyboard. I have had a hankering to go there since before COVID and now I am off. It sits on the east...

 Spring days Overcast skies The wind is still And maybe  My mind Will be too How are you doing today? from R's rue https://ift.tt/N1u9vKH

  Pride and Prejudice *sort Of   was a bit of a romp last night. A comedy version of Austin’s novel played from the perspective of five maids who Reinact the the lives of the Bennett family and their romantic connections with Wickham, Bingley and Darcy. It’s clever and incredibly well acted and has comic timing to die for as the five leads play four of the Bennett sisters, and all the other main characters sans Mr Bennett who we only “see” silently sitting behind his newspaper. The maid thing, is a loose connection as the novel is deftly covered from start to finish without much input from them. Mrs Bennett (Dannie Harris) is now detected as a potty mouthed, drunk with an east end accent where as Lizzie( Emmy Stonelake)  is a buxom Welsh Nessa with hefty calves and who bursts into Carly Simons’ You’re so Vain when she meets Darcy for the first time. So you get the idea It’s all very silly, and well done. But as the audience clapped away at the cast belting out ...