Gone Away
Dispatches from a life in America
270 posts
Riding the Rocket!
A couple of days ago BlogExplosion introduced a new idea called the Blog Rocket. I stumbled upon it purely by accident very early on, even before the mailshot went out to BE customers. And I have to admit that it's…
A Lyrical Pondering
Over at Dark Sparks , Stranger Ken has written a poem, The Old Words , in which he recalls a line from one of Bob Dylan's songs. We had a brief discussion of this in the comments and, as old fogies will, ended up…
Lawton Arts Festival
(This article forms part of the Journal that I am writing to describe my impressions of America since arrival in September, 2004. To begin reading this Journal from the beginning, click here .) Kathy and I attended the…
More Statistics!
Not since February ( Traffic Statistics ) have I given any real information on MadTV traffic statistics, apart from a brief cry of despair in The Great March Slump . Seeing as I really don't feel like writing today and…
Boulderman
Boulderman relaxed into the hammock and sipped his iced tea. The weekend stretched before him and he felt that he'd earned this break, this long moment of leisure in the sun with not a care in the world. Three times…
Thunderstorms
(This is one of a series of articles I wrote dealing with memories of an African childhood. To read the first of these, click here ) We had thunderstorms last night in Lawton. I was awoken about 3:00am by the noise and…
England, my England
From time to time I have indulged myself by posting what I think of as geographical articles ( Landscapes and More on Landscapes ). The understandable lack of interest with which these have been received has served to…
Both Worlds
Regular readers will have noted the addition of a Links page to this blog some time ago. Note also that I do not call it blogrolling. Everything to do with this blog is hand-crafted by my son, Mad, and we do not "buy…
American Idols (5)
(to see previous American Idol awards, click here ) Numero Cinque: The Mailbox and Mailman The television show, American Idol , is all the rage over here at the moment. New scandals and talking points are revealed each…
Bluegrass in Duncan
(This article forms part of the Journal that I am writing to describe my impressions of America since arrival in September, 2004. To begin reading this Journal from the beginning, click here .) I have always liked…
The Centennial Blog
I knew this would happen. There is a certain inevitability about it that is all me. So I get to the 100th post on this blog and suddenly I have nothing to say. Oh, Mad and I had gloriously grandiose schemes for this day…
More on Landscapes
I am the only person I know who has a geographical mind. In fact, I have never even heard of anyone else with a geographical mind. Which leaves me in a probable minority of one. It occurs to me that this would be an…
Another Day, Another Idea
I have never considered myself a story teller. When my kids were young, I would read to them at bedtime and occasionally they would ask me to invent a story for them. Apart from a silly moral fable called The…
The Phantom of the Blogosphere
I remember well the first time the Phantom struck. It was a normal morning and I had risen before the sun, as is my wont, and was checking the blog for overnight comments. There are usually a few, sometimes the…
The Absolute Truth
Well, I went and did it, didn't I? I told you I was sticking my neck out, doing a post on poetry, and, sure enough, a few people had a good whack at it (see A Rhyme in Time and accompanying comments). And this leaves me…
A Rhyme in Time
Just occasionally in this blog, I stick my neck out by saying what I think on the various branches of the arts. There was my article called Art , to begin with, and I followed that later with A Musical Musing . Having…
Apache, Comanche and Kiowa
(This article forms part of the Journal that I am writing to describe my impressions of America since arrival in September, 2004. To begin reading this Journal from the beginning, click here .) I am a great fan of the…
Sir Gawain and the Dragon 7
(to read the first episode, click here ) The dragon raised itself up so that it seemed to fill the space between floor and ceiling, then blew an experimental blast of flame in Gawain's direction. The knight moved easily…
Sir Gawain and the Dragon 6
(to read the first episode, click here ) Sir Gawain was disappointed to find the Geek's chair unoccupied when he arrived at the Assignment Room. Glancing at the system clock, the knight saw that it was lunchtime. The…
Sir Gawain and the Dragon 5
(to read the first episode, click here ) The buzz reached Sir Gawain as he was making his way towards the crawler room to reset the crawlers. Bumble had intercepted something already. The knight changed direction and…