Sem título #363

Happy little monster

Palavras lidas #636

Her Sweet Deceit
by James Laughlin

Love has many joys
and best are the

surprises as when
you changed the col-

or of your hair to
make me think you

were someone else
not that you fooled

me with your sweet
deceit I had only

to hear you laugh
to know both girls

were you & that I
loved you both alike.

Ditto #631

The beauty of degradation is how it makes everything else shinier.

--Garrison Keillor

Coisas que mudaram #38

Entregas matinais ao domicílio

Early morning home deliveries

Parece que estou a ouvir #506

Elevador da Glória

Rádio Macau

Daquilo que está por baixo
Até ao que fica no alto
Vão dois carris de metal
Na calçada de basalto

Desde este lugar sem história
Até um lugar na história
Vão apenas dois minutos
No elevador da glória

No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória

Duma existência banal
Até ás luzes da ribalta
Há dois carris de metal
Desde a baixa à vida alta

Desde o triste anonimato
Desde a ralé e a escória
Até à fama e ao estrelato
Há o elevador da glória

No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória
No elevador da glória

Caprichos #485

Pela manhã, um café e um pastel de nata... não um bagaço!

Coisas bonitas #208

Weddings... beautiful but way too long.

1 in 20 or so years is the right dosage for me.

Casamentos... lindos mas demasiado longos.

1 a cada 20 anos (mais ou menos) é a dose certa para mim.

Foi neste dia #394 (1976)

On a Sunday evening, 5 September in 1976 on the British ITV...

It's time to play the music

it's time to light the light

it's time to meet the muppets

on the muppet show tonight

It's time to put on make up

it's time to dress up right

it's time to get things started

on the muppet show tonight...

To introduce our guest star

That's what I'm here to do

So it really makes me happy

To introduce to you...

______________________________

By January 1977 100+ countries had acquired the show or were making offers... that's a smashing it before "viral" was a thing.

Coisas que não mudam #714

Já cheira a Outono

Coisas que não mudam #713

Anticipation of Halloween

Espantos #706

Milo fell asleep in the middle of a thorough wash

Palavras lidas #635

Again
by Rosie King

I’m on my knees among the crisp brown crunch
then stand in time to see
two boys slim teens in shorts white t-shirts
faces glowing talking quietly
bounce of a tennis ball fading as they pass
and I’m filled again
with a crush of old sweetness
at how giving a moment can be as it vanishes
the roughened grey branches of the pear
small knobby fingers flung out at every tip
fresh clutch of weeds at my chest

Ditto #630

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

--Mary Schmich

Coisas que não mudam #712

The beautiful Butchart Gardens are even more flowery

Os lindíssimos Jardins de Butchart estão ainda mais floridos

Numa sala perto de mim #464

The Room Next Door (2024) tells the story of a terminal patient planning the end of her life and a long time friend who happens to cross her path after many years of detachment. The many questions, the moral dilemma, and especially the cornered position of both characters are striking. But boy how has Pedro Almodóvar evolved!

Espantos #705

Walking along the water from Esquimalt to downtown Victoria

we got lucky to see a family of 4 (!) orcas in the harbor

Sem título #362

A spineless cactus!

Espantos #704

Saudades do Rolf -- missing Rolf

Retirado do contexto #441

Merridale Cidery and Distellery