Very good. I enjoyed Ariadne Auf Naxos and also am branching out to Messiaen. I can't however help feeling that my finer sensibilities have been complVery good. I enjoyed Ariadne Auf Naxos and also am branching out to Messiaen. I can't however help feeling that my finer sensibilities have been completely dumped by the avant garde. Such is life. We grow older and no doubt wiser. I may be unique in hanging on to older affinities. I prefer Mozart and Salieri. Time marches on. I think we lose more than we gain, or maybe not. My opinion doesn't much matter, however strong it still is, and such is the matter of opera. This sort of inner turmoil has no end. I have so much to say on this subject. In pace requiescat. I am happy for you, primadonna. All's well that ends well. ...more
I just thought of a delightful joke: To what does the scrabble thief attribute his success? He's got away with words. This I think is worthy of any crI just thought of a delightful joke: To what does the scrabble thief attribute his success? He's got away with words. This I think is worthy of any cracker....more
I'm reading the recent Clive James translation and also writing my own scatalogical version of Inferno, on the basis that if I'm familiar with hell I I'm reading the recent Clive James translation and also writing my own scatalogical version of Inferno, on the basis that if I'm familiar with hell I may as well report some of its more exotic sights......more
I visited Chatsworth Old Hall a few times, just off the M1 in Yorkshire. I liked it a lot more than the New Hall, which I couldn't really relate to. II visited Chatsworth Old Hall a few times, just off the M1 in Yorkshire. I liked it a lot more than the New Hall, which I couldn't really relate to. I much prefer the old times. More personal and romantic, I think. Time is a real bastard....more
Went to see Frank Sinatra - The Man and His Music, this evening at the London Palladium. Very life affirming. I loved it. I had to hold back the tearsWent to see Frank Sinatra - The Man and His Music, this evening at the London Palladium. Very life affirming. I loved it. I had to hold back the tears, actually. With every lovely summer's day, I'll always think of you that way... I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you. Maybe not fashionable but I love my romantic viewpoint. Nothing changes me or how I feel; I'm as fresh today as I was in the April of my youth. Older and wiser, and more loving than ever. For others, the mind seems to get stiff long before the body does....more
Penelope seems to have acquired a great dislike for me following my first tentative approaches several years ago. I don't know what I did to offend hePenelope seems to have acquired a great dislike for me following my first tentative approaches several years ago. I don't know what I did to offend her so much....more
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