Malcolm departed today. He is off to the land of Oz, and then further afield still on his road back to Edinburgh. Farvell, as the viking says on the sign by the little town of Norsewood.
And some new arrivals deserving of welcome – baby boys to Chuck (of Sidonia) and Sally, and to Gino (of Death From Above) and Viv. If I have my timing right, both of them have a birthday of April 2, which is in my eyes a most auspicious date.
The birthday wisdom is accumulating in the comments to the previous post. They fill me with such glee. Politics, Yeats, Bon Jovi, BrainDead, the Wire, even a shocking true tale of the emergency room told in two quotes. Check them out – and if you haven’t already, add one for me!
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The “Farvel” sign is as you leave Dannevirke. It’s paired with the “Velcom” sign when you come in.
So true! I am nincompoop. Viking will raid me.
Adrienne Fromsett: Do you fall in love with all of your clients?
Philip Marlowe: Only the ones in skirts.
Raymond Chandler “The Lady in the Lake”
“The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.”
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
“How inappropriate to call this planet earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.”
Arthur C Clarke
Happy Birthday ~m. Rest assured that I’m never going to forget your birthday again!