What's Up With That?
"We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can." ~Will Rogers
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Broccoli Chicken Alfredo
Sunday, January 29, 2023
"Badger", a poem by Ted Smith
Badger
Deep in the shadows he snuffles and pushes,
his nose riffling down through decaying leaf mushes.
Sniffing out worms, slugs, and beetles,
soft, chewy, crunchy things that he munches and eatles.
Dig, dig, digging with his powerful front claws,
he seeks out such yuck to get in his jaws!
A snail for breakfast, a frog for dinner,
grub and scoff that would make you shiver!
And spotting a Badger is never easy,
especially if it might make you queasy!
You see, with his body grey and his face black and white,
he’s perfectly camouflaged in the depths of the night.
But if you’re prepared to crouch down and don’t mind getting mucky,
happy to wait in the hope to strike lucky,
then you might see him crashing through brambles
'cos he’s tough as old boots as he bashes and scrambles.
Mind, despite all his racket, he’s really quite shy.
I’ve heard he wouldn’t say boo to a goose, or a fly.
So, if you’re quiet as a mouse, you might just get a glimpse.
No, watching for badgers ain’t for wimps!
Then, as the sun comes up and begins to shine brightly,
with his belly quite full and not feeling so sprightly,
he returns underground to his home called a sett,
which, surprise, surprise, is dry, not wet.
And there, all day, he sleeps, snoring soundly,
snuggled up warm with the rest of his family,
until, once again, as it begins to get dark,
he noses the air and ventures out for the lark.
(I my opinion, this would make a lovely children's book.)
Ted Smith short bio: "I’m an optimist, an aspiring writer, a painter of all sorts (figurative abstract and decorator and restorer of ancient ol' buildings)
I’m a political animal too, pro EU, anti Brexit, and someone that enjoys reasoned and respectful debate. Labour Party member but forced to vote LibDems because of the iniquity of the UK’s ridiculous FPTP Voting System.
Also, I'm a dad a second time around (must be mad, but I love it) and a granddad.
'Life in the ol' dog yet, eh?'"
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Streaming Update for My Own Sake
Road to the Lemon Grove
King Richard
The Changling
Molly's Game
Set it Up
Arrival
Come Rain, Come Shine
The Big Sick
Maria Full of Grace
Night Manager (series)
Kennedy's (uk series)
Paterson
Dunkirk
Persuasion (NF 2022)
I Want You Back
Operation Mincemeat (NF 2022)
Love and Marriage
Barry (HBO series)
Packed to the Rafters (Aussie TV series, 6 seasons)
Emergency
13 Lives
Virgin River (new season)
Friends with Money
The World According to Garp
Licorice Pizza
Nice Guys
Departed
League of Their Own (new series)
The Town
I Am Legend
House of Gucci
Lost City
Guilt
Wolf of Wall Street
Afternoon Delight
River Runs Through It
Catastrophe
Catch Me if You Can
Lean On Pete
Middle of Nowhere
Sex Education
Father Stu
Howl's Moving Castle
I Used to Be Famous
Great British Baking (new season)
Mad to Be Normal
Lou
Earthsea
Hope Gap
(A Silly Cowboy Movie?)
Van Ver Valk
Catherine Called Birdie
Colette
All the Old Knives
Spirited Away
Seaside Hotel
The Chair
Hello, My Name is Doris
The Inside Man
Mo
Dr. Thorne
Captain Phillips
A Man Called Ove
The Crown
Elsa and Fred
Pieces of a Woman
Young Adult
Age of Adaline
Midnight Sky
Three Pines (series)
His Dark Materials (new season)
Tucker the Man and His Dream
Amsterdam
Pinocchio (new)
Vera (series)
Murders Only in the Building (new season)
The Old Man (Hulu series)
Glass Onion
People Will Talk
Good Luck to You Leo Grande
She's Funny that Way
Dog
A Tall Dark Stranger
Back to the Rafters (Aussie series)
Friday, December 23, 2022
Henry Faulk's Christmas Story
December 9, 2005
The gifted storyteller and former radio broadcaster John Henry Faulk recorded his Christmas story in 1974 for the programVoices in the Wind.
Faulk was born to Methodist parents on August 21, 1913. The fourth of five children, he attended the University of Texas. For his master's thesis, he researched ten sermons in African-American churches and gained insight into the inequity of civil rights for people of color. He later taught English at the University and served as a medic in the Marines during World War II.
Before the John Henry Faulk Show debuted in 1951 on WCBS Radio, Faulk hosted numerous radio programs in New York and New Jersey.
He was blacklisted in 1957, but with (click here to read the rest on NPR) . . .